Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Thursday, October 8, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
BENCLEUCH (1949-1972 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENCLEUCH at Manila 8 October for Cebu

Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Thursday, October 8, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
FREMANTLE STAR (1960-1979 General cargo ship of Blue Star Line, London) Own Page

FREMANTLE STAR at Melbourne 8 October for London

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage8,403

Ship Event

Thursday, October 8, 1964 @ 0800
The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable
TRBOVLJE (1960-1983 IMO 5193838 General cargo ship of Splosna Plovba Line, Yugoslavia : 1983 scrapped at Alang, India) Own Page

Splosna Line's TRBOVLJE loads at Tuticorin, India for Far East, USA and Vancouver

Sailing forSingapore, Hong Kong, Japan, U.S. Pacific Ports and VancouverPort of RegistryYugoslavia
Ships agentNew India Maritime Agencies Private Ltd., Tuticorin (India) Telephone Tuticorin 199Gross Tonnage8,645
Deadweght Tonnage13,547

Ship Event

Thursday, October 8, 1964 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
HECTOR (1950 - 1972 passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

HECTOR at berth 1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow loads 6 heavy lifts total 60 tons from NEWSHOT

Ship's location1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Heavy lifts loadedOn 8th October loaded 6 heavy lifts totalling 60 tons from floating crane NEWSHOTNet Tonnage5,922
Gross Tonnage10,125

Ship Event

Thursday, October 8, 1964 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

NEWSHOT loads 6 heavy lifts total 60 tons onto HECTOR at berth 1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow

Ship's location1 / 2 King George V Dock, Glasgow (alongside Alfred Holt's HECTOR)Port of RegistryGlasgow

Ship Event

Thursday, October 8, 1964 @ 1700
CITY OF OXFORD (1948-1976 General cargo liner 463 feet long of Ellerman City Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Sailing Notice for DALHEM and CITY OF OXFORD closing Glasgow and Birkenhead Sept and Oct 1964

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage7,593

Sailing Notice for DALHEM and CITY OF OXFORD closing Glasgow and Birkenhead Sept and Oct 1964

SOUTH AFRICA

 

HALL LINE and HARRISON LINE JOINT SERVICE

 

DURBAN,  LOURENCO MARQUES  and  BEIRA

DALHEM  (HALL LINE) .....  closing Birkenhead Sept 25

 

LOBITO,  CAPE TOWN,  *MOSSEL BAY,  PORT ELIZABETH,

EAST LONDON,  DURBAN  and  MAURITIUS

CITY OF OXFORD ....  closing Glasgow Oct 8 ..... Birkenhead Oct 20

*  With or without transhipment

 

Apply  :

THOS.  &  JAS.  HARRISON  LTD.,

HALL LINE LTD.,  Liverpool,

 

To  the  Brokers  :

GELLATLY  HANKEY  &  CO.,  London,

STAVELEY,  TAYLOR  &  CO.,  Mersey  Chambers,  Liverpool,

PRENTICE  SERVICE  &  HENDERSON  LTD.,  68  Gordon  Street,  Glasgow  C  1

or

THE  CITY  LINE  LTD.,  75  Bothwell  Street,  Glasgow,  C  2  

Sailing

Thursday, October 8, 1964 @ 1700
ADRIATIC COAST (General cargo coaster 247 feet long of Coast Line, Liverpool) Own Page

ADRIATIC COAST leaves King George V Dock for Broomielaw, Glasgow

Arrived fromLiverpool (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth6A King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Sailing forBroomielaw (Lower Harbour, Glasgow)
Sailed from berth6A King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival12' 00"
Draught aft on arrival15' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 1,395 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 5th October
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedores
Completed discharge of inward cargo0900 on 7th October
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing5' 11"
Draught aft on sailing12' 10"
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2.

A few days earlier, on 24th September, Alfred Holt’s

 cargo ship PATROCLUS had arrived at King

 George V Dock and found that there was no labour

 available to unload her cargo from the Far East.

   Later that evening PATROCLUS left Glasgow

 for Liverpool, still  with her unloaded cargo.

   As a result, ADRIATIC COAST arrived at

Glasgow bringing the cargo which had been

transhipped to her at Liverpool from PATROCLUS

Sailing

Thursday, October 8, 1964 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
BENCRUACHAN (1946-1966 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENCRUACHAN left Rotterdam 8 October for Hamburg

Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Sailing

Thursday, October 8, 1964 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CANBERRA (1961-1997 Passenger liner 820 feet (250 m) of P & O Line, London : 1997-8 Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

CANBERRA left Fremantle 8 October for Sydney

Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)

News Event

Friday, October 9, 1964 @ 0640
DOLIUS (1956-1970 and then in 1972 General cargo ship 491 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's DOLIUS arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow from Singapore via Liverpool

Arrived fromSingapore via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth6 / 6A King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Gross Tonnage7,960
Sailing forGreenock Drydock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berth6 / 6A King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival15 06"
Draught aft on arrival21' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 847 tons and oil
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 9th October
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Completed discharge of inward cargo1430 on 16th October
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing14' 10"
Draught aft on sailing19' 00"
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.

Harbour Event

Friday, October 9, 1964 @ 0900
Own Page

Port Report dated Friday 9th October 1964

From the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald dated Friday 9th October 1964

Forty vessels, including four oil tankers, docked at Ardrossan Harbour during the week ended last Saturday.
Among the arrivals was the Dutch tanker "Abida" from Stanlow, with petrol, and the "Monte Almandor," which loaded steel for Spain.

Ship Event

Friday, October 9, 1964 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CLAN MACNAB (1961-1980 General cargo ship 506 feet long of Clan Line / Cayzer Irvine, London : 1984 scrapped) Own Page

CLAN MACNAB at 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow loads 2 lifts total 42 tons from NEWSHOT

Arrived fromLiverpool (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South)Net Tonnage4,994
Sailing forDurban, Lourenco Marques and Beira via BirkenheadGross Tonnage9,169
Sailed from berth7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South)
Draught forward on arrival10' 09"
Draught aft on arrival16' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 7th October
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 600 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Heavy lifts loadedOn 9th October loaded 2 lifts total 42 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo2000 on 12th October
Draught forward on sailing12' 06"
Draught aft on sailing16' 10"
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050

Ship Event

Friday, October 9, 1964 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

NEWSHOT loads 2 lifts total 42 tons onto CLAN MACNAB at 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow

Ship's location7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (alongside Clan Line's CLAN MACNAB)Port of RegistryGlasgow

News Event

Friday, October 9, 1964 @ 1000
METEOR (1955-1970 Passenger cruise liner 90.4 metres long of Bergemske Dampskipsselskap A/S Bergen Norway- Bergen Line) Own Page

National Trust for Scotland announce three cruises in 1965 by Bergen Line's passenger ship METEOR

Port of RegistryBergen (Norway)
Net Tonnage1,548
Gross Tonnage2,856
Deadweght Tonnage640

9th October 1964

    The National Trust for Scotland have announced that they have arranged three cruises for next year on the passenger ship METEOR of the Bergen Line of Bergen, Norway.

   The first, called the “Western Coasts Cruise” will leave Southampton on 8th May and will visit Breton Chateaux in France, then Dublin and Inverary and ending at Ardrossan on 14th May.

   The next cruise, a “Gardens Cruise” starts at Ardrossan on 15th May and will visit Gardens in Ireland and Scotland and returns to Ardrossan on 22nd May.

   The final cruise, appropriately called “Islands Cruise” leaves Ardrossan on 22nd May and will visit Arran and islands of the Western Isles of Scotland, including the remote St. Kilda, and should visit 12 islands in total before finishing at Oban on 29th May.

  

Ship Event

Friday, October 9, 1964 @ 1700
ARGYLLSHIRE ( 1956 - 1975 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Scottish Shire Line / Cayzer Irvine, London : 1977 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

ARGYLLSHIRE closes for receiving cargo at Birkenhead 9th Oct 1964 for West, South and East Africa

Ship's locationBirkenheadPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage5267
Gross Tonnage9299
Deadweght Tonnage11250

 

C  L  A  N     L  I  N  E

FAST  LINER  SERVICES

 

SOUTH  and  EAST  AFRICA

 

DURBAN,  LOURENCO  MARQUES  and  BEIRA

CLAN MACNAB  ….  Closing Glasgow Oct 7  … Birkenhead †Oct 16

‡ AYRSHIRE  ….  Closing Glasgow Oct 19  … Birkenhead *Oct 27

† Closing for Beira Oct 13

‡ Also calls Tenerife, Luanda and Lobito

* Closing for Beira Oct 23

 

LOBITO,  WALVIS  BAY,  CAPE  TOWN,

PORT  ELIZABETH,  EAST  LONDON,

DURBAN,  LOURENCO MARQUES  and  BEIRA

ARGYLLSHIRE  ………  Closing Birkenhead *Oct 9

* Closed for Beira

 

 

CEYLON,  INDIA  and  PAKISTAN

 

PORT  SAID,  SUEZ,  AQABA,  ADEN,

COCHIN  and  COLOMBO

CLAN FERGUSSON  ….  Closing Glasgow Oct 15  ….  Birkenhead Oct 23

 

PORT  SAID,  SUEZ,  AQABA,  ADEN,

TUTICORIN,  MADRAS,  *CALCUTTA

and  CHITTAGONG

CLAN MACINNES  ….  Closing Glasgow Nov 6  …. Birkenhead Nov 18

* Calcutta cargo not accepted from Glasgow

 

Vessels have liberty to call at other ports

either on or out of route.

 

For all information apply to

CAYZER,  IRVINE  &  CO.  LTD.,

LONDON,  LIVERPOOL  and

109  HOPE  STREET,  GLASGOW

Tel  CENtral  7050