Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Friday, October 9, 1964 @ 1700
PRINS FREDERICK HENDRIK (1947- General cargo ship 258 feet overall of Oranje Lijn (Maats Zeetransport) N.V., Rotterdam) Own Page

PRINS FREDERICK HENDRIK closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal and the Great Lakes

Ships agentJ C Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel DOUglas 7101 Grams "Peacock" Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage807
Gross Tonnage1,557
Deadweght Tonnage2,726

News Event

Friday, October 9, 1964 @ 1700
PRINS FREDERICK HENDRIK (1947- General cargo ship 258 feet overall of Oranje Lijn (Maats Zeetransport) N.V., Rotterdam) Own Page

PRINS FREDERICK HENDRIK closes Glasgow for Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago

Ships agentJ C Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel DOUglas 7101 Grams "Peacock" Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage807
Gross Tonnage1,557
Deadweght Tonnage2,726

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 at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for West, South and East Africa

Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, LiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage5267
Gross Tonnage9299
Deadweght Tonnage11250

Ship Movement

Saturday, October 10, 1964 @ 1200
HECTOR (1950 - 1972 passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Alfred Holt's HECTOR shifts from berth 1 / 2 to berth 1 King George V Dock, Glasgow

Arrived fromElderslie Drydock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)Net Tonnage5,922
Sailing forMelbourne (Australia) via LiverpoolGross Tonnage10,125
Sailed from berth1 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South)
Draught forward on arrival16' 02"
Draught aft on arrival19' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 5th October
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 3,050 tons and 6 heavy lifts totalling 60 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Heavy lifts loadedOn 8th October loaded 6 heavy lifts totalling 60 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo1530 on 15th October
Draught forward on sailing21' 10"
Draught aft on sailing24' 02"
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 69 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1.

News Event

Monday, October 12, 1964 @ 0800
ALBISTAN ( 1948 - 1971 General cargo ship 442 feet long of F C Strick Line, London) Own Page

Strick's cargo liner ALBISTAN commences receiving cargo at Glasgow in October 1964

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Ships agentFrank C. Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Phone CITy 6131

 Sailing Notice for Strick's ALBISTAN and NIGARISTAN from Glasgow and Grangemouth in October 1964


PERSIAN GULF

FROM

SCOTLAND

 

STRICK & ELLERMAN LINE

 

s.s. ALBISTAN

Receiving Glasgow 12th - 22nd October 1964

For  KUWAIT,  BAHRAIN,  DAMMAM,

ABU  DHABI,  UMM  SAID,  BASRAH,

(BAGHDAD,  MOSUL,  KIRKUK), and

KHORRAMSHAHR

 

s.s.  NIGARISTAN

Receiving Grangemouth  7th - 15th October 1964

For  DAMMAM,  BANDAR  SHAHPUR,

BASRAH,  (BAGHDAD,  MOSUL,  KIRKUK),  and

KHORRAMSHAHR

 

For further details apply :-

FRANK C. STRICK & Co. (GLASGOW) Ltd.,

95 Bothwell Street,  Glasgow,  C 2

Phone  CITy  6131

News Event

Monday, October 12, 1964 @ 1700
WANDERER (1951 - 1970 general cargo liner 448 feet long of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's WANDERER closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies

Ships agentPrentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011Port of RegistryLiverpool

News Event

Monday, October 12, 1964 @ 1845
Own Page

Meeting to elect four shipowners to be Trustees of Rothesay Harbour Trust (Scotland)

News Event

Monday, October 12, 1964 @ 1900
Own Page

1965 Clyde Yachting Week to be held in Largs

From The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald dated Friday 16th October 1964

Yachting

CLYDE WEEK FOR LARGS

The Clyde Yacht Clubs Association decided at their autumn meeting in Glasgow on Monday that Clyde Week next year should be held at Largs.
The event will be a dress rehearsal for future International fortnight.

A course is being planned to the north of the Great Cumbrae for International eight-metre cruiser-racers, International Dragons, Scottish Islanders, Loch Longs and Folkboats.
Flying fifteens, Garelochs, B.B. 11s and dingy classes will race on an inshore course in the Largs Channel.

News Event

Monday, October 12, 1964 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
BENVORLICH (1946-1971 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Sailing Notice for BENVORLICH from Grangemouth on 12th October 1964

Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland)
Gross Tonnage9,767

P  &  O  /  BEN  LINE

GRANGEMOUTH  to  the  FAR  EAST

 

“BENVORLICH”  (Ben)  sails 12th October  1964

for  Penang  (Prai),  Port Swettenham,

Singapore,  Hong Kong,  Manila,  Cebu,

also Port  Said

 

“SALSETTE”  (P & O)  sails 16th October  1964

for  Singapore,  Port  Swettenham,

Penang  (Prai)  and  Bangkok 

 

Further details from

JOINT  LOADING  BROKERS  :-

Escombe, McGrath & Co. Ltd., 65-69 Bothwell Street, Glasgow

Killick Martin & Co. Ltd.,  Dunster  House,

20 Mark Lane,  London  E C 3

P & O – Orient Management Ltd.,

Beaufort House,  Gravel  Lane,  London E  1

Wm.  Thomson & Co.,  Edinburgh

News Event

Tuesday, October 13, 1964 @ 0345
AYRSHIRE ( 1957 - 1965 General cargo liner 534 feet long of Scottish Shire Line / Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

AYRSHIRE arrives in King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Tenerife and West and East Africa

Arrived fromLiverpool (England, U.K.) via Elderslie Drydock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth8 King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head south)
Sailing forTenerife, Luanda, Lobito, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Sailed from berth6 / 6A King George V Dock, Glasgow (with her head South)
Draught forward on arrival13' 04"
Draught aft on arrival18' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 14th October
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,350 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Company Limited, King George V Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone GOVan 2241
Heavy lifts loaded15th October loaded 2 lifts totalling 30 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo1500 on 21st October
Draught forward on sailing16' 04"
Draught aft on sailing19' 02"
Engine trialsFrom 1210-1225 hours on 19th October
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050

Ship Event

Tuesday, October 13, 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 Madras, 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., 21, Sunkurama Chetty Street, Madras-1 (India)Gross Tonnage8,645
Deadweght Tonnage13,547

Sailing

Tuesday, October 13, 1964 @ 1215
CLAN MACNAB (1961-1980 General cargo ship 506 feet long of Clan Line / Cayzer Irvine, London : 1984 scrapped) Own Page

CLAN MACNAB leaves Glasgow for Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira via Birkenhead

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

News Event

Tuesday, October 13, 1964 @ 1700
PACIFIC RELIANCE (1951-1971 cargo liner 500 feet long of Furness Withy Company) Own Page

Sailing Notice for Furness Withy's PACIFIC RELIANCE closing Glasgow 13th October 1964

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage9442

 

FURNESS LINES

 

GLASGOW  DIRECT  TO

 

LOS  ANGELES,  SAN  FRANCISCO,

SEATTLE,  VICTORIA,  VANCOUVER,

PORTLAND  (Ore)

 

s.s.  PACIFIC RELIANCE    Closing Glasgow  October 13, 1964

 

FURNESS  WITHY  &  Co.  Ltd.,

19  ST.  VINCENT  PLACE,  GLASGOW

CENtral  8193/6

Ship Event

Tuesday, October 13, 1964 @ 1700
BARRISTER (1954-1974 General cargo ship of Charente / T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's BARRISTER closes at Liverpool for receiving cargo for West Indies

Ships agentThos & Jas Harrison Ltd., LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

Ship Event

Tuesday, October 13, 1964 @ 1700
CITY OF ST ALBANS ( 1960 - 1979 General cargo liner 433 feet long of Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company, London) Own Page

CITY OF ST ALBANS closes for receiving cargo at Birkenhead 13 Oct 1964 for Aden, Calcutta and Chalna

Ship's locationBirkenhead (England)Port of RegistryLondon
Ships agentHall Line Ltd., Tower Building, Liverpool 3Gross Tonnage6,980

 

C I T Y    L I N E

 

ADEN,   KARACHI   and   BOMBAY

CITY OF BRISTOL  ….  Closing Birkenhead 16 September

CITY OF COVENTRY  ….  Closing Glasgow 27 Sept  …. Birkenhead 7 Oct

 

ADEN,   CALCUTTA   and   CHALNA

CITY OF ST ALBANS  ….  Closing Glasgow 2 Oct  …. Birkenhead 13 Oct

 

THE   CITY   LINE   LTD.,

75  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW  C 2   Telephone 9971

or

MONTGOMERIE  &  WORKMAN  LTD.,

12 – 20 CAMOMILE STREET,  LONDON  E.C.3

or

HALL  LINE  LTD.,

TOWER  BUILDING,  LIVERPOOL 3