Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		BENDORAN (1956-1977 Conventional general cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line of Leith : 1977 scrapped in Taiwan) Own Page

BENDORAN left Hong Kong for Yokohama (Japan)
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Gross Tonnage10,355
Deadweght Tonnage12,100

Sailing

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		BENGLOE ( 1961 - 1978 Cargo liner 550 feet long of Ben Line) Own Page

BENGLOE left London for Suez Canal
Port of RegistryLeith

Sailing

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		BENMHOR (1952-1973 General cargo ship of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1973 Scrapped) Own Page

BENMHOR left Liverpool for Hull
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,755

Sailing

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		BENVORLICH (1946-1971 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENVORLICH left Penang (Malaysia) for Colombo (Ceylon)
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland)
Gross Tonnage9,767

Sailing

Wednesday, January 6, 1965 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		CITY OF COLOMBO (1956-1977 General cargo ship of Ellerman Lines, London : Scrapped in 1979) Own Page

CITY OF COLOMBO left Moji (Japan) for London
Port of RegistryLondon (UK)

News Event

Thursday, January 7, 1965 @ 1000 		Own Page

1965 Advertisment by Houlder Brothers, London, for Navigation and 2nd Engineer Officers

Sailing

Thursday, January 7, 1965 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		CALEDONIA (1948-1965 Passenger - Cargo Liner 506 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's CALEDONIA scheduled to leave Karachi homeward bound for Avonmouth
Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage11252

News Event

Friday, January 8, 1965 @ 0900 		Own Page

Clyde's First Hovercraft Service

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" newspaper dated 8th January 1965.
The Clyde's first Hovercraft service is due to start from Tarbert, Loch Fyne, in June.
It is intended to operate twice daily services between Gourock and Tarbert, and also to use Hovercraft in the Rothesay-Dunoon-Gourock-Helensburgh square.
Mr. Peter M. Kaye, Managing Director of Highland Engineering Ltd., Edinburgh, said that support had been received for the project from most of the Clyde towns.

Sailing

Friday, January 8, 1965 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		CIRCASSIA ( 1937 - 1966 Passenger and cargo liner 483 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's CIRCASSIA scheduled to leave Liverpool going eastbound to Karachi and Bombay
Port of RegistryGlasgow

Ship Event

Friday, January 8, 1965 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		SHAFTESBURY (1958-1972 General cargo ship of Alexander Steam Ship Co Ltd / Houlder Brothers, London) Own Page

SHAFTESBURY closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for West, South and East Africa
Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage8,532

News Event

Friday, January 8, 1965 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BENARTY (1963-1981 General cargo liner 509 feet long 17.5 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith) Own Page

BENARTY leaves Grangemouth for Far Eastern Ports
Ships agentThe General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803Port of RegistryLeith
Net Tonnage6,152
Gross Tonnage10,294
Deadweght Tonnage12,619

Sailing

Friday, January 8, 1965 @ 1900
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 leaves Grangemouth for Far Eastern Ports
Ships agentThe General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Harbour Event

Saturday, January 9, 1965 @ 2345 		Own Page

Constable Devoy assists in saving a seaman from Ardrossan Dock

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" newspaper dated 15th January 1965.
Late last Saturday night a seaman employed on board a ship at present in Ardrossan Dockyard fell into the dock.
His cries for help were heard, and P.C. A. Devoy and another man succeeded in bringing him to safety.
The seaman was removed to Kilmarnock Infirmary for examination, but was able to return to his ship.

News Event

Sunday, January 10, 1965 @ 1000 		Own Page

1965 Advertisment by Shaw Savill Line of London for their Round-the-World Passenger Cruises

News Event

Sunday, January 10, 1965 @ 1000 		Own Page

1965 Advert by Houlder Brothers & Co. Ltd., London for Navigation and Engineer Officers