Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Thursday, May 6, 1965 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		BENLOYAL (1959-1978 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : scrapped 1978) Own Page

BENLOYAL left Hong Kong for Singapore
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

News Event

Thursday, May 6, 1965 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		BENARMIN (1963-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith) Own Page

BENARMIN left Penang (Malaysia) for Aden (Yemen)
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland)
Net Tonnage6,486
Gross Tonnage11,362
Deadweght Tonnage13,015

Sailing

Thursday, May 6, 1965 @ 1910 		ROBERT DUNDAS (1938-1974 Royal Fleet Auxiliary coastal store carrier 220 feet long: pennant no. A204) Own Page
Sailing forBelfastPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London
Sailed from berth16/18 North Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage1125
CargoGovernment stores

News Event

Friday, May 7, 1965 @ 0800
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate 		Own Page

Burns & Laird timetables for their passenger service in Summer Season 1965

Sailing

Friday, May 7, 1965 @ 0810 		TULIPBANK (1952-1979 Steam Petroleum Oil sludge Tank cleaning vessel 164 feet long of Foster Wheeler Process) Own Page
Sailing forPrince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berth2 North Quay, Outer Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage478

Arrival

Friday, May 7, 1965 @ 0830 		NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromKing George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth4 North Quay, Queen's Dock, Glasgow

News Event

Friday, May 7, 1965 @ 1000 		Own Page

1965 Advertisment for Deck Cadets in the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service

News Event

Friday, May 7, 1965 @ 1000 		Own Page

1965 Advertisment by Clyde Hover Ferries for Hovercraft Pilots and Aircraft Engineers

Sailing

Friday, May 7, 1965 @ 1500 		NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forPrince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (alongside ROCKHAMPTON STAR)
CargoLight

Arrival

Friday, May 7, 1965 @ 1605 		HOPPER No 10 (1912-1970 Hopper Barge 200 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth18 Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage333
Gross Tonnage842

Arrival

Friday, May 7, 1965 @ 1655 		FAIR HEAD (1957 - 1974 general cargo ship 305 feet long of Ulster Steamship Company "Head Line" : 1983 scrapped) Own Page
Arrived fromLiverpoolPort of RegistryBelfast
Arrived in berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, GlasgowGross Tonnage1,573
CargoGeneral (outwards)
Draught forward11' 06"
Draught aft16 feet

Arrival

Friday, May 7, 1965 @ 1810 		ELDERSLIE (1924-1973 Grab Hopper Dredger 182 feet long owned by Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth18 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (alongside HOPPER No 10)

Ship Event

Saturday, May 8, 1965 @ 1200 		Meteor Own Page
Port of RegistryBergen, Norway

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

National Trust Cruise

The National Trust for Scotland and the National Trust have again arranged three cruises for next year in the Bergen Line M.S. Meteor.

A western coasts cruise leaves Southampton on 8th May under the leadership of the Earl of Antrim, chairman of the National Trust's committee for Northern Ireland.
The itinerary ranges from Breton chateaux to Inverary by way of Dublin, and the cruise ends at Ardrossan on 14th May.

A gardens cruise, with Irish gardens providing the special attraction, leaves Ardrossan on 15th May and returns on 22nd May.
The leader will be Lieutenant Colonel Sir James Horlick, Bt.

Mr J.C. Robertson will lead an islands cruise from Ardrossan on 22nd May.
Before the cruise ends at Oban on 29th May, passengers will have visited about 12 islands, including St. Kilda.
Booking arrangements are in the hands of the National Trust for Scotland at 5 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.

Sailing

Saturday, May 8, 1965 @ 1700 		METEOR (1955-1970 Passenger cruise liner 90.4 metres long of Bergemske Dampskipsselskap A/S Bergen Norway- Bergen Line) Own Page

Bergen Line's passenger ship METEOR leaves Southampton on a six-day “Western Coasts Cruise”
Sailing for"Western Coasts" cruisePort of RegistryBergen (Norway)
Sailed from berthSouthampton (England, UK)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.

  

Arrival

Sunday, May 9, 1965 @ 0430 		FAIRWAY Own Page
Arrived fromMessina (Sicily) via Avonmouth
Arrived in berth23 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
CargoGeneral
Draught forward9' 07"
Draught aft15 feet