Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Sunday, May 9, 1965 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CILICIA (1938-40 Anchor Line passenger/cargo ship : 1940-44 Armed Merchant Cruiser : 1944-46 Troopship : 1946 Returned to owners : 1966-80 training ship / Hostel in Rotterdam : 1980 scrapped Bilbao) Own Page

Anchor Line's CILICIA scheduled to arrive at Gibraltar going eastbound to Karachi and Bombay

Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage11,136

Sailing

Sunday, May 9, 1965 @ 1730
ROCKHAMPTON STAR (1958-1981 Refrigerated cargo liner of Blue Star Line, London) Own Page
Sailing forCape Town via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berth58 Stobcross Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage10,619
CargoGeneral
Draught forward16' 08"
Draught aft19' 08"

Arrival

Sunday, May 9, 1965 @ 1830
ANDANIA (1960-1969 Refrigerated / General cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line) Own Page
Arrived fromNew York via LondonPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth5 Yorkhill Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage7,004
CargoGeneral in and outDeadweght Tonnage9,560
Draught forward16' 05"
Draught aft19' 08"

Sailing

Sunday, May 9, 1965 @ 1950
FAIR HEAD (1957 - 1974 general cargo ship 305 feet long of Ulster Steamship Company "Head Line" : 1983 scrapped) Own Page
Sailing forDetroit and Chicago (USA)Port of RegistryBelfast
Sailed from berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, GlasgowGross Tonnage1,573
CargoGeneral
Draught forward13' 7"
Draught aft17' 00"

Arrival

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 0730
POLARIS (1954-1973 General cargo coaster 43.4 metres long of Manager: Carebeka NV, Groningen, Netherlands / Owner: Company 'Polaris', Groningen, Netherlands) Own Page
Arrived fromHamburgPort of RegistryGroningen (Holland)
Arrived in berth6 Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage172
CargoGeneral (outwards)Gross Tonnage353
Draught forward18' 03"Deadweght Tonnage455
Draught aft24 feet

News Event

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 0800
GUGLIELMO MARCONI (1961-1976 Passenger 1,150 liner 701 feet 213.7m long of Lloyd Triestino, Italy : 2001 scrapped) Own Page

May 1965 advert by Lloyd Triestino for their sailings from Sydney by liners MARCONI and GALILEO

Ships agentGilchrist Watt & Sanderson Pty, Ltd., 17 O' Connell Street, Sydney Telephone BL5801Port of RegistryTrieste (Italy)
Gross Tonnage27,905

Contributed by J.S. (Sydney, Australia)

Ship Event

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 0800
GALILEO GALELEI (1963-1979 Passenger liner 213.65m 701 feet overall of Lloyd Triestino, Genoa : 1999 sank after engine room fire) Own Page

May 1965 advert by Lloyd Triestino for their sailings from Sydney by liners MARCONI and GALILEO

Ships agentGilchrist Watt & Sanderson Pty, Ltd., 17 O' Connell Street, Sydney Telephone BL5801Port of RegistryGenoa (Italy)
Gross Tonnage27,888
Deadweght Tonnage9,486

Contributed by J.S. (Sydney, Australia)

Sailing

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 0852
ELDERSLIE (1924-1973 Grab Hopper Dredger 182 feet long owned by Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth18 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow

Arrival

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 1450
CLYDE ENTERPRISE (Harbour oiler) Own Page
Arrived fromGlasgow Harbour
Arrived in berth62 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (alongside CAXTON)
CargoPart fuel oil

Oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE comes alongside cargo ship CAXTON to refuel her with fuel oil

Ship Event

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 1450
CAXTON (1958-1968 General cargo ship 460 feet overall of Transatlantic Carriers Ltd / Canatlantic / Walter Runciman Ltd) Own Page
Ship's location62 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow

Oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE comes alongside cargo ship CAXTON to refuel her with fuel oil

Sailing

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 1610
CLYDE ENTERPRISE (Harbour oiler) Own Page
Sailing forDunglass Esso oil depot and tank farm, River Clyde
Sailed from berth62 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (alongside CAXTON)
CargoLight

Oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE had finished refuelling the cargo ship CAXTON and was now returning to her oil depot.

Arrival

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 1755
SKYLIGHT (1936-1967 steam engined Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock) Own Page

Puffer SKYLIGHT arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow with a cargo of granite chips from Loch Fyne

Arrived fromFurnace (A village in Argyll, Scotland, on North bank of Loch Fyne)Port of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth10 Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage40
CargoGranite chipsGross Tonnage90

Sailing

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
SHANSI Own Page

China Navigation Company's SHANSI leaves Sydney for Port Moresby

Ship's locationSydney (New South Wales, Australia)
Ships agentSwire & Yuill Pty Ltd., Spring Street, Sydney

Contributed by Bryce Kirkwood  (Parramatta, NSW, Australia)

Sailing

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 1935
KYPROS (1950-1967 then 1967-1971 of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool then 1971-1976 P & O General cargo Division) Own Page

Moss Hutchison's KYPROS leaves Queen's Dock, Glasgow for Tripoli (Libya) via Liverpool

Sailing forTripoli (Libya) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berth5 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
CargoGeneral
Draught forward15' 03"
Draught aft17' 00"

Arrival

Monday, May 10, 1965 @ 2035
MICHALIOS X Own Page
Arrived fromAntwerp
Arrived in berth17 South basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
CargoLight
Draught forward8' 3"
Draught aft16 feet