Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Tuesday, May 11, 1965 @ 0620
SKYLIGHT (1936-1967 steam engined Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock) Own Page

SKYLIGHT shifts from Queen's Dock to Custom House Quay, Glasgow to unload her cargo of Granite Chips

Sailing forCustom House Quay, Clyde Street, GlasgowPort of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berth10 North Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage40
CargoSame cargo of granite chipsGross Tonnage90

Arrival

Tuesday, May 11, 1965 @ 0835
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromPrince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth19 South Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
CargoLight

Sailing

Tuesday, May 11, 1965 @ 1015
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forShieldhall Riverside Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth17 South Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow (alongside MICHALIOS X)
CargoLight

Sailing

Tuesday, May 11, 1965 @ 1135
FAIRWAY Own Page
Sailing forHamburg (Germany)
Sailed from berth23 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
CargoLight
Draught forward7 feet
Draught aft11' 06"

Sailing

Tuesday, May 11, 1965 @ 2117
POLARIS (1954-1973 General cargo coaster 43.4 metres long of Manager: Carebeka NV, Groningen, Netherlands / Owner: Company 'Polaris', Groningen, Netherlands) Own Page
Sailing forMontreal and ChicagoPort of RegistryGroningen (Holland)
Sailed from berth24 North Basin, Queen's DocK, GlasgowNet Tonnage172
CargoGeneralGross Tonnage353
Draught forward19' 10"Deadweght Tonnage455
Draught aft23' 10"

Sailing

Tuesday, May 11, 1965 @ 2150
CAXTON (1958-1968 General cargo ship 460 feet overall of Transatlantic Carriers Ltd / Canatlantic / Walter Runciman Ltd) Own Page
Sailing forDalhousie (Canada)
Sailed from berth62 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow
Draught forward12' 04"
Draught aft18' 05"

Arrival

Wednesday, May 12, 1965 @ 0640
ROBERT DUNDAS (1938-1974 Royal Fleet Auxiliary coastal store carrier 220 feet long: pennant no. A204) Own Page
Arrived fromBelfastPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London
Arrived in berth58 Stobcross Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage1125
CargoGovernment stores
Draught forward8 feet
Draught aft12' 10"

Arrival

Wednesday, May 12, 1965 @ 0835
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 berth5 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (alongside ANDANIA)

Ship Event

Wednesday, May 12, 1965 @ 0835
ANDANIA (1960-1969 Refrigerated / General cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line) Own Page

Floating crane NEWSHOT comes alongside Cunard Line cargo liner ANDANIA at Yorkhill, Glasgow

Ship's location5 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow Port of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage7,004
Deadweght Tonnage9,560

Sailing

Wednesday, May 12, 1965 @ 1135
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forKing George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth8 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (alongside ANDANIA)

Arrival

Wednesday, May 12, 1965 @ 1200
DEROR Own Page
Arrived fromHaifa via Malta
Arrived in berth22 North Basin, Queen's DocK, Glasgow
CargoGeneral
Draught forward15' 11"
Draught aft18' 06"

Sailing

Wednesday, May 12, 1965 @ 1200
MICHALIOS X Own Page
Sailing forBombay via Liverpool
Sailed from berth17 South Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
CargoGeneral
Draught forward9' 03"
Draught aft16' 06"

News Event

Wednesday, May 12, 1965 @ 1700
CITY OF KARACHI ( 1951 - 1972 general cargo liner 489 feet long of Ellerman Line, London) Own Page

CITY OF KARACHI closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for west, south and east Africa

Ship's locationBirkenhead (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailing forLobito, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban and MauritiusGross Tonnage7,320
Ships agentHall Line Ltd., Tower Building, Water Street, Liverpool, 3 Telephone Central 8444Deadweght Tonnage11,056

Arrival

Thursday, May 13, 1965 @ 0815
WOODLARK (1956 - 1969 coaster of General Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page
Arrived fromOporto via DublinPort of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth27 South Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage933
CargoGeneral
Draught forward9' 07"
Draught aft13' 07"

Sailing

Thursday, May 13, 1965 @ 0913
ANDANIA (1960-1969 Refrigerated / General cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line) Own Page

Cunard's cargo liner ANDANIA leaves Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow for Elderslie Drydock

Sailing for2 Elderslie Drydock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berth5 Yorkhill Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage7,004
CargoLightDeadweght Tonnage9,560
Draught forward13 feet
Draught aft18 feet