Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Tuesday, May 25, 1965 @ 1040
AUK (1949-1965 General cargo ship 259 feet long on short sea and Mediterranean service for General Steam Navigation Company Ltd, London) Own Page
Arrived fromOporto (Portugal) via DublinPort of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth4 North Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage438
CargoGeneralGross Tonnage1,238
Draught forward10' 06"Deadweght Tonnage1,400
Draught aft12' 6"

Arrival

Tuesday, May 25, 1965 @ 1545
LAIRDSGLEN (1954-1974 Livestock / general cargo ship 298 feet long of Burns and Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromGlasgow HarbourPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth4 North Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage523
CargoGeneral (outwards)Gross Tonnage1,544
Draught forward12' 10"
Draught aft15' 6"

Sailing

Tuesday, May 25, 1965 @ 1640
LAIRDSGLEN (1954-1974 Livestock / general cargo ship 298 feet long of Burns and Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forDublinPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth4 Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage523
CargoSame cargo and 2 lifts, each being an 18 ton boiler Gross Tonnage1,544
Draught forward12' 8"
Draught aft15' 7"

Sailing

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 0800
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 berth21 South Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
CargoLight

Arrival

Wednesday, May 26, 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 Bombay from Liverpool

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

Sailing

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 0810
TULIPBANK (1952-1979 Steam Petroleum Oil sludge Tank cleaning vessel 164 feet long of Foster Wheeler Process) Own Page
Sailing forGreenockPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berth2 North Quay, Outer Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage478
CargoTank cleaner

Arrival

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 0900
CARRIGAN HEAD (1958-1972 General cargo ship 459 feet overall of Ulster Steamship Company/ Head Line, Belfast) Own Page
Arrived fromChicago via BelfastPort of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Arrived in berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow
CargoGeneral in and out
Draught forward14' 2"
Draught aft19' 06"

Arrival

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 0945
CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London) Own Page

Oiler CLANITY arrives to bunker CALEDONIA with 450 tons of fuel oil

Arrived fromRothesay Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berth8 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (alongside CALEDONIA)Net Tonnage224
Cargo450 tons fuel oilGross Tonnage495

Ship Event

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 0945
CALEDONIA (1948-1965 Passenger - Cargo Liner 506 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Oiler CLANITY arrives to bunker CALEDONIA with 450 tons of fuel oil

Ship's location8 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage11252

Sailing

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 1200
CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London) Own Page
Sailing forOld Kilpatrick (Oil Depot on River Clyde, 9 miles downriver from Glasgow City centre)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berth8 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (alongside CALEDONIA)Net Tonnage224
CargoLightGross Tonnage495

Arrival

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 1640
CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London) Own Page
Arrived fromOld Kilpatrick (Oil Depot on River Clyde, 9 miles downriver from Glasgow City centre)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berth5 South Quay, Queen's Dock, Glasgow (alongside TABOR)Net Tonnage224
Cargo340 tons fuel oilGross Tonnage495

Ship Event

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 1640
TABOR (1952-1971 Refrigerated / General cargo ship 385 feet long of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool then 1971-1975 of P & O General Cargo Division) Own Page

TABOR bunkers 340 tons of fuel oil from the harbour oiler CLANITY

Ship's location5 South Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1,587
Gross Tonnage3,694
Deadweght Tonnage5,008

News Event

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 1700
CITY OF MANCHESTER ( 1950 - 1971 General cargo liner 485 feet of Ellerman Line, London) Own Page

Ellerman's CITY OF MANCHESTER closes at Glasgow for Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira

Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971Port of RegistryLondon

Ship Event

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 1700
PRINS FREDERIK WILLEM -- pronounced Villem (1951-1967 General / refrigerated cargo ship 258 feet overall of Oranje Lijn (Maats Zeetransport) N.V., Rotterdam : 1977 wrecked and broken up)) Own Page

PRINS FREDERIK WILLEM closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the Great Lakes of North America

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryRotterdan (Netherlands)
Sailing forMontreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Cleveland, Detroit and ChicagoNet Tonnage839
Ships agentJ. C. Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow C.1. Tel. DOUglas 7101Gross Tonnage1,598
Deadweght Tonnage2,658

Sailing

Wednesday, May 26, 1965 @ 1820
SHAFTESBURY (1958-1972 General cargo ship of Alexander Steam Ship Co Ltd / Houlder Brothers, London) Own Page
Sailing forCape Town via Birkenhead and SwanseaPort of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berth17 South Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage8,532
CargoGeneral
Draught forward10' 5"
Draught aft18' 10"