Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Saturday, June 5, 1965 @ 1200
KRISTINA , Shell Tanker Own Page

Sailing

Saturday, June 5, 1965 @ 1225
WALSCOT (Sea Scouts motor launch/ cabin cruiser) Own Page
Sailing forGare Loch, Firth of Clyde (about 23 miles downriver from Glasgow City centre)
Sailed from berth16/18 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
CargoLight

Arrival

Sunday, June 6, 1965 @ 0820
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 berth48 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow

News Event

Sunday, June 6, 1965 @ 1200
SOUTH STEYNE (1938-1974 Passenger ferry 57m 220 feet overall of Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Co,)) Own Page

Manly ferry SOUTH STEYNE leaves Circular Quay, Sydney on a 5 hour ocean crutse

Sailing for5 hours ocean cruise to Sydney Harbour, Broken Bay and Hawkesbury RiverPort of RegistrySydney (Australia)
Sailed from berthNo. 3 Jetty, Circular Quay, Sydney, AustraliaGross Tonnage1,203
Outward cargoPassengers

News Event

Sunday, June 6, 1965 @ 1400
THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date
Own Page

The cross-channel steamer berths at Donegall Quay, Belfast

News Event

Sunday, June 6, 1965 @ 1400
THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date
Own Page

Advertisment in 1965 for the British Rail cross-channel Heysham to Belfast steamer service

News Event

Sunday, June 6, 1965 @ 1400
THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date
Own Page

Advertisment in 1965 for Belfast Steamship Company and Burns & Laird Lines cross-channel service

Sailing

Sunday, June 6, 1965 @ 1515
SUNMONT (General cargo ship of Saguenay Line, Montreal, Canada) Own Page
Sailing forBarbados via Liverpool
Sailed from berth7/15 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
CargoGeneral
Draught forward17 feet
Draught aft22' 3"

Michael Davis writes:
I see you have the ship SUNMONT
I sailed aboard this vessel in the sixties and do not have a photograph of her. If you have one to purchase I would be grateful.
Details of the ship: Motor ship SUNMONT, Saguenay Line of Montreal, Canada.
Ships run : Liverpool, Glasgow, loading general cargo outbound to Port of Spain, Trinidad, Barbados, Antigua and Georgetown, Guiana. Loading Saguenay terminals Demerara, Guiana with Bauxite and topping up at Barbados for Port Alfred, Canada. Loading general cargo at Three Rivers, Quebec and Montreal, Canada homeward bound for Liverpool.

Sailing

Sunday, June 6, 1965 @ 1630
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 KING CITY)

Arrival

Sunday, June 6, 1965 @ 1640
SICILIA (1965-1968 General cargo liner 472 feet overall of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromNew YorkPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth5 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival13' 7"
Draught aft on arrival17' 6"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

Sailing

Monday, June 7, 1965 @ 0430
KING CITY (1950-1966 General cargo ship 437 feet long of Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff : 1978 scrapped) Own Page
Sailing forBuenos Aires via Las PalmasPort of RegistryCardiff (Wales, UK)
Sailed from berth58 Stobcross Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage5,593
CargoGeneral
Draught forward19' 06"
Draught aft21' 09"

Arrival

Monday, June 7, 1965 @ 0720
SOUTH AFRICAN TRADER Own Page
Arrived fromCape Town via BelfastPort of RegistryKaapstad (Pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town")
Arrived in berth21/23 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival12 feet
Draught aft on arrival18' 2"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

Sailing

Monday, June 7, 1965 @ 1100
PAVIA (1953- 1965 General cargo liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page
Sailing forLiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailed from berth30 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage3,411
Outward cargoPart same cargo
Draught forward on sailing14' 3"
Draught aft on sailing14' 6"

Sailing

Monday, June 7, 1965 @ 1540
INGER SKOU (1964- Passenger / General cargo ship of D/S Ove Skou, Kobenhavn, Denmark) Own Page
Sailing forNew Orleans via SwanseaPort of RegistryKobenhavn (Copenhagen) Denmark
Sailed from berth8 West Basin, Yorkhill, GlasgowNet Tonnage2,342
CargoGeneralGross Tonnage4,252
Draught forward10 feet
Draught aft20 feet

Sailing

Monday, June 7, 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)