Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Thursday, May 27, 1965 @ 1040
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 berth27 Queen's Dock, Glasgow (alongside PENELOPE EVERARD)Net Tonnage224
CargoLightGross Tonnage495

Sailing

Thursday, May 27, 1965 @ 1130
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forElderslie, River ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (alongside ALAUNIA)

Sailing

Thursday, May 27, 1965 @ 1155
SUNGATE Own Page
Sailing forBarbados via Liverpool
Sailed from berth15 South Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
CargoGeneral
Draught forward17' 9"
Draught aft19' 3"

Arrival

Thursday, May 27, 1965 @ 1915
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromYarrow's Shipyard, Whiteinch, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth2/3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (alongside ALAUNIA)

Ship Event

Thursday, May 27, 1965 @ 1915
ALAUNIA (1960-1969 Cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line) Own Page

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

Ship's location2/3 Yorkhill Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool

Sailing

Thursday, May 27, 1965 @ 2040
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 berth3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (alongside ALAUNIA)

Sailing

Friday, May 28, 1965 @ 0655
LAIRDSCREST (1936-1968 coastal general cargo ship with Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 scrapped) Own Page

LAIRDSCREST leaves Merklands Quay for Upper Harbour, Glasgow

Sailing forGlasgow HarbourPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthMerklands East. GlasgowGross Tonnage789
Outward cargoGeneral in
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines Ltd, 56 Robertson Street, Glasgow C 2

Arrival

Friday, May 28, 1965 @ 0740
ABBEVILLE (LTC 4041 in 1965 in Clyde and Finland) Own Page
Arrived fromDalmuir Basin, River Clyde ( 8 miles downriver from Glasgow City)Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)
Arrived in berth52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow
CargoLight
Draught forward4' 06"
Draught aft5' 6"

Arrival

Friday, May 28, 1965 @ 0845
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 berth5 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (alongside ANDANIA)

Ship Event

Friday, May 28, 1965 @ 0845
NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

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

Ship's location5 Yorkhill Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

News Event

Friday, May 28, 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 Great Lakes of North America

Sailing forMontreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Cleveland, Detroit and ChicagoPort of RegistryRotterdan (Netherlands)
Outward cargoGeneral cargoNet Tonnage839
Ships agentJ. C. Peacock & Co. Ltd., 164 Buchanan Street, Glasgow C.1. Tel. DOUglas 7101Gross Tonnage1,598
Deadweght Tonnage2,658

Arrival

Friday, May 28, 1965 @ 1725
HOPPER No 8 (1912-1969 Hopper Barge 200 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust /Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth18 North Quay, Queen's Dock, Glasgow

Arrival

Friday, May 28, 1965 @ 1910
HOPPER No 27 (1962- Self propelled Hopper Barge 208 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, Glasgow (alongside HOPPER No. 8)Net Tonnage382
Gross Tonnage981

Sailing

Saturday, May 29, 1965 @ 0610
ABBEVILLE (LTC 4041 in 1965 in Clyde and Finland) Own Page
Sailing forPorvoyPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)
Sailed from berth52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow
Cargo1 lift 180 tons
Draught forward5 feet
Draught aft6 feet

Arrival

Saturday, May 29, 1965 @ 0700
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 arrives at Oban from a seven-day “Islands Cruise”

Arrived from7-day "Islands Cruise"Port of RegistryBergen (Norway)
Arrived in berthOban (West Highlands of Scotland)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.