Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Friday, June 4, 1965 @ 0310
FRANCISCA SARTORI (Hamburg Chicago Linie) Own Page
Arrived fromBuffalo via Antwerp and RotterdamPort of RegistryKiel, Germany
Arrived in berth4 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival18' 3"
Draught aft on arrival18' 7"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral (in and out)

News Event

Friday, June 4, 1965 @ 1000
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1965 Advertisment by Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line for a Head Metallurgist

News Event

Friday, June 4, 1965 @ 1000
ALERT (1961-1981 H.M.Telegraph Ship 417 feet long 14 knots of H M Postmaster General, London : 1995 scrapped) Own Page

1965 Advertisment for an Assistant Electrical Engineer for Telegraph Ship ALERT in Clydebank

Port of RegistrySouthampton (England)
Gross Tonnage6,413
Deadweght Tonnage4,765

News Event

Friday, June 4, 1965 @ 1000
ASHTON (1938-1965 a twin-screw 72-Passenger ferry 63 feet long of British Railways Board / Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) Own Page

1965 Advert for Caledonian Steam Packet's ASHTON and LEVEN offered for sale

Ship's locationGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Net Tonnage17
Gross Tonnage38

Ship Event

Friday, June 4, 1965 @ 1000
LEVEN (1938-1965 a twin-screw 72-Passenger ferry 63 feet long of British Railways Board / Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) Own Page

1965 Advert for Caledonian Steam Packet's ASHTON and LEVEN offered for sale

Ship's locationGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Friday, June 4, 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 Birkenhead for Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira

Ships agentHall Line Ltd., Tower Building, Liverpool 3 Tel. CENtral 8444 Telex 62-185Port of RegistryLondon

News Event

Friday, June 4, 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 Birkenhead for receiving cargo for East Africa

Ship's locationBirkenhead, U.K.Port of RegistryLondon
Sailing forDurban, Lourenco Marques and Beira

Arrival

Saturday, June 5, 1965 @ 0415
KING CITY (1950-1966 General cargo ship 437 feet long of Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff : 1978 scrapped) Own Page
Arrived fromNewportPort of RegistryCardiff (Wales, UK)
Arrived in berth58 Stobcross Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage5,593
Draught forward on arrival19' 6"
Draught aft on arrival20' 9"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral 213 tons

News Event

Saturday, June 5, 1965 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
FAIRSTAR (1964- 1988 Passenger liner - formerly OXFORDSHIRE - of Fairline Shipping Corp, part of the Vlasov Group - Sitmar Line ) Own Page

Chinese stewards in a brawl in dining room of Sitmar liner FAIRSTAR

Ship's locationMelbourne (Australia)Port of RegistryMonrovia (Liberia)

Arrival

Saturday, June 5, 1965 @ 1025
WALSCOT (Sea Scouts motor launch/ cabin cruiser) Own Page
Arrived fromCarse and Holmes (Boatbuilders)
Arrived in berth16 Queen's Dock, Glasgow

Motor launch WALSCOT lifted into water at berth 16 Queens Dock, Glasgow

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