Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Saturday, July 24, 1965 @ 1200
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate
CITY OF WINCHESTER (1952-1970 General cargo ship 568 feet overall of Ellerman Lines, London) Own Page

Company postcard of Ellerman Lines CITY OF WINCHESTER

Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage10,594

News Event

Saturday, July 24, 1965 @ 1650
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 leaves Glasgow with general cargo and 7 passengers for the Great Lakes

Sailing forGreat Lakes via MontrealPort of RegistryRotterdan (Netherlands)
Sailed from berth31 Prince's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage839
Outward cargoGeneral cargo and 7 passengersGross Tonnage1,598
Draught forward on sailing13' 3"Deadweght Tonnage2,658
Draught aft on sailing15' 9"

Arrival

Saturday, July 24, 1965 @ 2230
ULSTER STAR (Blue Star Line) Own Page

Blue Star Line's cargo liner ULSTER STAR arrives in Glasgow from Swansea

Arrived fromSwanseaPort of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival18 feet
Draught aft on arrival21 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral out

Arrival

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 0525
SOMME ( 1950 - 1967 General cargo coaster 161 feet long of Wm H Muller of Rotterdam) Own Page

Muller's coaster SOMME arrives in Prince's Dock, Glasgow from Rouen (France)

Arrived fromRouen via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth21 Prince's Dock, Glasgow
CargoGeneral in and out

Arrival

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 0530
KANTARA ( 1947 - 1972 General cargo ship 366 feet overall of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

KANTARA arrives in Glasgow from Israel and Spain

Arrived fromHaifa (Northern Israel) and Cadiz (Spain)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth32 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival10' 8"
Draught aft on arrival15' 3"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

Arrival

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 0800
CARRIGAN HEAD (1958-1972 General cargo ship 459 feet overall of Ulster Steamship Company/ Head Line, Belfast) Own Page

Head Line's CARRIGAN HEAD arrives in Glasgow from Detroit via Belfast

Arrived fromDetroit (USA) via BelfastPort of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Arrived in berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival16' 6"
Draught aft on arrival18 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

An interesting documentary film about the CARRIGAN HEAD and her 1967 voyage from Belfast to Canada and Chicago is on YOUTUBE on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bNMQJHV0W0

Arrival

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 0920
RINGDOVE (a cargo vessel of General Steam Navigation, London) Own Page

RINGDOVE arrives in Glasgow from Bordeaux via Dublin

Arrived fromBordeaux (France) via DublinPort of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth1/3 South Quay, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival9' 8"
Draught aft on arrival14' 6"

News Event

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 1100
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate
Own Page

Postcard of Dunoon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland showing U.S. Navy Base at Holy Loch and Dunoon Pier

Ship's locationDunoon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)

Contributed by Jim McVeigh.

Sailing

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 1504
COLINA (1960-1967 general cargo liner 294 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's COLINA leaves Humberstone (Canada) for Port Colborne (Canada)

Sailing forPort Colborne (on Lake Erie at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in southern Ontario, CanadaPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthHumberstone (a township facing Lake Erie, Welland, Ontario, Canada)
Master of vessel on sailingCaptain W. F .Joyce

Arrival

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 1840
COLINA (1960-1967 general cargo liner 294 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's COLINA arrives in Port Colborne (Canada) from Humberstone (Canada)

Arrived fromHumberstone (a township facing Lake Erie, Welland, Ontario, Canada) Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthPort Colborne (on Lake Erie at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in southern Ontario, Canada
Master of vessel on arrivalCaptain W. F. Joyce

News Event

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 1905
ARMANISTAN (1949-1965 General cargo ship of Frank C Strick Line, London) Own Page

Strick's ARMANISTAN departs Glasgow for the Persian Gulf via Manchester

Sailing forPersian Gulf via ManchesterPort of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berth6/7 Prince's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage8,409
Outward cargoGeneral cargo Deadweght Tonnage10,880
Draught forward on sailing11' 2"
Draught aft on sailing18' 2"
Ships agentFrank C. Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2 Telephone CITY 6131

Sailing

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 2010
SUNADELE (1953-1966 General cargo ship 16 knots of Reederei "Zürich" A.G., Basel, Switzerland) Own Page

SUNADELE leaves Glasgow for Barbados via Liverpool

Sailing forBarbados via LiverpoolPort of RegistryProbably Switzerland
Sailed from berth15 South Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow Gross Tonnage4,995
Outward cargoGeneralDeadweght Tonnage6,290
Draught forward on sailing11' 3"
Draught aft on sailing17 feet

Arrival

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 2015
INVERCLOY ( 1935- 1967 General cargo Clyde puffer lighter 66 feet long of G & G Hamilton / Hamilton & McPhail / Hay Hamilton Ltd, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped) Own Page

Puffer INVERCLOY arrives in Prince's Dock, Glasgow from Rothesay with barrels of tar

Arrived fromRothesay (Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth25 Prince's Dock, GlasgowReg Tonnage44
CargoTarGross Tonnage95

Sailing

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 2030
SUNLAND (1954-1966 Cargo ship owned by A. I. Langfeldt of Kristiansand, Norway, and on long-term charter from 1954-1966 to the Saguenay Terminals Company.) Own Page

SUNLAND shifts downriver to Elderslie, Glasgow

Sailing forElderslie, River ClydePort of RegistryKristiansand. (Norway)
Sailed from berth7/15 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoPart same cargo
Draught forward on sailing10' 9"
Draught aft on sailing12' 9"

Arrival

Sunday, July 25, 1965 @ 2320
BALLYHAFT (1952-1970 General cargo coaster 190 feet long of John Kelly Ltd., Belfast : 1970 Scrapped) Own Page

John Kelly's coaster BALLYHAFT arrives at Plantation Quay, Glasgow to load cargo for Liverpool

Arrived fromBelfastPort of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Arrived in berth73 Plantation Quay, GlasgowNet Tonnage370
CargoLightGross Tonnage847
Deadweght Tonnage900