Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Thursday, August 5, 1965 @ 1520
SOUTH AFRICAN SHIPPER (1961-1966 General cargo ship of Springbok Shipping Company / then South African Marine Corporation : 1975 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

SOUTH AFRICAN SHIPPER leaves Glasgow for Cape Town via Liverpool

Sailing forCape Town via LiverpoolPort of RegistryKaapstad (Pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town")
Sailed from berth17 Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage4,111
Outward cargoGeneralGross Tonnage7,898
Draught forward on sailing12' 1"
Draught aft on sailing17' 5"

News Event

Thursday, August 5, 1965 @ 1700
PRINS WILLEM 11 (1947-1953 General / refrigerated "Liberty-type" cargo ship 135m 305 feet overall of Oranje Lijn (Maats Zeetransport) N.V., Rotterdam : 1970 scrapped at Shanghai) Own Page

PRINS WILLEM 11 closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal and the Great Lakes

Ships agentJ C Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel DOUglas 7101 Grams "Peacock" Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage4,468
Gross Tonnage7,229
Deadweght Tonnage10,865

News Event

Thursday, August 5, 1965 @ 1700
PRINS WILLEM 11 (i1955-1967 General cargo ship of Oranje Line, Netherlands : 1975 destroyed by fire) Own Page

PRINS WILLEM 11 closes at Glasgow for cargo for Montreal and the Great Lakes of North America

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Sailing forMontreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Cleveland, Detroit and ChicagoGross Tonnage1,960
Ships agentJ. C. Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow C.1. Tel. DOUglas 7101

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Sailing

Thursday, August 5, 1965 @ 1727
DONATELLA PARODI Own Page

DONATELLA PARODI leaves Govan Drydock, Glasgow for Santos and Rio de Janeiro (both in Brazil)

Sailing forSantos and Rio de Janeiro (both in Brazil)
Sailed from berthNo.1 Govan Drydock, Glasgow
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board

Sailing

Thursday, August 5, 1965 @ 1740
INGER SKOU (1964- Passenger / General cargo ship of D/S Ove Skou, Kobenhavn, Denmark) Own Page

INGER SKOU leaves Glasgow for New Orleans via Swansea

Sailing forNew Orleans via SwanseaPort of RegistryKobenhavn (Copenhagen) Denmark
Sailed from berth8 West Basin, Yorkhill, GlasgowNet Tonnage2,342
Outward cargoGeneralGross Tonnage4,252
Draught forward on sailing12' 5"
Draught aft on sailing19 feet

Arrival

Thursday, August 5, 1965 @ 1815
HOPPER No 25 (1954-1982 Hopper barge 210 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth48/52 Stobcross Quay, GlasgowNet Tonnage330
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Navigation TrustGross Tonnage941

Arrival

Thursday, August 5, 1965 @ 2000
ELDERSLIE (1924-1973 Grab Hopper Dredger 182 feet long owned by Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth52 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Navigation Trust

Ship Event

Friday, August 6, 1965 @ 0001
Own Page

Merchant vessels prohibited from anchoring off Greenock during Queen's visit to the Naval Fleet

Arrival

Friday, August 6, 1965 @ 0315
FRANCISCA SARTORI (Hamburg Chicago Linie) Own Page

German ship FRANCISCA SARTORI arrives in Glasgow from Rotterdam

Arrived fromRotterdamPort of RegistryKiel, Germany
Arrived in berth24 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival18' 4"
Draught aft on arrival18' 4"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral out

Arrival

Friday, August 6, 1965 @ 0510
TASMANIA Own Page

TASMANIA arrives in Glasgow from Africa via Belfast

Arrived fromWalvis Bay via Belfast
Arrived in berth58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival9' 3"
Draught aft on arrival15 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral
Ships agentF W Allan & Ker Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2 (for South African Marine Corporation)

Sailing

Friday, August 6, 1965 @ 0717
HAWARDEN BRIDGE (1940-1967 General cargo coaster 138 feet long of John Summers Steelworks, Shotton, Chester) Own Page

HAWARDEN BRIDGE leaves Prince's Dock, Glasgow for Runcorn (River Mersey, England)

Sailing forRuncorn (England)Port of RegistryChester (England, UK)
Sailed from berth25 Prince's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage122
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage297
Deadweght Tonnage362

Sailing

Friday, August 6, 1965 @ 0800
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 leaves Prince's Dock for King George V Dock, Glasgow

Sailing forKing George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth12 Prince's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on board

Arrival

Friday, August 6, 1965 @ 0835
INISHOWEN HEAD (1965-1973 General cargo liner of Ulster Steamship Company/ Head Line, Belfast) Own Page

Head Line's INISHOWEN HEAD arrives in Glasgow from Liverpool

Arrived fromLiverpoolPort of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Arrived in berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival14' 11"
Draught aft on arrival19 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral out

Arrival

Friday, August 6, 1965 @ 1030
CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London) Own Page

Oiler CLANITY arrives to bunker DIPLOMAT with fuel oil

Arrived fromOld Kilpatrick (River Clyde) via Shieldhall (Glasgow)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berth83 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (alongside DIPLOMAT)Net Tonnage224
CargoFuel oilGross Tonnage495

Ship Event

Friday, August 6, 1965 @ 1030
DIPLOMAT (1953-1972 General cargo liner of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Oiler CLANITY arrives to bunker DIPLOMAT with fuel oil

Ship's location83 Plantation Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England)