Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Sunday, November 7, 1965 @ 1245 		NEW ZEALAND STAR (1935-1967 General cargo ship of Blue Star Line, London : Scrapped 1967) Own Page

Blue Star Line's NEW ZEALAND STAR arrives in Glasgow from Newcastle
Arrived fromNewcastle, EnglandPort of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berth62 Stobcross Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage12,436
Draught forward on arrival14' 3"
Draught aft on arrival19' 3"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight

Sailing

Sunday, November 7, 1965 @ 1635 		ANGULARITY (1946-1967 General cargo coaster 211 feet overall of F T Everard, London) Own Page

Everard's coaster ANGULARITY leaves 2 Rothesay Dock. Clydebank for Drogheda
Arrived fromDrogheda (Ireland)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berth2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head south)
Sailing forDrogheda (Ireland)
Sailed from berth2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow (with her head south)
Draught forward on arrival13' 03"
Draught aft on arrival14' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalClinker 1,000 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 7th November
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJ F Wilson, 24 Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 2345
Completed discharge of inward cargo1600 on 7th November
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing5' 08"
Draught aft on sailing10' 08"

Arrival

Sunday, November 7, 1965 @ 1710 		NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromDiesel Wharf, Barclay Curle's Clydeholm Shipyard, Whiteinch, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow

Arrival

Sunday, November 7, 1965 @ 2150 		SUNRANA (in 1965 General cargo ship) Own Page

SUNRANA arrives in Glasgow from Montreal via Newport (Wales)
Arrived fromMontreal via Newport (Wales)
Arrived in berth7 South Quay, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival18' 6"
Draught aft on arrival22' 4"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

Arrival

Monday, November 8, 1965 @ 0815 		SIERRA ANDIA Own Page

Coaster SIERRA ANDIA arrives in Glasgow from Cartagena (Spain)
Arrived fromCartagena (Spain)
Arrived in berth30 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival12' 6"
Draught aft on arrival15' 6"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

News Event

Monday, November 8, 1965 @ 1210 		GLENMOOR (1953-1976 General cargo ship 449 feet long of Moor Line Ltd (Walter Runciman & Co Ltd), London / 1968 Anchor Line Ltd, Glasgow ) Own Page

GLENMOOR arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with 9,896 tons of Grain from Brownsville (Texas, USA)
Arrived fromBrownsville (Texas, USA)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and stem 1 1/2 blinds into berth 4)
Sailing forDiesel Wharf, Scotstoun, Glasgow (on north bank of River Clyde)
Sailed from berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head west)
Draught forward on arrival27' 03"
Draught aft on arrival27' 10"
Cargo carried on arrivalGrain 9,896 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo1300 on 8th November
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Navigation Trust, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2.
Completed discharge of inward cargo15th November : finished elevating at 1110 : finished bagging at 1530
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing8' 00"
Draught aft on sailing12' 00"
Ships agentH Hogarth & Sons Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 6535

Telephone put on board on arrival

Sailing

Monday, November 8, 1965 @ 1235 		FIRTH FISHER ( 1954 - 1971 General cargo coaster 220 feet overall of James Fisher & Sons Ltd, Barrow, England) Own Page

Coaster FIRTH FISHER leaves Glasgow for Birkenhead with a 19 ton heavy lift
Sailing forBirkenheadPort of RegistryBarrow (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berth4 Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage512
Outward cargo1 lift of 19 tonsGross Tonnage979
Deadweght Tonnage1,250

Arrival

Monday, November 8, 1965 @ 1930 		SKYLIGHT (1936-1967 steam engined Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock) Own Page

Puffer SKYLIGHT arrives in Glasgow with a cargo of crushed granite from Loch Fyne
Arrived fromFurnace (A village in Argyll, Scotland, on North bank of Loch Fyne)Port of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth10 North Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage40
Cargo carried on arrivalGranite chips (often used to make extremely hard-wearing doorsteps for buildings)Gross Tonnage90

News Event

Monday, November 8, 1965 @ 2045 		VERMEERSINGEL (1962-1968 General cargo coaster 174 feet 53.23m long overall of P.A. van Es & Co., Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands) Own Page

P. A. van Es coaster VERMEERSINGEL arrives in Glasgow with Grain from Bordeaux, France
Arrived fromBordeaux (France)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Arrived in berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and stern on berth 2 / 3 Bulkhead)Net Tonnage253
Sailing forAyr (Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage496
Sailed from berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and stern on berth 2 / 3 Bulkhead)Deadweght Tonnage690
Draught forward on arrival9' 06"
Draught aft on arrival11' 10"
Cargo carried on arrivalGrain 630 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0850 on 9th November
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Navigation Trust, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2.
Completed discharge of inward cargo1845 on 9th November
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Ships agentJ S Braid, Glasgow

Sailing

Tuesday, November 9, 1965 @ 0640 		SKYLIGHT (1936-1967 steam engined Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock) Own Page

SKYLIGHT shifts from Queen's Dock to Custom House Quay, Glasgow to unload her cargo of Granite Chips
Sailing forCustom House Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berth10 North Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage40
Outward cargoGranite chipsGross Tonnage90

Arrival

Tuesday, November 9, 1965 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		CALEDONIA (1948-1965 Passenger - Cargo Liner 506 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's CALEDONIA scheduled to arrive at Liverpool homeward bound from India and Pakistan
Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage11252

Sailing

Tuesday, November 9, 1965 @ 1235 		MATARAM (1949- ? General cargo ship of Royal Rotterdam Lloyd, Rotterdam) Own Page

MATARAM leaves Glasgow for Hamburg
Sailing forHamburg (Germany)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Holland)
Sailed from berth58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow
Outward cargoLight
Draught forward on sailing9' 9"
Draught aft on sailing19' 2"

Sailing

Tuesday, November 9, 1965 @ 1625 		KAREN REED (1955-1968 General cargo ship of Johs Larsen, Bergen and on charter to Saguenay Terminals) Own Page
Sailing forLiverpoolPort of RegistryNorway
Sailed from berth30/32 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoPart same cargo
Draught forward on sailing9' 6"
Draught aft on sailing17 feet

Sailing

Tuesday, November 9, 1965 @ 1700 		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 berth6 Yorkhill Quay

Sailing

Tuesday, November 9, 1965 @ 1750 		REDSTART (1946-1967 A three-island general cargo coaster of General Steam Navigation Company. London) Own Page

General Steam's coaster REDSTART departs Glasgow for France
Sailing forBordeaux and Tonnay-Charente (France)Port of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berth1/3 South Quay, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoGeneral
Draught forward on sailing10' 6"
Draught aft on sailing13' 10"