Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Monday, December 20, 1965 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CILICIA (1938-40 Anchor Line passenger/cargo ship : 1940-44 Armed Merchant Cruiser : 1944-46 Troopship : 1946 Returned to owners : 1966-80 training ship / Hostel in Rotterdam : 1980 scrapped Bilbao) Own Page

Anchor Line's CILICIA scheduled to arrive at Aden homeward bound for Liverpool

Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage11,136

Sailing

Monday, December 20, 1965 @ 0810
TULIPBANK (1952-1979 Steam Petroleum Oil sludge Tank cleaning vessel 164 feet long of Foster Wheeler Process) Own Page
Sailing forGreenockPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berth2 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage478
Outward cargoTank Cleaner

Sailing

Monday, December 20, 1965 @ 0855
HOPPER No 27 (1962- Self propelled Hopper Barge 208 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berth2 x 18 North Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage382
Outward cargoClyde Navigation TrustGross Tonnage981

Sailing

Monday, December 20, 1965 @ 0920
HOPPER No 28 (1963-1997 Self propelled Hopper Barge 208 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berth18 North Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage378
Outward cargoClyde Navigation TrustGross Tonnage918

Sailing

Monday, December 20, 1965 @ 1210
ROBERT MIDDLETON (1938 - 1974 Coastal store carrier 220 feet overall of Royal Fleet Auxiliary : pennant no A241 : Scrapped 1983) Own Page

ROBERT MIDDLETON leaves Glasgow for Devonport (England)

Sailing forDevonportPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London
Sailed from berth4 Queen's Dock, GlasgowReg Tonnage582
Outward cargo1 lift and Government storesGross Tonnage1125

Arrival

Monday, December 20, 1965 @ 1435
TULIPBANK (1952-1979 Steam Petroleum Oil sludge Tank cleaning vessel 164 feet long of Foster Wheeler Process) Own Page
Arrived fromGreenockPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth2 North Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage478
Cargo carried on arrivalTank Cleaner

Sailing

Monday, December 20, 1965 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ORSOVA (1954-1974 Passenger Liner of Orient Line / P & O Line, London) Own Page

P & O's ORSOVA leaves Sydney (Australia) on a 30 day cruise to Ceylon, India, Thailand and Singapore

Sailing forA 30 day cruise to Ceylon, India, Thailand and SingaporePort of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthSydney (Australia)
Outward cargoPassengers

Arrival

Monday, December 20, 1965 @ 1840
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 berth3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Navigation Trust

Sailing

Monday, December 20, 1965 @ 2115
WERRA Own Page

Coaster WERRA leaves Glasgow for Antwerp (Belgium)

Sailing forAntwerp (Belgium)
Sailed from berth30 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoLight
Draught forward on sailing8' 3"
Draught aft on sailing14 feet

Arrival

Tuesday, December 21, 1965 @ 0705
ROBERT DUNDAS (1938-1974 Royal Fleet Auxiliary coastal store carrier 220 feet long: pennant no. A204) Own Page

ROBERT DUNDAS arrives in Glasgow from Holyhead with a lift of a 7 ton survey launch

Arrived fromHolyheadPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London
Arrived in berth4 North Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage1125
Cargo carried on arrival1 lift of 7 tons (a survey launch)

Arrival

Tuesday, December 21, 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 Karachi going eastbound to Bombay

Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage11252

Sailing

Tuesday, December 21, 1965 @ 0835
ELDERSLIE (1924-1973 Grab Hopper Dredger 182 feet long owned by Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forMeadowside Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow
Outward cargoClyde Navigation Trust

Sailing

Tuesday, December 21, 1965 @ 0840
AMERICAN SCIENTIST (1947 - 1969 cargo ship 459 feet overall of United States Lines, New York : 1970 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

United States Line's AMERICAN SCIENTIST leaves Glasgow with general cargo for New York

Arrived fromBoston (U.S.A.) via Dublin (Ireland)Port of RegistryNew York
Arrived in berth1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow, with her head eastNet Tonnage4,954
Sailing forNew York (USA)Gross Tonnage8,239
Sailed from berth1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow, with her head eastDeadweght Tonnage10,519
Draught forward on arrival12' 11"
Draught aft on arrival19' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 484 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo13 December @ 0830
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224
Completed discharge of inward cargo15 December @ 1900
Commened loading outward cargo13 December @ 1300
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 2,511 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224
Completed loading outward cargo20 December @ 2000
Draught forward on sailing18' 06"
Draught aft on sailing22' 00"
Ships agentW. B. Woolley & Co. Ltd., 54 West Nile Street, Glasgow C.1. Tel 041-248-2929 Telex 77219
Sailed21 December at 0840 for New York

Sailing

Tuesday, December 21, 1965 @ 0947
TULIPBANK (1952-1979 Steam Petroleum Oil sludge Tank cleaning vessel 164 feet long of Foster Wheeler Process) Own Page
Sailing forElderslie, River ClydePort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berth2 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage478
Outward cargoTank Cleaner

Sailing

Tuesday, December 21, 1965 @ 1222
GREBE (1948- General cargo ship 235 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

General Steam's cargo ship GREBE departs Glasgow for Swansea

Sailing forSwanseaPort of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berth32 Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage393
Outward cargoPart same cargoGross Tonnage933
Draught forward on sailing8' 3"Deadweght Tonnage1,216
Draught aft on sailing11' 6"