Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Friday, December 31, 1965 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
IBERIA (1954-1973 Passenger liner of P & O, London : Scrapped in 1973) Own Page

IBERIA left Aden 31 December for London

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage29,614

Sailing

Friday, December 31, 1965 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
TINTAGEL CASTLE ( 1954 - 1971 cargo liner 495 feet long of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

TINTAGEL CASTLE left Middlesbrough 31 December for Mauritius

Port of RegistryLondon

Sailing

Friday, December 31, 1965 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
HARDWICKE GRANGE (1960-1975 Refrigerated / general cargo ship of Houlder Brothers, London) Own Page

HARDWICKE GRANGE left Montevideo 31 December for Liverpool

Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage 10,337

Sailing

Friday, December 31, 1965 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CITY OF SWANSEA (1946-1968 General cargo ship of Ellerman Hall Lines, London : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung as BENKITLAN) Own Page

CITY OF SWANSEA left Port Said 31 December for London

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)

Sailing

Friday, December 31, 1965 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
ORCADES (1948-1962 Passenger liner of Orient Line, then 1962-1973 of P & O Line, London) Own Page

ORCADES left London 31 December for Sydney

Port of RegistryLondon

Sailing

Friday, December 31, 1965 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
ESCALANTE (1955-1970 General cargo ship of Royal Mail Line, London) Own Page

ESCALANTE left London 31 December for Kingston (Jamaica)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

Sailing

Friday, December 31, 1965 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
IVERNIA (1955-1963 Passenger liner 608ft 3ins (185.39m) overall of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

IVERNIA left New York 31 December for Liverpool

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage21,717

Sailing

Friday, December 31, 1965 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
SYLVANIA (1957-1968 Passenger liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

SYLVANIA left Gibraltar 31 December for Liverpool

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Net Tonnage11,679
Gross Tonnage22,017
Deadweght Tonnage9,345

Arrival

Friday, December 31, 1965 @ 1805
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 berth10 North Quay, Queen's Dock, Glasgow (alongside LENNOX 11)
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Navigation Trust

Ship Event

Saturday, January 1, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
BEAVERFIR (1961-1972 General cargo ship 373 feet long of Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Liverpool) Own Page

BEAVERFIR at St Johns 1 January 1966 from London

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

Ship Event

Saturday, January 1, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CAPETOWN CASTLE (1938-1967 Passenger / Refrigerated / general cargo liner 734 feet long of Union Castle Mail Steam Ship Co. Ltd., London) Own Page

CAPETOWN CASTLE at Las Palmas 1 January 1966 for Southampton

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Net Tonnage15,985
Gross Tonnage27,002
Deadweght Tonnage14,925

Ship Event

Saturday, January 1, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CASTEL FELICE ("Happy Castle" 1952-1970 Passenger liner 150m long of Sitmar Line, Italy : 1970 Scrapped) Own Page

CASTEL FELICE at Port Said 1 January 1966 for Sydney

Port of RegistryItaly
Gross Tonnage12,149

Ship Event

Saturday, January 1, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CITY OF COLOMBO (1956-1977 General cargo ship of Ellerman Lines, London : Scrapped in 1979) Own Page

CITY OF COLOMBO passed Gravesend 1 January 1966 for Royal Albert Dock, London

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)

Ship Event

Saturday, January 1, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
LOUIS L D (1957-1970 General cargo ship 456 feet long of Société Anonyme Louis-Dreyfus & Cie, Paris, France) Own Page

LOUIS L D from London at St Johns 1 January 1966

Port of RegistryFrance
Gross Tonnage9,097
Deadweght Tonnage12,634

Sailing

Saturday, January 1, 1966 @ 1200
WAIWERA ( 1944 - 1967 General cargo liner 541 feet long of Shaw Savill Line, London) Own Page

Shaw Savill's WAIWERA departs Glasgow to complete loading for Australia and New Zealand

Port of RegistryLondon

Colin MacKenzzie writes : The date and times are only approximate for 1965, but WAIWERA departed Glasgow for Belfast then Liverpool then through Suez Canal to Port Sudan, thence to Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane , then to Auckland , down to Taranaki , New Plymouth and to Picton in the Queen Marlborough Sound then over to Whangerai . "WAIWERA" is the Maori word for "hot water"