Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Sunday, February 27, 1966 @ 1700
The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable 		CHANDA (1944-1969 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd., London) Own Page

British India's CHANDA closes at Singapore for Hong Kong, Kobe, Nagoya and Yokohama
Ships agentIslay Kerr & Co., Singapore Telephone 53371Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage6,957

J.S. of Southend-on-Sea, England contributes a copy of the

British India Steam Navigation Company sailing notice for their

services from Singapore, Port Swettenham and Penang in

February, March and April 1966.

Arrival

Sunday, February 27, 1966 @ 1900 		ROBERT DUNDAS (1938-1974 Royal Fleet Auxiliary coastal store carrier 220 feet long: pennant no. A204) Own Page

Fleet Auxiliary ROBERT DUNDAS arrives in Glasgow from Belfast with Government stores
Arrived fromBelfastPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London
Arrived in berth4 North Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage1125
Cargo carried on arrivalGovernment stores

Sailing

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 0800 		STARLIGHT (1937 - 1967 Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock : 1967 scrapped at Bowling)) Own Page

Puffer STARLIGHT heads for Custom House Quay, Glasgow
Sailing forCustom House Quay, Clyde Street, Glasgow (passing under some very low bridges)Port of RegistryGreenock
Sailed from berth10 North Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage91
Outward cargoSame cargo

Ship Event

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENCRUACHAN (1946-1966 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENCRUACHAN at Suez Canal Feb 28 for Liverpool
Ship's locationSuez Canal (Egypt)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forLiverpool (England, UK)

Arrival

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		CIRCASSIA ( 1937 - 1966 Passenger and cargo liner 483 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's CIRCASSIA scheduled to arrive at Aden homeward bound for Liverpool
Port of RegistryGlasgow

Sailing

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 0805 		NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forPlantation Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth21 South Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoLight

Sailing

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 0905 		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 berth2 x 18 North Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage378
Outward cargoClyde Port AuthorityGross Tonnage918

Arrival

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		THISTLEDHU (1955-1957 then 1960-1967 General cargo SHIP 450 feet long of Albyn Line / Allan Black & Co., Sunderland, / Chapman & Willan) Own Page

THISTLEDHU from Greenock, arrived Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Port of RegistrySunderland / Newcastle (U.K.)
Net Tonnage2,989
Gross Tonnage5,645
Deadweght Tonnage11,340

Arrival

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BOOKER VANGUARD (1963-1979 General cargo ship 403 feet overall of Booker Line, Liverpool) Own Page

BOOKER VANGUARD arrived at Springfield Quay, Glasgow, light from Liverpool
Arrived fromLiverpool (England)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Arrived in berthSpringfield Quay, Glasgow
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo carried

Arrival

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 1500 		SIDONIA (1961-1967 General cargo liner 472 feet / 144 metres of Anchor Line / 1967-1968 Moor Line, Glasgow : 1985 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Anchor Line's SIDONIA arrives at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow
Arrived fromNew York via London and GreenockPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth3 Yorkhill Quay, GlasgowNet Tonnage2.740
Draught forward on arrival15 feetGross Tonnage5,704
Draught aft on arrival19' 8"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

Arrival

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 1550 		HOPPER No 25 (1954-1982 Hopper barge 210 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth54 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow Net Tonnage330
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port AuthorityGross Tonnage941

Arrival

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 1600 		HOPPER No 27 (1962- Self propelled Hopper Barge 208 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth54 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow Net Tonnage382
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port AuthorityGross Tonnage981

Sailing

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 1600
The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable 		BAHADUR (1948-1970 General cargo ship 425 feet long of Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London : 1974 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

BAHADUR on British India charter leaves Singapore for Rangoon (Burma) and Calcutta (India)
Ships agentIslay Kerr & Co., Singapore Telephone 53371Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Net Tonnage3,244
Gross Tonnage5,520
Deadweght Tonnage8,285

J.S. of Southend-on-Sea, England contributes a copy of the

British India Steam Navigation Company sailing notice for their

services from Singapore, Port Swettenham and Penang in

February, March and April 1966.

Arrival

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 1730 		DEROR Own Page

DEROR arrives in Glasgow from Haifa (Israel) with a general cargo
Arrived fromHaifa (Northern Israel)
Arrived in berth58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival17' 10"
Draught aft on arrival18' 6"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

Sailing

Monday, February 28, 1966 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENLAWERS (1944-1968 General cargo ship 475 feet long of Ben Line / William Thomson Company, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENLAWERS left Penang Feb 28 for Aden
Sailing forAden (Yemen, at the Southern entrance to the Red Sea)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthPenang (Malaysia)Net Tonnage4,646
Gross Tonnage7,804