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News Event

Wednesday, March 9, 1966 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		QUEEN ELIZABETH (1940-1946 Troopship then 1946-1968 passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Cunard Liner QUEEN ELIZABETH leaves Firth of Clyde Drydock, Greenock for Tail of the Bank
Ship's locationPassing Basin of James Watt Dock, GreenockPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage83,673

Image contributed by Robert McKie  (Port Glasgow)

   A more detailed description of the event is on "Events" on the same time and date as this entry. 

Arrival

Wednesday, March 9, 1966 @ 1100 		CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London) Own Page
Arrived fromDunglass oil depot, River ClydePort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berth12/14 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow (alongside AVIOR)Net Tonnage224
Cargo carried on arrivalFuel oilGross Tonnage495

Harbour oiler CLANITY comes alongside AVIOR and bunkers her with fuel oil

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 9, 1966 @ 1100 		AVIOR (formerly BRONNOY) Own Page
Ship's location12/14 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow

Harbour oiler CLANITY comes alongside AVIOR and bunkers her with fuel oil

Sailing

Wednesday, March 9, 1966 @ 1220 		MAHOUT (1963-1978 General cargo ship 481 feet long of Thos & Jno Brocklebank, Liverpool :1982 bombed by Iraqi aircraft while 25 miles from Bandar Khomeini and beached as Constructive total loss) Own Page

Brocklebank Line's MAHOUT leaves Glasgow for Avonmouth
Sailing forAvonmouthPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailed from berth29 South Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage6867
Outward cargoPart same cargoDeadweght Tonnage8410
Draught forward on sailing12' 9"
Draught aft on sailing18' 6"

Sailing

Wednesday, March 9, 1966 @ 1253 		CLANITY ((1956 -1969 Coastal and Harbour oiler 171 feet long of F T Everard, London) Own Page
Arrived in berth12/14 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow (alongside AVIOR)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailing forOld Kilpatrick (Oil Depot on River Clyde)Net Tonnage224
Outward cargoLightGross Tonnage495

CLANITY had bunkered the ship AVIOR and was returning to Old Kilpatrick depot

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 9, 1966 @ 1253 		AVIOR (formerly BRONNOY) Own Page
Ship's location12/14 North Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow

CLANITY had bunkered the ship AVIOR and was returning to Old Kilpatrick depot

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 9, 1966 @ 1700
The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable 		BOMBALA (1961- General cargo ship 426 feet overall of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London) Own Page

British India's BOMBALA closes at Singapore for Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney
Ships agentIslay Kerr & Co., Singapore Telephone 53371Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Net Tonnage3,670
Gross Tonnage6,744
Deadweght Tonnage7,326

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.

Sailing

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 0040 		AVIOR (formerly BRONNOY) Own Page

AVIOR leaves Glasgow for Greenock
Sailing forGreenock (20 miles downriver from Glasgow)
Sailed from berth12/14 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoLight
Draught forward on sailing10 feet
Draught aft on sailing17' 10"

Arrival

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 0300 		MARCONI (1961-1973 General cargo coaster 187 feet long of Wagenborg's Scheepvaart N V , Rotterdam) ) Own Page

Coaster MARCONI arrives at Glasgow from Rotterdam via Belfast
Arrived fromRotterdam via BelfastPort of RegistryDelfyzl (Holland)
Arrived in berth23 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival7' 8"
Draught aft on arrival10 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

Arrival

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 0400 		MANCHESTER MERCHANT (1951-1967 General cargo liner of Manchester Liners, Manchester) Own Page

Manchester Liners MANCHESTER MERCHANT arrives Glasgow from Manchester
Arrived fromManchesterPort of RegistryManchester (England, UK)
Arrived in berth62 Stobcross Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage7,651
Draught forward on arrival20' 6"
Draught aft on arrival18' 10"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral out

Ship Event

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 0800 		BELLE ETOILE (1965-1970 General cargo ship 432 feet long formerly British India's LANDAURA of Mauritius Steam Navigation Company / Rogers & Company, London : Scrapped 1972) Own Page

Chartered ship BELLE ETOILE opens for receiving cargo at Grangemouth for Persian Gulf
Ship's locationGrangemouth (Firth of Forth, Scotland)Net Tonnage4,171
Sailing forPersian GulfGross Tonnage7,289
Ships agentFrank C.Strick & Co. (Glasgow) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2 Telephone CITy 6131

 

 

PERSIAN   GULF

FROM

SCOTLAND

 

STRICK  &  ELLERMAN  LINES

 

m.v.  SERBISTAN

Receiving  Glasgow  …………. 8th – 17th  March 1966

for

KUWAIT,   BAHRAIN,   KHORRAMSHAHR,

BASRAH   (BAGHDAD,   MOSUL,   KIRKUK),

DAMMAM,   UMM  SAID,   DUBAI

 

m.v.  BELLE ETOILE

Receiving  Grangemouth  ………. 10th  - 17th  March 1966

for

BANDAR  SHAHPUR,   KHORRAMSHAHR,

BASRAH   (BAGHDAD,   MOSUL,   KIRKUK),

DAMMAM

 

For  further  details  apply

FRANK  C.  STRICK  &  CO.  (Glasgow)  LTD.,

95  Bothwell  Street,  Glasgow  C 2

Telephone  CITy  6131  

  

Sailing

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 1455 		MAHANADA (1943 - 1967 cargo liner of Brocklebank Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Brocklebank Line's MAHANADA leaves Glasgow for Middlesborough (England)
Sailing forMiddlesborough (England)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berth8 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow
Outward cargoPart same cargo
Draught forward on sailing9' 8"
Draught aft on sailing22 feet

Sailing

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 1810 		ADJUTANT (1954-1966 Cargo vessel 246 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

General Steam's ADJUTANT leaves Glasgow for Casablanca (Morocco) via Liverpool
Sailing forCasablanca (Morocco) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berth32 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage1843
Outward cargoGeneralDeadweght Tonnage931
Draught forward on sailing10' 8"
Draught aft on sailing14' 3"

Casablanca literally: "White house" is the largest city of Morocco.
It is located in western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean and is the largest city in the Maghreb, and one of the largest and most important cities in Africa, both economically and demographically.

Arrival

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 1930 		HOPPER No 8 (1912-1969 Hopper Barge 200 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust /Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port Authority

Arrival

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 1940 		SAPPHIRE (General cargo coaster of William Robertson's Gem Line, Glasgow) Own Page

William Robertson's coaster SAPPHIRE arrives at Glasgow from Troon
Arrived fromTroon, AyrshirePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth21 South Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival8' 3"
Draught aft on arrival10' 3"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight