Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 2015 		HOPPER No 25 (1954-1982 Hopper barge 210 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth3 Yorkhill Quay, GlasgowNet Tonnage330
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port AuthorityGross Tonnage941

Arrival

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 2220 		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
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port Authority

Sailing

Thursday, March 10, 1966 @ 2355 		SOUTH AFRICAN MERCHANT (1955-1977 Refrigerated cargo ship 470 feet long of South African Marine Corporation, Cape Town) Own Page

SOUTH AFRICAN MERCHANT leaves Glasgow for Antwerp
Sailing forAntwerp (Belgium)Port of RegistryKaapstad (Pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town")
Sailed from berth17 South Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage5,814
Outward cargoLightGross Tonnage9,866
Draught forward on sailing9' 3"Deadweght Tonnage12,100
Draught aft on sailing18' 9"

Sailing

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 0055 		TRANSGERMANIA (1963-1971 General cargo ship 151.8m 498 feet overall of Poseidon – Schiffahrt GmbH, Hamburg : 1977 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

German ship TRANSGERMANIA leaves 3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow for Rotterdam
Arrived fromPhiladelphia (USA) Port of RegistryHamburg (Germany)
Arrived in berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (stem 2 blinds 10 feet west of 3 / 4 bulkhead)Gross Tonnage6,053
Sailing forRotterdam (Netherlands)
Sailed from berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (stem 2 blinds 10 feet west of 3 / 4 bulkhead)
Draught forward on arrival29' 07"
Draught aft on arrival29' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalMaize 10,312 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo1105 on 4th March
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Port Authority, Glasgow
Completed discharge of inward cargo1845 on 10th March
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing11' 06"
Draught aft on sailing15' 04"
Ships agentE von Mehren & Company, 343 Argyle Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone 014-248-5945 Telex 77152

Arrival

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 0315 		Own Page

Everard's coaster ALFRED EVERARD arrives at Glasgow from Gothenburg (Sweden)
Arrived fromGothenburg (Sweden) via Belfast
Arrived in berth5 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival10 feet
Draught aft on arrival13' 3"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

Arrival

Friday, March 11, 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 Gibraltar homeward bound for Liverpool
Port of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 0800
The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable 		BANKURA (1959- 1971 General cargo liner 426 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

British India's BANKURA arrives at Singapore from New Zealand
Ships agentIslay Kerr & Co., Singapore Telephone 53371Port of RegistryLondon
Net Tonnage3,693
Gross Tonnage6,793
Deadweght Tonnage7,274

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

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 0940 		SAPPHIRE (General cargo coaster of William Robertson's Gem Line, Glasgow) Own Page

William Robertson's new coaster SAPPHIRE goes to Tail-of-the-Bank, Greenock, for trials
Sailing forTail of the Bank (anchorage off Greenock) for trialsPort of RegistryGlasgow
Outward cargoNew Ship
Draught forward on sailing8' 3"
Draught aft on sailing10' 3"

Sailing

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 1155 		MARCONI (1961-1973 General cargo coaster 187 feet long of Wagenborg's Scheepvaart N V , Rotterdam) ) Own Page

Dutch coaster MARCONI leaves Glasgow for Newport (South Wales)
Sailing forNewport, South WalesPort of RegistryDelfyzl (Holland)
Sailed from berth23 South Basin, Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoLight
Draught forward on sailing5 feet
Draught aft on sailing7' 4"

Arrival

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 1510 		HOPPER No 25 (1954-1982 Hopper barge 210 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow) Own Page
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth18 North Quay, Queen's Dock, Glasgow (West end)Net Tonnage330
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port AuthorityGross Tonnage941

Arrival

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 1615 		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 berth18 North Quay, Queen's Dock, Glasgow (East end)Net Tonnage382
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port AuthorityGross Tonnage981

Arrival

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 1630 		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 berth18 North Quay, Queen's Dock, Glasgow (West end) (alongside HOPPER No 25)
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port Authority

Arrival

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 1650 		TULIPBANK (1952-1979 Steam Petroleum Oil sludge Tank cleaning vessel 164 feet long of Foster Wheeler Process) Own Page
Arrived fromPlantation Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth2 North Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage478
Cargo carried on arrivalTank Cleaner

News Event

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 1700 		LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LAURENTIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for St John and Halifax, Canada
Ship's locationPrince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Ships agentDonaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901Gross Tonnage8249

News Event

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 1832 		SCOTTISH COAST (1957-1969 Passenger cargo ship 342 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 2002 scrapped at Mumbai, India)) Own Page

Burns & Laird's SCOTTISH COAST leaves Glasgow for Dublin
Vessel MasterFlintPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1827
Gross Tonnage3817