Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Friday, March 11, 1966 @ 1945
HOPPER No 28 (1963-1997 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) (alongside HOPPER No 27)Net Tonnage378
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port AuthorityGross Tonnage918

Arrival

Saturday, March 12, 1966 @ 0721
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 berths at Dublin after an overnight passage from Glasgow

Vessel MasterFlintPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1827
Gross Tonnage3817

News Event

Saturday, March 12, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
ANDES (1939-1945 Troopship then 1945 - 1959 Passenger Liner then 1959-1971 cruise ship of Royal Mail Lines, London) Own Page

Southampton Police enquire about the disappearance of a 16 year old pageboy from liner ANDES

Ship's locationSouthampton (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage15,620

 

   Southampton Police Officers went aboard the liner ANDES when she returned from a West Indies cruise and docked at Southampton to make enquiries into the disappearance of a 16-year old page-boy from Southampton.

 

   The boy was noticed to be missing when the ship was a few hours out from Teneriffe on her passage to Trinidad and the ship went back over her course and broadcast messages requesting other vessels to keep a lookout but there was no trace of the youth.

  

Sailing

Saturday, March 12, 1966 @ 0830
TULIPBANK (1952-1979 Steam Petroleum Oil sludge Tank cleaning vessel 164 feet long of Foster Wheeler Process) Own Page
Sailing forPlantation Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berth2 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage478
Outward cargoTank Cleaner

Arrival

Saturday, March 12, 1966 @ 1425
LADY SOPHIA (1961-1968 General cargo ship 265 feet 80.7m overall of Downlands Shipping Inc, Monrovia : 1981 scrapped at Perama Greece) Own Page

LADY SOPHIA arrives at Glasgow from Naples (Italy) via Dublin

Arrived fromNaples via DublinPort of RegistryMonrovia (Liberia)
Arrived in berth27 South Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage1,271
Draught forward on arrival7' 10"
Draught aft on arrival14' 8"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral
Ships agentConstantine & Co. Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow C 2

Arrival

Saturday, March 12, 1966 @ 1725
GLEN SHIEL (1959-1973 General cargo motor coaster 109 feet long of Hay Hamilton Ltd, / Glenlight Shipping, Glasgow : Sank 1973) Own Page

Coaster GLEN SHIEL arrives at Glasgow from Islay with a cargo of whisky

Arrived fromPort Ellen (Isle of Islay)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth12 North Basin, Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage89
Cargo carried on arrivalWhiskyGross Tonnage195
Deadweght Tonnage265

Sailing

Saturday, March 12, 1966 @ 1902
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 Dublin on an overnight passage to Glasgow

Vessel MasterFlintPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1827
Gross Tonnage3817

Arrival

Sunday, March 13, 1966 @ 0250
SUNDOVE (1964 - 1969 Chartered to Saguenay Terminals, Canada) Own Page

Saguenay's cargo liner SUNDOVE arrives in Glasgow from Halifax (Canada) via Newport (South Wales)

Arrived fromHalifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) via Newport (Wales)Port of RegistryNorway
Arrived in berth7 South Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage3,890
Draught forward on arrival15' 10"Deadweght Tonnage5,969
Draught aft on arrival17' 9"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

Arrival

Sunday, March 13, 1966 @ 0310
APOLLON Own Page

APOLLON arrives in Glasgow from Cyprus via Belfast

Arrived fromCyprus via Belfast
Arrived in berth22 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival13' 6"
Draught aft on arrival14' 3"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral

Arrival

Sunday, March 13, 1966 @ 0315
ANTONIA Own Page

ANTONIA arrives in Glasgow from Liverpool

Arrived fromLiverpool
Arrived in berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival14' 1"
Draught aft on arrival21' 3"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral out

Arrival

Sunday, March 13, 1966 @ 0730
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 arrives at Merklands Quay, Glasgow to unload 225 cattle

Vessel MasterFlintPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1827
Gross Tonnage3817

Sailing

Sunday, March 13, 1966 @ 0822
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 Merklands Quay, Glasgow for Glasgow Harbour

Vessel MasterFlintPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1827
Gross Tonnage3817

Arrival

Sunday, March 13, 1966 @ 0855
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 arrives at Lancefield Quay, Glasgow from Dublin

Vessel MasterFlintPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1827
Gross Tonnage3817

Sailing

Sunday, March 13, 1966 @ 1535
MANCHESTER MERCHANT (1951-1967 General cargo liner of Manchester Liners, Manchester) Own Page

Manchester Liners MANCHESTER MERCHANT departs Glasgow for Wilmington (Delaware USA)

Sailing forWilmington (Delaware, USA)Port of RegistryManchester (England, UK)
Sailed from berth62 Stobcross Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage7,651
Outward cargoGeneral and 8 passengers
Draught forward on sailing19' 1"
Draught aft on sailing21' 3"

Arrival

Sunday, March 13, 1966 @ 1605
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 arrives in Glasgow with a cargo of crushed granite from Loch Fyne

Arrived fromFurnace (A village in Argyll, Scotland, on North bank of Loch Fyne)Port of RegistryGreenock
Arrived in berth8 North Quay, Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage91
Cargo carried on arrivalCrushed Granite