Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Friday, April 1, 1966 @ 1710
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 berth2 x 18 Queen's Dock (alongside HOPPER NO 25)
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port Authority

Arrival

Friday, April 1, 1966 @ 1850
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 Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage382
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port AuthorityGross Tonnage981

Arrival

Friday, April 1, 1966 @ 2000
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 berth2 x 18 Queen's Dock (alongside HOPPER NO 27)Net Tonnage378
Cargo carried on arrivalClyde Port AuthorityGross Tonnage918

Sailing

Sunday, April 3, 1966 @ 2140
INDIAN MERCHANT ( 1947 - 1972 General cargo ship of India Steamship Company Own Page

India Steamship's INDIAN MERCHANT leaves Glasgow for Hamburg via Liverpool

Sailing forHamburg via LiverpoolPort of RegistryCalcutta (India)
Sailed from berth17 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoPart same
Draught forward on sailing20' 1"
Draught aft on sailing24' 11"

News Event

Monday, April 4, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
Own Page

Anchor Line “Choice” Pilots in the Clyde in April 1966.

Ship's locationClyde (Scotland, UK)

    These Pilots also handled the ore carriers and other vessels in the Clyde in addition to their work for Anchor Line.

 April 1966

4   FAIR HEAD from Tail-of-the-Bank to No 6 Yorkhill, Pilot Taylor.

4   CARRIGAN HEAD from No 6 Yorkhill to Tail-of-the-Bank, Pilot Stewart, 2 tugs

7   SICILIA from No 4 Yorkhill to Tail-of-the-Bank, Pilot Mackenzie, 2 tugs

8   GLENMOOR from Tail-of-the-Bank to 7/8 Prince’s Dock, Pilot Taylor, 2 tugs

10   SIDONIA from Tail-of-the-Bank to Deep Water Berth, Greenock, Pilot Taylor, 2 tugs

10  FAIR HEAD No 6 Yorkhill to Tail-of-the-Bank, Pilot Stewart, 1 tug

12   SIDONIA shifted from Deep Water Berth, Greenock to 5 Yorkhill, Pilot Taylor, 2 tugs

15   GLENMOOR from 6 Prince’s Dock to Tail-of-the-Bank, Pilot Mackenzie, 2 tugs

17  INISHOWEN HEAD from Tail-of-the-Bank to 6 Yorkhill, Pilot Taylor, 2 tugs

19   CIRCASSIA (leaving for shipbreakers in Spain) from 8 Yorkhill to Tail-of-the-Bank, Pilot Mackenzie, 2 tugs

19   SIDONIA from 4 Yorkhill to Tail-of-the-Bank, Pilot Stewart, 2 tugs

20   INISHOWEN HEAD from 6 Yorkhill to Tail-of-the-Bank, Pilot Mackenzie, 2 tugs

27  TORR HEAD from Tail-of-the-Bank to 6 Yorkhill, Pilot Taylor, 2 tugs

29   TORR HEAD from 6 Yorkhill to Tail-of-the-Bank, Pilot Stewart, 2 tugs

30  SICILIA from Tail-of-the-Bank to 5 Yorkhill, Pilot Taylor, 2 tugs

30   ANDANIA from Tail-of-the-Bank to Deep Water Berth, Greenock, Pilot Taylor, 2 tugs

 

Sailing

Monday, April 4, 1966 @ 0845
HOPPER No 8 (1912-1969 Hopper Barge 200 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust /Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth2 x 18 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoClyde Port Authority

Sailing

Monday, April 4, 1966 @ 0900
HOPPER No 25 (1954-1982 Hopper barge 210 feet long of Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow) Own Page
Sailing forRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth18 Queen's Dock, Glasgow, East endNet Tonnage330
Outward cargoClyde Port AuthorityGross Tonnage941

News Event

Monday, April 4, 1966 @ 1315
CYPRESS (1958-1968 General cargo ship 581 feet long of Hendy International, Los Angeles / Wilson Marine Transit, Cleveland, Ohio)) Own Page

CYPRESS arrives at Meadowside Granary, Glasgow with 18,395 tons of Grain from Baton Rouge, USA

Arrived fromBaton Rouge (Louisiana, USA)Port of RegistryU.S.A.
Arrived in berth4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (head east with bow 1 1/2 blinds west of wall of berth 3 / 4 )
Sailing forAntwerp (Belgium)
Sailed from berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (head east with bow 3/4 blinds west of wall of berth 3 / 4 )
Draught forward on arrival29' 03"
Draught aft on arrival28' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalGrain 18,395 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo1340 on 4th April
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2.
Completed discharge of inward cargo1920 on 21st April
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Vessel bunkered9th April bunkered 255 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE
Vessel on groundAt first low water : afloat and alongside : draught forward 26' 06" and aft 27' 03"
Ships agentOlsen, Johnston & Co. Ltd., 3 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 5815

Sailing

Monday, April 4, 1966 @ 2015
LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain) Own Page

LAURENTIA left Saint John (New Brunswick) for Glasgow

Vessel MasterCaptain A L HunterPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8249

Sailing

Monday, April 4, 1966 @ 2050
CARRIGAN HEAD (1958-1972 General cargo ship 459 feet overall of Ulster Steamship Company/ Head Line, Belfast) Own Page

CARRIGAN HEAD leaves Glasgow for Detroit (USA)

Sailing forDetroit (USA)Port of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Sailed from berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (Pilot Stewart and 2 tugs)
Outward cargoGeneral cargo
Draught forward on sailing18' 06"
Draught aft on sailing24' 06"

Arrival

Monday, April 4, 1966 @ 2125
FAIR HEAD (1957 - 1974 general cargo ship 305 feet long of Ulster Steamship Company "Head Line" : 1983 scrapped) Own Page

Head Line's FAIR HEAD arrives from Liverpool to load for the Great Lakes ports

Arrived fromLiverpoolPort of RegistryBelfast
Arrived in berth6 Yorkhill, Quay, Glasgow (Pilot Taylor piloted from Tail-of-the-Bank, no tugs needed)Gross Tonnage1,573
Draught forward on arrival11 feet
Draught aft on arrival13' 10"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral (out)

Arrival

Tuesday, April 5, 1966 @ 0920
TULIPBANK (1952-1979 Steam Petroleum Oil sludge Tank cleaning vessel 164 feet long of Foster Wheeler Process) Own Page
Arrived fromElderslie, River ClydePort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth2 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage478
Cargo carried on arrivalTank cleaner

Arrival

Tuesday, April 5, 1966 @ 1240
MYRMIDON ( 1947 - 1971 General cargo liner of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Blue Funnel's MYRMIDON arrives in Glasgow to load for far East ports

Arrived fromLiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth8/10 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival11' 2"
Draught aft on arrival18 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalLight

Ship Event

Tuesday, April 5, 1966 @ 1700
CLAN MACTAVISH ( 1949 - 1971 General cargo liner 506 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow : Scrapped 1971) Own Page

CLAN MACTAVISH closes at Birkenhead April 5 for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

Ship's locationBirkenhead (River Mersey, England, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, GlasgowGross Tonnage8,035

 

 

CLAN   LINE

 

FAST  LINER  SERVICES

  

SOUTH   AND   EAST   AFRICA

 

DURBAN,   LOURENCO  MARQUES   AND   BEIRA

                                                      * §  CLAN MACNAIR    Closing Glasgow Mar 7    B’head Mar 15

                                                     *  CLAN MACTAGGART  Closing Glasgow Mar 16   B’head Mar 25

                                                         CLAN MACTAVISH  Closing Glasgow Mar 28    B’head Apr 5

*Also calls Teneriffe

§ Also calls Luanda and Lobito

 

 

LOBITO,   WALVIS  BAY,   CAPE  TOWN,

PORT  ELIZABETH,   EAST  LONDON,

DURBAN,   LOURENCO  MARQUES   and   BEIRA

CLAN FINLAY

Closing Glasgow Mar 17 … Swansea Mar 21 … B’head Mar 29

 

 

CEYLON,   INDIA   and   PAKISTAN

 

PORT  SAID,   SUEZ,   AQABA,   ADEN,

CHITTAGONG   and   CHALNA

CLAN GRANT  Closing Glasgow Mar 18   B’head Mar 28

 

Vessels have liberty to call at other ports

either on or out of route

 

For all information apply to

CAYZER,  IRVINE  &  CO.  LTD.

LONDON,   LIVERPOOL   and

109  HOPE  STREET,   GLASGOW

Telephone  CENtral  7050

  

News Event

Tuesday, April 5, 1966 @ 2104
ROYAL ULSTERMAN (1936-1968 Passenger and cargo ship 339 feet long of Burns and Laird, Glasgow : 1973 Scrapped in Greece) Own Page

Burns & Laird's ROYAL ULSTERMAN leaves Glasgow with passengers, cargo and mails for Belfast

Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Sailed from berthLancefield Quay, GlasgowNet Tonnage1,449
Master of vessel on sailingCaptain Douglas McCormickGross Tonnage3,288
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2.Deadweght Tonnage854