Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Friday, April 15, 1966 @ 1915 		BITOLA (1963-1968 General cargo ship 200 feet long of Atlantska Plovidba, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia) Own Page

BITOLA leaves Queen's Dock, Glasgow for Thessaloniki (Greece) via Liverpool
Sailing forThessaloniki (Greece) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryDubrovnik (Yugoslavia)
Sailed from berth4 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoSame cargo and 4 lifts
Draught forward on sailing13' 00"
Draught aft on sailing16' 00"

Arrival

Friday, April 15, 1966 @ 1915 		ELDERSLIE (1924-1973 Grab Hopper Dredger 182 feet long owned by Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

ELDERSLIE arrives alongside LENNOX 11 at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow
Arrived fromRiver ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth3 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (alongside LENNOX 11)

Ship Event

Friday, April 15, 1966 @ 1915 		LENNOX 11 (Name should be read as "LENNOX 2" 1954-1983 Grab Hopper dredger of Clyde Navigation Trust) Own Page

ELDERSLIE arrives alongside LENNOX 11 at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow
Ship's location3 Yorkhill Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Saturday, April 16, 1966 @ 0700 		ORONSAY (1951-1975 Passenger liner 708 feet long of P & O-Orient Line, London) Own Page

P & O-Orient Liner ORONSAY anchors off Tangier on a 13 day cruise
Arrived fromCasablanca (Morocco)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berthAnchored in roadstead off Tangier (Morocco)
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers

 

P & O-Orient Liner ORONSAY cruise from London on 7 April 1966 to Tenerife, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Madeira, Casablanca, Tangier and return to London

 7   Leave London late afternoon on 1,670 miles passage to Tenerife.

11  Arrive Tenerife 0800 for an 11 hour stay.  Excursions available to La Laguna, Tacoronte, Mercedes Forest and Valley of Orotava.

11  Leave Tenerife 1900 on 120 mile passage to Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands).

12  Arrive Santa Cruz de La Palma 0700 for a 12 hour stay.   Passengers land by launch, and excursions to Risco de la Concepcion and Fuencaliente are available.

12  Leave 1900 on 280 mile passage to Madeira.

13  Arrive Madeira 0800 for 22 hour stay.   Excursions available are Cabo Girao, Ribeiro Frio, Portela, Santo da Serra and Terreiro da Lucta.

14  Leave Madeira 0600 on 470 mile passage to Casablanca.

15  Arrive Casablanca 0800 for an 11 hour stay.  Excursions available are El Jadida, Mohammedia and Rabat.

15   Leave Casablanca 1900 on 190 mile passage to Tangier

16  Arrive Tangier 0700 for a 12 hour stay.  Passengers land by launch and excursions are available to Tetuan and Chauen.

16  Leave Tangier 1900 on 1,300 mile passage to London.

20  Arrive London morning.

 The accommodation available was First Class and Tourist Class.

  

Arrival

Saturday, April 16, 1966 @ 1100 		VISHVA JYOTI (1961 - 1986 General cargo liner 506 feet long of Shipping Corporation of India, Bombay) Own Page

VISHVA JYOTI arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow from Calcutta
Arrived fromCalcutta (India)Port of RegistryBombay, India
Arrived in berth30/32 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage9,173
Draught forward on arrival21' 07"
Draught aft on arrival26' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo

News Event

Saturday, April 16, 1966 @ 1700 		PRINS WILLEM GEORGE FREDERIK (1954-1967 General cargo ship 78m long of Oranje Line, Netherlands : scrapped at Perama, Greece 1979) Own Page

PRINS WILLEM GEORGE FREDERIK closes at Glasgow for cargo for Montreal and Great Lakes
Ships agentJ C Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel DOUglas 7101 Grams "Peacock" Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage1,057
Gross Tonnage1,599
Deadweght Tonnage2,522

Sailing

Saturday, April 16, 1966 @ 1900 		ORONSAY (1951-1975 Passenger liner 708 feet long of P & O-Orient Line, London) Own Page

P & O-Orient Liner ORONSAY leaves Tangier on her 1,300 mile passage for London
Sailing forLondon (UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthAnchored in roadstead off Tangier (Morocco)
Outward cargoPassengers

 

P & O-Orient Liner ORONSAY cruise from London on 7 April 1966 to Tenerife, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Madeira, Casablanca, Tangier and return to London

 7   Leave London late afternoon on 1,670 miles passage to Tenerife.

11  Arrive Tenerife 0800 for an 11 hour stay.  Excursions available to La Laguna, Tacoronte, Mercedes Forest and Valley of Orotava.

11  Leave Tenerife 1900 on 120 mile passage to Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands).

12  Arrive Santa Cruz de La Palma 0700 for a 12 hour stay.   Passengers land by launch, and excursions to Risco de la Concepcion and Fuencaliente are available.

12  Leave 1900 on 280 mile passage to Madeira.

13  Arrive Madeira 0800 for 22 hour stay.   Excursions available are Cabo Girao, Ribeiro Frio, Portela, Santo da Serra and Terreiro da Lucta.

14  Leave Madeira 0600 on 470 mile passage to Casablanca.

15  Arrive Casablanca 0800 for an 11 hour stay.  Excursions available are El Jadida, Mohammedia and Rabat.

15   Leave Casablanca 1900 on 190 mile passage to Tangier

16  Arrive Tangier 0700 for a 12 hour stay.  Passengers land by launch and excursions are available to Tetuan and Chauen.

16  Leave Tangier 1900 on 1,300 mile passage to London.

20  Arrive London morning.

 The accommodation available was First Class and Tourist Class.

  

News Event

Sunday, April 17, 1966 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		MANCHESTER MERCHANT (1951-1967 General cargo liner of Manchester Liners, Manchester) Own Page

MANCHESTER MERCHANT makes a distress call reporting a fire in a hold
Ship's locationNorth Atlantic about 450 miles from Cape Race, NewfoundlandPort of RegistryManchester (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,651

   The U.S. Coast Guard at New York reported that the British freighter MANCHESTER MERCHANT had radioed a distress call asking for assistance in tackling a fire in a hold which is next to a hold containing 600 tons of fuel oil.

   The ship is in the North Atlantic about 450 miles from Cape Race, Newfoundland, and on passage from Jacksonville, Florida with a general cargo to Belfast and Manchester.   She has a crew of 46 and is carrying 12 passengers.

   MANCHESTER MERCHANT was built by Barclay Curle’s Blythswood Shipbuilding Company at Whiteinch, Glasgow in 1951 and is a general cargo ship of 7,651 gross tons and owned by Manchester Liners of Manchester, England.

   The Coast Guard later advised that MANCHESTER MERCHANT had cancelled her earlier distress call and that the fire was now under control.

  

Sailing

Sunday, April 17, 1966 @ 1225 		KANTARA ( 1947 - 1972 General cargo ship 366 feet overall of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

KANTARA leaves Queen's Dock, Glasgow for Piraeus (Greece)
Sailing forPiraeus (Greece)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berth5 Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Outward cargoGeneral cargo
Draught forward on sailing15' 00"
Draught aft on sailing19' 09"

Arrival

Sunday, April 17, 1966 @ 1710 		SENIORITY (1951-1971 A 3-island general cargo coaster 231 feet long of F T Everard, London : 1972 scrapped at Aviles, Spain) Own Page

Everard's SENIORITY arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow from Gothenburg with a general cargo
Arrived fromGothenburg (Sweden)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berth27 Queen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage715
Draught forward on arrival13' 01"Gross Tonnage1,566
Draught aft on arrival16' 08"Deadweght Tonnage1,850
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo

Arrival

Sunday, April 17, 1966 @ 1720 		TULIPBANK (1952-1979 Steam Petroleum Oil sludge Tank cleaning vessel 164 feet long of Foster Wheeler Process) Own Page

TULIPBANK arrives in Queen's Dock, Glasgow from Elderslie (River Clyde)
Arrived fromElderslie (River Clyde)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth2 Queen's Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage478
Cargo carried on arrivalTank cleaner material

Arrival

Sunday, April 17, 1966 @ 2300 		NEWCASTLE STAR (1956-1973 General cargo ship 520 feet long of Blue Star Line, London) Own Page

NEWCASTLE STAR arrives in Glasgow to load for Cape Town via Liverpool
Arrived fromLondon (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth58 Stobcross Quay, Glasgow
Draught forward on arrival12' 01"
Draught aft on arrival16' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo outwards

Arrival

Sunday, April 17, 1966 @ 2320 		INISHOWEN HEAD (1965-1973 General cargo liner of Ulster Steamship Company/ Head Line, Belfast) Own Page

INISHOWEN HEAD arrives in Glasgow to load for Detroit (USA)
Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Arrived in berth6 West Basin, Yorkhill, Glasgow (Pilot Taylor piloted from Tail-of-the-Bank, 2 tugs used)
Draught forward on arrival18' 07"
Draught aft on arrival19' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo outwards

Sailing

Monday, April 18, 1966 @ 0800 		NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

Floating crane NEWSHOT leaves Queen's Dock, Glasgow for Prince's Dock
Sailing forPrince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berth21 Queen's Dock, Glasgow

Arrival

Monday, April 18, 1966 @ 1225 		SIR WILLIAM H RAEBURN (1928-1972 Clyde Navigation Trust's 120 feet long small grab dredger) Own Page

Dredger SIR WILLIAM H RAEBURN berths 3rd vessel off in Queen's Dock, Glasgow
Arrived fromRenfrew (River Clyde)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth3 X 20 Queen's Dock, Glasgow