Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Monday, May 2, 1966 @ 2000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENVALLA (1962-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENVALLA left Rotterdam (Netherlands) for London (UK)

Sailing forLondon (UK)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthRotterdam (Netherlands)

Ship Event

Monday, May 2, 1966 @ 2230
NELEUS ( 1953 - 1971 General cargo ship 489 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : scrapped China 1974) Own Page

Blue Funnel's NELEUS undocks from Number 3 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow

Ship's locationNo. 3 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow .... the drydock nearest the landPort of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage7,800

Ship Event

Monday, May 2, 1966 @ 2300
SICILIA (1965-1968 General cargo liner 472 feet overall of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's SICILIA docks in Number 3 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow

Ship's locationNo. 3 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow .... the drydock nearest the landPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

Ship Event

Tuesday, May 3, 1966 @ 1000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
QUEEN MARY (1936-1940 Passenger liner 1,019.4 ft (310.7 m) of Cunard Line: 1940-1946 Troopship: 1946-1967 returned to service with Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Cunard Liner QUEEN due New York (U.S.A.) from Southampton (U.K.)

Sailing forNew York (USA)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailed from berthSouthampton (UK)

Sailing

Tuesday, May 3, 1966 @ 2000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENHOPE (1962-1972 General cargo liner 497 feet long 15 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith) Own Page

BENHOPE left Rotterdam (Netherlands) for Hamburg (Germany)

Sailing forHamburg (Germany)Port of RegistryLeith
Sailed from berthRotterdam (Netherlands)Net Tonnage6,195
Gross Tonnage9,952
Deadweght Tonnage11,660

Sailing

Tuesday, May 3, 1966 @ 2000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENNEVIS (1959-1973 General cargo liner of Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENNEVIS left Penang (Malaysia) for Aden (Yemen)

Sailing forAden (Yemen)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland)
Sailed from berthPenang (Malaysia)Gross Tonnage7,591

Ship Event

Wednesday, May 4, 1966 @ 1000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CARONIA (1949-1968 Passenger Cruise liner of Cunard Line, London) Own Page

Cunard Liner CARONIA due New York (U.S.A.) from cruise

Sailing forNew York (USA)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage34,274

Sailing

Wednesday, May 4, 1966 @ 1630
GEERTJE BUISMAN (1958-1970 General cargo ship 263 feet 80,17 metres long of N.V. R. Buisman's Koninklijke Fabriek van Gebrande Suikerpoeder, Zwartsluis, Netherlands) Own Page

GEERTJE BUISMAN on time charter to Donaldson Line, Glasgow leaves Glasgow for Montreal

Sailing forMontreal (Canada)Port of RegistryZwartsluis, Netherlands
Sailed from berthGlasgow (Scotland, UK)
Master of vessel on sailingCaptain E Deruyg
Ships agentDonaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Phone CENtral 3901

 

Ship Event

Wednesday, May 4, 1966 @ 1700
CITY OF LONDON (1947 - 1966 General cargo liner 500 feet long of Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company) Own Page

CITY OF LONDON closes for receiving cargo on 4 May 1966 for Karachi

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

 

 

ELLERMAN   LINES

 

SINGAPORE  AND  SABAH

CITY OF CHICAGO  ….  Closing 28 April

 

KARACHI

CITY OF LONDON  ….  Closing 4 May

 

ADEN  AND  MOMBASA

CITY OF PRETORIA  ….  Closing 11 May

 

ELLERMAN   LINES

75  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW

Telephone  CENtral  9971

29  COCKSPUR  STREET,  LONDON,  S.W.1

Telephone  WHItehall  5372

12  CAMOMILE  STREET,  LONDON,  E.C.3

Telephone  AVEnue  4311

Or  Travel  Agents

  

News Event

Wednesday, May 4, 1966 @ 1700
MAKRANA (1957-1971 General cargo ship 497 feet long of T & J Brocklebank / Cunard Line, Liverpool : 1974 scrapped at Shanghai, China)) Own Page

Brocklebank Line's MAKRANA closes for cargo at Birkenhead for Mediterranean and Eastern Ports

Ship's locationBirkenhead (River Mersey, England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Ships agentP. Henderson & Company Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2Net Tonnage4,586
Gross Tonnage8,764
Deadweght Tonnage10,350

 

BROCKLEBANK   LINE 

GLASGOW  and  LIVERPOOL

to

PORT  SAIDSUEZADEN

CALCUTTA  and  CHALNA

Also  Visakhapatnam  (if inducement offers)

*† MAKRANA   …..  Closing Birkenhead 4 May 1966

*Calling  Gibraltar,  Malta  and  Tripoli  on  Cunard  berth

†  Not taking Chalna cargo

All vessels have liberty to call at other ports either on or out of route.

For particulars, apply to

P.  HENDERSON  &  CO.,

95  BOTHWELL  STREETGLASGOW,  C  2

 

News Event

Wednesday, May 4, 1966 @ 1700
MAKRANA (1957-1971 General cargo ship 497 feet long of T & J Brocklebank / Cunard Line, Liverpool : 1974 scrapped at Shanghai, China)) Own Page

Brocklebank Line's MAKRANA closes for receiving cargo May 4 at Birkenhead for India

Ship's locationBirkenhead (River Mersey, England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Net Tonnage4,586
Gross Tonnage8,764
Deadweght Tonnage10,350

 

 

BROCKLEBANK   LINE

                                                                Glasgow  and  Liverpool

to

PORT  SAID,   SUEZ,   ADEN,

CALCUTTA   and   CHALNA

Also  VISAKHAPATNAM  (if inducement offers)

 

*†‡  MAKRANA   Closing Birkenhead May 4

 

* Calling  Gibraltar,  Malta,  Tripoli  on  Cunard  berth

  Not  taking  Chalna  cargo

 Closes South Wales port 22 April

 

All  vessels  have  liberty  to  call  at  other  ports

                                                                        either  on  or  out  of  route

 

For  particulars  apply  to

P.  HENDERSON  &  CO.  (Agencies)  LTD.,

                                                             95  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW,  C. 2.

  

Sailing

Wednesday, May 4, 1966 @ 2225
MAR TIRRENO (1957-1979 General cargo ship 131.5m 559 feet of Compania Maritima del Nervion, Bilbao : 1979 scrapped in Spain) Own Page

Spanish ship MAR TIRRENO leaves 3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow for Antwerp (Belgium)

Arrived fromNew Orleans (USA)Port of RegistryBilbao (Spain)
Arrived in berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east ; bow 1 bollard west of wall berth 2 / 3)Gross Tonnage5,238
Sailing forAntwerp (Belgium)
Sailed from berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east)
Draught forward on arrival29' 06"
Draught aft on arrival28' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalGrain 16,008 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0850 on 22 April
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2.
Completed discharge of inward cargo1850 on 4 May
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing11' 00"
Draught aft on sailing17' 00"
Ships agentCory Brothers Shipping Ltd., 8 Woodside Terrace, Glasgow, C. 3. Telephone 041-332-2494

News Event

Thursday, May 5, 1966 @ 1700
TACTICIAN ( 1961-1979 General cargo / heavy lift liner 488 feet overall of T. & J. Harrison Line, Liverpool : 1987 scrapped in Peru) Own Page

TACTICIAN closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailing forBarbados, Trinidad, La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Curacao and MaracaiboNet Tonnage4,844
Ships agentPrentice, Service and Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow C. 1.Gross Tonnage8,844
Deadweght Tonnage10,900

Sailing

Thursday, May 5, 1966 @ 2305
SIMONBURN (1965- 1972 Bulk carrier 630 feet long of Common Bros / Burnside Shipping, Newcastle) Own Page

Common Brothers' SIMONBURN leaves Glasgow for Firth of Clyde Inchgreen Drydock, Greenock

Arrived fromVancouver (Canada) via Brake (Germany)Port of RegistryNewcastle (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berth4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (head east with bow 1/2 blind from berth 3/4 wall)Gross Tonnage21,379
Sailing forFirth of Clyde Inchgreen Drydock, Greenock, Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berth4 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (head east with bow 1/2 blind from berth 3/4 wall)
Draught forward on arrival19' 08"
Draught aft on arrival23' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalGrain 10,954 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0850 on 26th April
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2.
Completed discharge of inward cargo1800 on 5th May
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing8' 09"
Draught aft on sailing21' 00"
Ships agentJ & J Denholm Ltd,, 37 Renfield Street, Glasgow Telephone CENtral 5571

Arrival

Friday, May 6, 1966 @ 0835
LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LAURENTIA arrived Montreal

Vessel MasterCaptain A L HunterPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8249