Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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News Event

Friday, May 6, 1966 @ 1000 		Own Page

1966 Advertisment by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow for a Welding Shop Inspector

News Event

Friday, May 6, 1966 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		TERNEFJELL (1955- 1968 Refrigerated / General cargo ship 297 feet long of A/S Falkefjell / Olsen & Ugelstad, Olsen & Uglested's Fjell Line, Norway : 1971 wrecked at Oran) Own Page

TERNEFJELL closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the Great Lakes
Ships agentJ C Peacock, 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel DOUglas 7101 Grams "Peacock"Port of RegistryOslo (Norway)
Net Tonnage1,115
Gross Tonnage2,102
Deadweght Tonnage2,845

News Event

Friday, May 6, 1966 @ 1700 		CLAN MACINDOE ( 1959 - 1979 General cargo liner 492 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACINDOE closes Birkenhead for Ascension, Saint Helena, then Durban, Lourenco Marques, Beira
Ship's locationBirkenhead (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailing forAscension and Saint Helena islands then Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., Liverpool

Ascension and Saint Helena islands are tiny isolated British Territories in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Ship Event

Saturday, May 7, 1966 @ 1130 		LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain) Own Page

LAURENTIA at Montreal finished discharge
Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8249

Ship Event

Saturday, May 7, 1966 @ 1145 		LETITIA (1961-1967 cargo liner 416 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LETITIA undocks from Number 2 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow
Ship's locationNo. 2 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow .... the drydock in the middle of the threePort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage4,381
Deadweght Tonnage6,150

News Event

Sunday, May 8, 1966 @ 0630 		AMERICAN TRAVELER (1946-1969 General cargo ship 460 feet overall of United States Lines, New York : 1972 scrapped) Own Page

United States Lines AMERICAN TRAVELER arrives at Glasgow to unload then load for Boston
Arrived fromNew York via Liverpool and DublinPort of RegistryNew York, USA
Arrived in berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and bow on berth 1 / 2 bulkhead)Gross Tonnage8,228
Sailing forBoston (Massachussets, USA)
Sailed from berth1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and stern 2 blinds into berth 1)
Draught forward on arrival13' 06"
Draught aft on arrival18' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalPart general cargo (inwards) 1,967 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 8th May
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed discharge of inward cargo1700 on 10th May
Commened loading outward cargo1300 on 9th May
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,970 tons and 350 tons of sperm oil
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed loading outward cargo1415 on 13th May
Draught forward on sailing15' 06"
Draught aft on sailing21' 10"
Ships agentW B Woolley & Co. Ltd., 54 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone 041 248 2929 Telex 77219

Ship Event

Sunday, May 8, 1966 @ 1325 		ULYSSES (1949-1971 Cargo ship 474 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line) Own Page

Blue Funnel's ULYSSES docks in Number 2 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow
Ship's locationNo. 2 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow .... the drydock in the middle of the threePort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

Ship Event

Monday, May 9, 1966 @ 0800 		LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain) Own Page

LAURENTIA at Montreal commenced loading
Vessel MasterCaptain A L HunterPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8249

Ship Event

Monday, May 9, 1966 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain) Own Page

LAURENTIA at Montreal delayed by Wildcat strike by Montreal Longshoremen till June 6
Vessel MasterCaptain A L HunterPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8249

News Event

Monday, May 9, 1966 @ 1615 		RIVKA (1964-1977 General cargo ship 276 feet overall of Zim Israel Lines, Haifa : scrapped 1985) Own Page

Zim Israel RIVKA arrives at Merklands Quay, Glasgow with 1,407 tons of oranges from Ashdod
Arrived fromAshdod (Israel)Port of RegistryHaifa (Israel)
Arrived in berthMerklands Quay, Glasgow (with her head west)Gross Tonnage1,990
Sailing forRotterdam (Netherlands)Deadweght Tonnage3,033
Sailed from berthMerklands Quay, Glasgow (with her head west)
Draught forward on arrival14' 07"
Draught aft on arrival17' 10"
Cargo carried on arrivalOranges 1,407 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 10th May
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClutha Stevedoring Co .Ltd.,, Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233
Completed discharge of inward cargo1900 on 16th May
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing8' 00"
Draught aft on sailing12' 08"
Ships agentJohn G Borland & Peat Ltd., 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CITy 3651

Ship Event

Monday, May 9, 1966 @ 1700 		STATESMAN (1964-1977 General cargo ship of Thos & Jas Harrison, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's STATESMAN closes at Liverpool for receiving cargo for West Indies
Ships agentPrentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage6,162

Ship Event

Monday, May 9, 1966 @ 1700 		CLAN MACINNES ( 1952 - 1978 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACINNES closes at Glasgow for cargo for Tenerife, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailing forBirkenhead (to finish loading) then Tenerife (Canary Islands) Durban, Lourenco Marques and BeiraGross Tonnage6,389
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., 109 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel CENtral 7050 Deadweght Tonnage8,945

News Event

Monday, May 9, 1966 @ 1708 		LAIRDSGLEN (1954-1974 Livestock / general cargo ship 298 feet long of Burns and Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page

Burns & Laird's cargo ship LAIRDSGLEN leaves Glasgow for Dublin
Vessel MasterD CampbellPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailing forDublin (Eire / Ireland)Net Tonnage523
Sailed from berthGlasgow Gross Tonnage1,544
Outward cargo3 cattlemen (who attend to livestock on voyage) and 96 tons of general cargo
Draught forward on sailing11' 10"
Draught aft on sailing15' 08"
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines Ltd, 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow C 2

Ship Event

Tuesday, May 10, 1966 @ 0150 		SICILIA (1965-1968 General cargo liner 472 feet overall of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's SICILIA undocks from 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 10, 1966 @ 0220 		CLAN MATHESON (1957-1978 General cargo ship 502 feet long of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, Glasgow : 1978 scrapped) Own Page

Clan Line's CLAN MATHESON 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.)
Gross Tonnage7,585