Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Wednesday, October 12, 1966 @ 0636 		MELLUM (1957-1967 General cargo ship 382 feet long of Partenreederei m.s. "Mellum" / Glassel & Company, Bremen : 1979 Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

MELLUM arrived Avonmouth
Vessel MasterCaptain K. HewelPort of RegistryBremen (Germany)
Net Tonnage1,785
Gross Tonnage3,401

News Event

Sunday, October 16, 1966 @ 1425 		PIONEER COVE (1946-1970 a 1946-built C2-S-B1 type general cargo ship 460 feet overall of United States Lines, New York : 1970 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

United States Lines PIONEER COVE arrives at Glasgow to unload then load for Boston
Arrived fromBoston via Liverpool and DublinPort of RegistryU.S.A.
Arrived in berthMerklands Quay, Glasgow ( head west with stern 1 blind in from east end of shed)
Sailing forBoston (Massachussets, USA)
Sailed from berthMerklands Quay, Glasgow ( head west with stern 1 blind in from east end of shed)
Draught forward on arrival13' 09"
Draught aft on arrival17' 07"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 982 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo1430 on 16th October
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Port Authority and James Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3
Completed discharge of inward cargo1830 on 20th October
Commened loading outward cargo1900 on 18th October
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 3,336 tons : Sperm oil 380 tons and 3 passengers
Stevedore loading outward cargoClyde Port Authority, Glasgow
Heavy lifts loadedFloating crane NEWSHOT loaded 8 containers on 21st and 10 containers on 25th onto PIONEER COVE
Completed loading outward cargo2100 on 25th October
Draught forward on sailing17' 06"
Draught aft on sailing24' 00"
Vessel bunkered25th October bunkered 350 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE
Ships agentW B Woolley & Co. Ltd., 54 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone 041 248 2929 Telex 77219

Sailing

Sunday, October 16, 1966 @ 2232 		ANTONIA (General cargo ship 431 feet long in 1966) Own Page

ANTONIA leaves Meadowside Quay, Glasgow with general cargo for Houston (Texas) via Swansea
Arrived fromPensacola (Florida, USA) via Manchester
Arrived in berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east and stern 2 1/2 blinds east of 2 / 3 bulkhead)
Sailing forHouston (Texas, USA) via Swansea
Sailed from berth1 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east)
Draught forward on arrival14' 11"
Draught aft on arrival22' 11"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 1,952 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 2nd October
Stevedore discharging inward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed discharge of inward cargo1000 on 6th October
Commened loading outward cargo1330 on 5th October
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,433 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Company, 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C 3 Tel CEN 5224 (5 lines)
Completed loading outward cargo1350 on16th October
Draught forward on sailing15' 07"
Draught aft on sailing21' 03"
Ships agentAnchor Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 9809

Ship Event

Monday, October 17, 1966 @ 1400 		ADJUTANT (1954-1966 Cargo vessel 246 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

General Steam's ADJUTANT sold to Yugoslavian owners and renamed GALILOLA
Port of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage1843
Deadweght Tonnage931

246 feet long, 40 feet breadth, 23.8 feet draught, with a service speed of 13 knots.

Launched 6th Jan 1954 by S.P. Austin & Sons, Sunderland.
Completed 23 April 1954 for General Steam.
On 17 Oct 1966 sold to Losinjaka Plovidba Oour Brod, Yugoslavia, and renamed GALILOLA
11th January 1983 sold for breaking up at Rijeka (Yugoslavia... but now in Croatia)

Sailing

Thursday, October 20, 1966 @ 0040 		LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain) Own Page

LAURENTIA left Glasgow for Montreal
Vessel MasterCaptain A L HunterPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8249

News Event

Thursday, October 20, 1966 @ 1700 		MATHURA (1956-1972 Cargo Liner of Brocklebank Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Brocklebank Line's MATHURA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Eastern Ports
Sailing forGibraltar, Malta, Tripoli, Benghazi, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Calcutta and ChalnaPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Ships agentPatrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CENtral 9467Gross Tonnage8,782

Sailing

Thursday, October 20, 1966 @ 2054 		MELLUM (1957-1967 General cargo ship 382 feet long of Partenreederei m.s. "Mellum" / Glassel & Company, Bremen : 1979 Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

MELLUM left Avonmouth for Swansea
Vessel MasterCaptain K. HewelPort of RegistryBremen (Germany)
Net Tonnage1,785
Gross Tonnage3,401

Ship Event

Friday, October 21, 1966 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		PIONEER COVE (1946-1970 a 1946-built C2-S-B1 type general cargo ship 460 feet overall of United States Lines, New York : 1970 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

PIONEER COVE at Merklands Quay, Glasgow loads 8 containers from floating crane NEWSHOT
Ship's locationMerklands Quay, Glasgow ( head west with stern 1 blind in from east end of shed)Port of RegistryU.S.A.
Heavy lifts loadedFloating crane NEWSHOT loaded 8 containers on 21st and 10 containers on 25th onto PIONEER COVE

Ship Event

Friday, October 21, 1966 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

NEWSHOT loads 8 containers onto PIONEER COVE at Merklands Quay, Glasgow
Ship's locationMerklands Quay, Glasgow (alongside PIONEER COVE)Port of RegistryGlasgow

Arrival

Friday, October 21, 1966 @ 1100 		MELLUM (1957-1967 General cargo ship 382 feet long of Partenreederei m.s. "Mellum" / Glassel & Company, Bremen : 1979 Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

MELLUM arrived Swansea
Vessel MasterCaptain K. HewelPort of RegistryBremen (Germany)
Net Tonnage1,785
Gross Tonnage3,401

News Event

Friday, October 21, 1966 @ 1700 		Own Page

Around November 1966 Sailing Notice for Clan Line services from UK to African and Eastern Ports

Ship Event

Friday, October 21, 1966 @ 1700 		CLAN GRAHAM (1962-1981 General cargo liner 496 feet long of Clan Line / King Line / Cayzer Irvine, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN GRAHAM closes at Birkenhead for Teneriffe, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Port of RegistryGlasgow

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Sailing

Saturday, October 22, 1966 @ 1036 		MELLUM (1957-1967 General cargo ship 382 feet long of Partenreederei m.s. "Mellum" / Glassel & Company, Bremen : 1979 Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

MELLUM left Swansea for Boston
Vessel MasterCaptain K. HewelPort of RegistryBremen (Germany)
Net Tonnage1,785
Gross Tonnage3,401

Ship Event

Monday, October 24, 1966 @ 1700 		CLAN MACLAY ( 1949 - 1976 general cargo liner 466 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACLAY closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. / Clan Line, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 7050Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage6,075

Ship Event

Tuesday, October 25, 1966 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		PIONEER COVE (1946-1970 a 1946-built C2-S-B1 type general cargo ship 460 feet overall of United States Lines, New York : 1970 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

PIONEER COVE at Merklands Quay, Glasgow loads 10 containers from floating crane NEWSHOT
Ship's locationMerklands Quay, Glasgow ( head west with stern 1 blind in from east end of shed)Port of RegistryU.S.A.
Heavy lifts loadedFloating crane NEWSHOT loaded 8 containers on 21st and 10 containers on 25th onto PIONEER COVE