Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
EMPIRE ORWELL (1950-1957 British Government Troopship) Own Page

EMPIRE ORWELL at Southampton 30 December from Port Said

Ship's locationSouthampton (England)Port of RegistryLondon (England)
Gross Tonnage17,362

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
CITY OF DURBAN (1954-1971 Passenger / cargo liner 541 feet overall of Ellerman Lines Ltd./ Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company, London : 1974 scrapped)) Own Page

CITY OF DURBAN at Durban 30 December for London

Ship's locationDurban (South Africa)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Ships agentEllerman & Bucknall (Pty) Ltd., 40 Gardiner Street, Durban (South Africa)Net Tonnage7,523
Gross Tonnage13,345
Deadweght Tonnage11,400

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
ANDRIA (1951-1963 Cargo liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

ANDRIA at Avonmouth 30 December from Baltimore

Ship's locationAvonmouth (England)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,228

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
COTOPAXI (1954- General cargo ship 512 feet long of Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool) Own Page

COTOPAXI at Talcahuano 30 December from Glasgow

Ship's locationTalcahuano (Chile)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Net Tonnage4,552
Gross Tonnage8,559
Deadweght Tonnage11,430

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
CITY OF DELHI (1925-1956 General cargo ship 470 feet overall of Ellerman Lines, London : Scrapped 1956)) Own Page

CITY OF DELHI at Bombay 30 December from Manchester

Ship's locationBombay (India)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,443

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
KENYA CASTLE (1951-1967 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

KENYA CASTLE at Durban 30 December for Lourenco Marques

Ship's locationDurban (South Africa)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage17,040

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
LISMORIA (1948 - 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 455 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Tatwan) Own Page

LISMORIA westbound at Panama Canal 30 December for Vancouver

Ship's locationPanama CanalPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8323

News Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CORTONA (1947-1967 Refrigerated meat carrier 425 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CORTONA from Buenos Aires (Argentina) at London

Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8,289
Deadweght Tonnage10,779

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
ASTRONOMER (1951-1970 General cargo Liner 12 knots speed of Charente Steamship / T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

ASTRONOMER left Durban 30 December for Lourenco Marques

Ship's locationDurban (South Africa)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage8,150

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
BENALBANACH (1947-1965 General cargo ship of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENALBANACH left Singapore 30 December for Hong Kong

Ship's locationSingaporePort of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
HILARY (1931-1959 Passenger/cargo liner of Booth Steamship Co., Ltd., Liverpool) Own Page

HILARY left Las Palmas 30 December for Lagos (Nigeria) on charter to Elder Dempster Line

Ship's locationLas Palmas (Capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands)

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
WARWICK CASTLE (1946-1962 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

WARWICK CASTLE left Cape Town 30 December for London

Ship's locationCape Town (South Africa)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

News Event

Friday, December 30, 1966 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
LISMORIA (1948 - 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 455 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Tatwan) Own Page

LISMORIA left Boston (USA) for Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada)

Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8323

Ship Event

Saturday, December 31, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
CITY OF KIMBERLEY (1925-1960 General cargo ship of Ellerman & Papayanni Line, Liverpool : 1961 On a voyage from Shanghai to Hong Kong to be scrapped, she broke her tow and was wrecked) Own Page

CITY OF KIMBERLEY at Cape Town 31 December for Bombay

Ship's locationCape Town (South Africa)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

Ship Event

Saturday, December 31, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
AMERICAN CHIEF (in 1959 General cargo freighter 457 feet long of United States Lines, New York) Own Page

AMERICAN CHIEF from Liverpool, at Philadelphia 31 December

Ship's locationPhiladelphia (USA)Port of RegistryNew York (USA)