Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Thursday, November 24, 1966 @ 1948 		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

Ship Event

Tuesday, November 29, 1966 @ 1700 		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 redelivered from Donaldson Line to Owners Glassel & Company of Bremen, Germany.
Vessel MasterCaptain K. HewelPort of RegistryBremen (Germany)
Net Tonnage1,785
Gross Tonnage3,401

News Event

Wednesday, November 30, 1966 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		EASTERN QUEEN (1950-1970 Passenger / general cargo ship 455 feet overall of Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong / Dominion Far East Line : 1974 scrapped at Whampoa (China)) Own Page

EASTERN QUEEN leaves Sydney (Australia) for Yokkaichi, Nagoya, Yokohama and Kobe (Japan)
Ships agentH C Sleigh Ltd., 115 York Street, Sydney Telephone 2-0253 Port of RegistryHong Kong
Net Tonnage5,018
Gross Tonnage8,644
Deadweght Tonnage8,900

Arrival

Thursday, December 1, 1966 @ 0303 		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

Arrival

Thursday, December 1, 1966 @ 0700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		IBERIA (1954-1973 Passenger liner of P & O, London : Scrapped in 1973) Own Page

P & O - Orient liner IBERIA arrives at Melbourne after a 64 day cruise around the Pacific
Arrived from64 day cruise around the PacificPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berthMelbourne (Australia)Gross Tonnage29,614
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers
Ships agentP & O - Orient Lines, 356 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia Tel 60-0381

News Event

Thursday, December 1, 1966 @ 1000 		Own Page

1966 Advertisment by Yarrow-Admiralty Research Department for Marine Project Design Draughtsmen

News Event

Thursday, December 1, 1966 @ 2035 		ROYAL ULSTERMAN (1936-1968 Passenger and cargo ship 339 feet long of Burns and Laird, Glasgow : 1973 Scrapped in Greece) Own Page

ROYAL ULSTERMAN leaves Glasgow with passengers, mails, general cargo and cars for Belfast
Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)Port of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Sailed from berthGlasgow Net Tonnage1,449
Gross Tonnage3,288
Deadweght Tonnage854

REMARKS, WEATHER, ETC.

   Vessel put about for shelter at 0250 due to severe weather conditions.   The vessel had great difficulty in answering the helm.   Wind North North West force 11.   Vessel labouring in heavy sea and the swell spraying overall.

   At 1431 anchored in Belfast Lough but anchor would not hold.   At 1447 weighed anchor and proceeded to berth.

 Douglas McCormick, Master

  

Arrival

Friday, December 2, 1966 @ 1625 		ROYAL ULSTERMAN (1936-1968 Passenger and cargo ship 339 feet long of Burns and Laird, Glasgow : 1973 Scrapped in Greece) Own Page

ROYAL ULSTERMAN arrives in Belfast with passengers, mails, general cargo and cars from Glasgow
Arrived fromGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Arrived in berthBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)Net Tonnage1,449
Gross Tonnage3,288
Deadweght Tonnage854

REMARKS, WEATHER, ETC.

   Vessel put about for shelter at 0250 due to severe weather conditions.   The vessel had great difficulty in answering the helm.   Wind North North West force 11.   Vessel labouring in heavy sea and the swell spraying overall.

   At 1431 anchored in Belfast Lough but anchor would not hold.   At 1447 weighed anchor and proceeded to berth.

 Douglas McCormick, Master

  

News Event

Friday, December 2, 1966 @ 1700 		SANTONA (1959-1967 General cargo ship 297 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Donaldson Line's SANTONA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Saint John and Halifax
Port of RegistryGlasgow

Sailing

Friday, December 2, 1966 @ 2114 		ROYAL ULSTERMAN (1936-1968 Passenger and cargo ship 339 feet long of Burns and Laird, Glasgow : 1973 Scrapped in Greece) Own Page

ROYAL ULSTERMAN leaves Belfast with passengers, mails, general cargo and cars for Glasgow
Sailing forGlasgowPort of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Sailed from berthBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)Net Tonnage1,449
Gross Tonnage3,288
Deadweght Tonnage854

REMARKS, WEATHER, ETC.

   Vessel put about for shelter at 0250 due to severe weather conditions.   The vessel had great difficulty in answering the helm.   Wind North North West force 11.   Vessel labouring in heavy sea and the swell spraying overall.

   At 1431 anchored in Belfast Lough but anchor would not hold.   At 1447 weighed anchor and proceeded to berth.

 Douglas McCormick, Master

  

Arrival

Saturday, December 3, 1966 @ 0634 		ROYAL ULSTERMAN (1936-1968 Passenger and cargo ship 339 feet long of Burns and Laird, Glasgow : 1973 Scrapped in Greece) Own Page

ROYAL ULSTERMAN arrives at Glasgow with passengers, mails, general cargo and cars from Belfast
Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Arrived in berthGlasgowNet Tonnage1,449
Gross Tonnage3,288
Deadweght Tonnage854

REMARKS, WEATHER, ETC.

   Vessel put about for shelter at 0250 due to severe weather conditions.   The vessel had great difficulty in answering the helm.   Wind North North West force 11.   Vessel labouring in heavy sea and the swell spraying overall.

   At 1431 anchored in Belfast Lough but anchor would not hold.   At 1447 weighed anchor and proceeded to berth.

 Douglas McCormick, Master

  

News Event

Tuesday, December 6, 1966 @ 1700 		DIPLOMAT (1953-1972 General cargo liner of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's DIPLOMAT closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for West, South and East Africa
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)

Sailing

Friday, December 9, 1966 @ 0630 		LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LAURENTIA left Montreal for Glasgow
Vessel MasterCaptain A L HunterPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8249

Arrival

Thursday, December 15, 1966 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		EASTERN QUEEN (1950-1970 Passenger / general cargo ship 455 feet overall of Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong / Dominion Far East Line : 1974 scrapped at Whampoa (China)) Own Page

EASTERN QUEEN scheduled to arrive at Yokkaichi (Japan) from Sydney (Australia)
Port of RegistryHong Kong
Net Tonnage5,018
Gross Tonnage8,644
Deadweght Tonnage8,900

News Event

Thursday, December 15, 1966 @ 1330 		HERCEGOVINA (1965-1972 General cargo ship 477 feet long of Atlanska Plovidba Dubrovnik) Own Page

Yugoslavian cargo ship HERCEGOVINA arrives at Glasgow with 5,460 tons of Grain from Quebec
Arrived fromQuebec (Canada) via Cardiff (Wales, UK)Port of RegistryDubrovnik (Yugoslavia)
Arrived in berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east ; bow 4 blinds from 2 / 3 bulkhead)Gross Tonnage8,442
Sailing forBuenos Aires (Argentina) Deadweght Tonnage12,214
Sailed from berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (with her head east ; bow 4 blinds from 2 / 3 bulkhead)
Draught forward on arrival18' 11"
Draught aft on arrival22' 04"
Cargo carried on arrivalWheat 5,460 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo1400 on 15th December
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C. 2.
Completed discharge of inward cargo1640 on 19th December
Outward cargoLight-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board)
Draught forward on sailing9' 07"
Draught aft on sailing14' 08"
Vessel bunkered15th December bunkered 320 tons of fuel oil from oiler AVERITY
Ships agentT L Duff & Company Limited, 24 George Square, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2827