Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Sunday, March 2, 1969 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		Own Page

Ben Line at the beginning of March 1969

BENARMIN left Manila March 4 for Yokohama 

BENAVON left Bangkok March 3 for Labuan 

BENCRUACHAN left Singapore March 4 for Hong Kong 

BENGLOE left Cape Town March 4 for Singapore 

BENKITLAN at Grangemouth March 3 for Hull 

BENLARIG at Singapore March 3 for Rejang

BENLEDI at Kaohsiung March 2 for Hong Kong 

BENLOMOND left Durban March 3 for Hamburg 

BENLOYAL at London March 4 for Southampton 

BENNEVIS left Dakar March 2 for Singapore 

BENREOCH left Southampton March 3 for Durban 

BENSTAC left Southampton March 3 for Singapore 

BENWYVIS at Singapore March 4 for Dakar  

  

Ship Event

Sunday, March 2, 1969 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENLEDI (1965-1972 General cargo liner 563 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENLEDI at Kaohsiung March 2 for Hong Kong
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage6,522
Gross Tonnage11,898
Deadweght Tonnage13,785

Ship Event

Sunday, March 2, 1969 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		CAMMING (General cargo ship) Own Page

Chinese report recovering 7 bodies from sunken Panamanian freighter CAMMING off Shanghai
Port of RegistryPanama

Chinese Authorities state that they have recovered seven bodies, believed to be crewmen of the Panamanian registered  freighter (cargo ship) CAMMING which sank off the coast of Shanghai on 1st March.

   CAMMING was carrying a cargo of wood from Borneo to Shanghai and had a crew of 23.

Sailing

Sunday, March 2, 1969 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENNEVIS (1959-1973 General cargo liner of Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENNEVIS left Dakar March 2 for Singapore
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland)
Gross Tonnage7,591

Ship Event

Monday, March 3, 1969 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENKITLAN (1968-1972 General cargo liner 498 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENKITLAN at Grangemouth March 3 for Hull
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Monday, March 3, 1969 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENLARIG (1961-1969 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENLARIG at Singapore March 3 for Rejang
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

News Event

Monday, March 3, 1969 @ 1000 		Own Page

Advert in 1969 by Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners, England for a Harbour Engineer

News Event

Monday, March 3, 1969 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		Own Page

Around 1969 or so Advert by Ellerman Group to commerate their service to South Africa

News Event

Monday, March 3, 1969 @ 1700 		CITY OF BIRMINGHAM (1949 - 1971 General cargo Liner 481 feet long of Ellerman Line, London) Own Page

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM closes for receiving cargo at Glasgow 3 March 1969 for South Africa
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2Gross Tonnage7,492

 

SOUTH  AFRICA

HALL  LINE      HARRISON  LINE

JOINT  SERVICE

 

LAS  PALMAS,   LOBITO,   DURBAN,

LOURENCO  MARQUES   and   BEIRA

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM  ….  Closing Glasgow Mar 3  …. Birkenhead Mar 13

 

LOBITO,   CAPE  TOWN,   *MOSSEL  BAY

PORT  ELIZABETH,   EAST  LONDON,   DURBAN   and   MAURITIUS

WAYFARER  ….  Closing  Glasgow Mar 13  …. Birkenhead  Mar 24

*With or without transhipment

 

Apply  :

THE  CITY  LINE  LTD.,  75  Bothwell  Street,  Glasgow  C 2

HALL  LINE  LTD.,  Liverpool and London

THOS. & JAS. HARRISON LTD., Liverpool and London

PRENTICE, SERVICE & HENDERSON LTD.,

68 Gordon Street, Glasgow (for Harrison Line vessels)

or  to  the  Brokers

GELLATLY  HANKEY  &  CO.,  London

STAVELEY  TAYLOR  &  CO.,  Mersey  Chambers,  Liverpool

News Event

Monday, March 3, 1969 @ 1700 		CITY OF BIRMINGHAM (1949 - 1971 General cargo Liner 481 feet long of Ellerman Line, London) Own Page

Ellerman's CITY OF BIRMINGHAM closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Las Palmas and Africa
Sailing forLas Palmas, Lobito, Durban, Lourenco Marques and BeiraPort of RegistryLondon
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Gross Tonnage7,492

Sailing

Monday, March 3, 1969 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENAVON (1949-1970 General cargo ship 483 feet overall of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Ben Line's BENAVON left Bangkok March 3 for Labuan
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Gross Tonnage8,079
Deadweght Tonnage11,270

Sailing

Monday, March 3, 1969 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENLOMOND (1957-1977 General cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith) Own Page

Ben Line's BENLOMOND left Durban March 3 for Hamburg
Port of RegistryLeith
Net Tonnage6,001
Gross Tonnage10,325
Deadweght Tonnage12,010

Sailing

Monday, March 3, 1969 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENREOCH (1952-1976 General cargo ship 503 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line Steamers Ltd., Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENREOCH left Southampton March 3 for Durban
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage3,900
Gross Tonnage6,877
Deadweght Tonnage12,240

Sailing

Monday, March 3, 1969 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENSTAC (1968-1982 Refrigerated / general cargo ship 531 feet long of Sir Douglas Thomson & Partners / William Thomson & Co., Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENSTAC left Southampton March 3 for Singapore
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage4,186
Gross Tonnage8,327
Deadweght Tonnage12,100

Ship Event

Tuesday, March 4, 1969 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENLOYAL (1959-1978 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : scrapped 1978) Own Page

Ben Line's BENLOYAL at London March 4 for Southampton
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)