Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Sunday, October 5, 1969 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ADVENTURER (1960-1980 Cargo liner 490 feet long 15 knot of Charente S S Co / T & J Harrison, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison's ADVENTURER leaves Glasgow for Swansea then Birkenhead then African ports
Sailing forSwansea and Birkenhead then for west, south and east African portsPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage8,971
Ships agentPrentice, Service and Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow C. 1.

ADVENTURER was loading cargo for Lobito, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban and Mauritius

Radio Message

Sunday, October 5, 1969 @ 1855 		Own Page

Portpatrick radio - "Onward Progress" due 2300

Radio Message

Sunday, October 5, 1969 @ 2240 		Own Page

"Onward Progress" ETA 2310

Arrival

Sunday, October 5, 1969 @ 2345 		Own Page
Ship's locationStornoway
Vessel MasterHalsallow
CargoLight
Draught9 feet
Berth11
AgentT L Duff
Onward Progress

News Event

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 0300
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		DUNCRAIG (1957 - 1973 Ore carrier, 505 feet long of St. Andrews Shipping Company / Denholms, Glasgow : Scrapped 1982) Own Page

Denholm's ore carrier DUNCRAIG in collision with a fishing boat in the Kattegat, Denmark
Ship's locationKattegat, DenmarkPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage10,687

 

The British ore carrier DUNCRAIG, managed by Denholms of Glasgow, was navigating in fog in the Kattegat stretch of water, Denmark, when she was in collision with a small 10-ton fishing vessel, the force of the impact completely destroying the fishing boat.   DUNCRAIG launched one of her lifeboats and picked up the three crewmen who were in the water.

 

Ship Event

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 0800 		BENARKLE (1968-1974 General cargo liner of Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENARKLE at Singapore October 6 for Port Swettenham
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Gross Tonnage9,850

Ship Event

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 0800 		BENATTOW (1965-1977 Conventional general cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENATTOW at Port Swettenham October 6 for Penang
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 0800 		BENDEARG (1964-1981 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENDEARG at Singapore October 6 for London
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 0800 		BENHIANT (1960-1970 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENHIANT at Singapore October 6 for Bangkok
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 0800 		BENKITLAN (1968-1972 General cargo liner 498 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENKITLAN at Kota Kinabalu October 6 for Sandakan
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Arrival

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		SAINT FERGUS (1964-1981 General cargo coaster 143 feet long of J & A Gardner, Glasgow) Own Page

SAINT FERGUS arrives in Glasgow with a cargo of Granite from Bonawe in the Scottish Highlands
Arrived fromBonawe (Loch Etive, Scottish Highlands, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthQueen's Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage171
Cargo carried on arrivalGraniteGross Tonnage346
Deadweght Tonnage432

Arrival

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ATLANTIC FAITH ( 1958 - Ore/ bulk oil carrier 585 feet long of Atlantic Bulk Carriers Inc., Panama) Own Page

ATLANTIC FAITH arrives at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow with Iron Ore from Venezuela
Arrived fromPuerto Ordaz (in Bolívar State, eastern Venezuela)Port of RegistryPanama
Arrived in berthGeneral Terminus Quay, Glasgow Net Tonnage10,183
Cargo carried on arrivalIron OreGross Tonnage15,564
Ships agentBISCO (British Iron & Steel Corporation Ltd.)Deadweght Tonnage23,044

Arrival

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BIRKNES (1967-1973 Bulk carrier 522 feet long of Kristian Jebsen Rederi A/S, Bergen : 1986 Scrapped) Own Page

Norwegian Bulk Carrier BIRKNES arrives at the Scott Lithgow repair Quay, Greenock
Arrived fromMoh-i-RanaPort of RegistryBergen, Norway
Arrived in berthScott Lithgow repair Quay, GreenockNet Tonnage6,279
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo carriedGross Tonnage12,456
Deadweght Tonnage19,710

Arrival

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		TALTHYBIUS (1960-1971 General cargo ship of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel TALTHYBUS arrives in Glasgow from Dublin
Arrived fromDublin (Ireland) Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berthKing George V Dock, Glasgow Gross Tonnage7672
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo (outwards)

News Event

Monday, October 6, 1969 @ 1100
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		MASKELIYA (1954-1969 General cargo ship 472 feet overall of Thos & Jno Brocklebank / Cunard Brocklebank, Liverpool : 1972 Scrapped) Own Page

Anchor Line Purser drowns at Glasgow despite efforts by Engineer from MASKELIYA to save him
Ship's locationYorkhill Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,350

    62-year old Mr. Andrew Young of Glasgow, a Purser with Anchor Line, drowned at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow when he was reversing his car and it accidentally went over the quayside and fell about 30 feet (10 metres) into the water.

   Mr Young and a companion had arrived at the Brocklebank Line cargo ship MASKELIYA and the companion had boarded the ship when he saw the car reversing at the quayside and topple backwards over the edge.

   The 28-year old Mr. James Gannon of Huyton, Lancashire, Third Engineer on MASKELIYA heard the shouting and rushed to the quayside and jumped into the water, trying four times to reach the submerged car but without success as the water was too deep.

   The Glasgow Fireboat ST MUNGO from her station at the other end of Yorkhill Quay and the Police Launch SEMPER VIGILO were on the scene within minutes and a fireman jumped into the water and attempted to hook a rope line to the sunken car but was unsuccessful.

   The car had somersaulted as it sank and was resting on its roof on the riverbed with some of the windows broken.

   A diver from Clydeport recovered the body about an hour later and a crane lifted the car from the water,