Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Sunday, September 9, 1973 @ 1910
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

GLEN SANNOX arrives at Gourock Pier from Dunoon
Port of RegistryGlasgow
Net Tonnage388
Gross Tonnage1,107
Deadweght Tonnage301

Ship Event

Thursday, September 13, 1973 @ 1300 		GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

GLEN SANNOX leaves Gourock on an afternoon cruise around Isle of Bute (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)
Sailing forDunoon, Largs, Rothesay then cruise around Isle of Bute (Kyles of Bute, Inchmarnock, Garroch Head)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthGourock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage388
Outward cargoPassengers Gross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentCaledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, ScotlandDeadweght Tonnage301

News Event

Monday, September 17, 1973 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BENDEARG (1964-1981 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENDEARG voyage diary from 17 September 1973 to 21 September 1980
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Thursday, September 20, 1973 @ 1300 		GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

GLEN SANNOX leaves Gourock on an afternoon cruise around Isle of Bute (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)
Sailing forDunoon, Largs, Rothesay then cruise around Isle of Bute (Kyles of Bute, Inchmarnock, Garroch Head)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthGourock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Net Tonnage388
Outward cargoPassengers Gross Tonnage1,107
Ships agentCaledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, ScotlandDeadweght Tonnage301

Ship Event

Saturday, September 22, 1973 @ 1200 		FALLOWFIELD (1954-1971 General cargo coaster 198 feet long of Zillah Shipping / W A Savage, Liverpool / Coast Lines, Liverpool : 1973 sank off Wales) Own Page

Former "Fallowfield" sinks in storm off Welsh coast
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Net Tonnage265
Gross Tonnage566
Deadweght Tonnage851

"Arklow Bay" formerly "Fallowfield" sank 40 miles off St. Annes Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales

FALLOWFIELD

FALLOWFIELD. Built by Scheepswerven Gebroeder van Diepen N.V; Waterhuizen for Rederij Poseidon, Groningen as the MEDUSA in 1953. 1954 Sold to Zillah Shipping Co. Ltd; W.A.Savage Ltd; manager, Liverpool and renamed FALLOWFIELD. 1971 Sold to Arklow Shipping Ltd; Arklow (James Tyrell later Bay Shipping) and renamed ARKLOW BAY. 22nd Sept. 1973, while on passage from Antwerp to Arklow with potash she sank in a storm about 40 miles sw of St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire, All crew saved by French trawlers. Official no. 185509. 189'.8'' x 29'.6'' x 10'.5''. 265 nt 566 gt. 11 kn.
Fallowfield ; Courtesy of Eddie Myers

Ship Event

Saturday, September 22, 1973 @ 1200 		Arklow Bay Own Page

"Arklow Bay" formerly "Fallowfield" sinks in a gale off the Welsh coast

FALLOWFIELD. Built by Scheepswerven Gebroeder van Diepen N.V; Waterhuizen for Rederij Poseidon, Groningen as the MEDUSA in 1953. 1954 Sold to Zillah Shipping Co. Ltd; W.A.Savage Ltd; manager, Liverpool and renamed FALLOWFIELD. 1971 Sold to Arklow Shipping Ltd; Arklow (James Tyrell later Bay Shipping) and renamed ARKLOW BAY. 22nd Sept. 1973, while on passage from Antwerp to Arklow with potash she sank in a storm about 40 miles sw of St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire, All crew saved by French trawlers. Official no. 185509. 189'.8'' x 29'.6'' x 10'.5''. 265 nt 566 gt. 11 kn.
Fallowfield ; Courtesy of Eddie Myers

News Event

Sunday, September 30, 1973 @ 1100
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		BENALDER (1972-1992 Container ship of Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Captain K Hardie on Ben Line's container ship BENALDER at Southampton
Ship's locationSouthampton (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage57,887

Arrival

Monday, October 1, 1973 @ 1500 		SIR WILLIAM H RAEBURN (1928-1972 Clyde Navigation Trust's 120 feet long small grab dredger) Own Page

Dredger SIR WILLIAM H RAEBURN arrives at Troon Shipbreakers for demolition
Arrived in berthWest of Scotland Shipbreakers, Troon,Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

News Event

Tuesday, October 16, 1973 @ 0800 		Own Page

1973 advert for Lamport's Shipping Services in Middlesbrough, England

News Event

Monday, November 5, 1973 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BENARKLE (1968-1974 General cargo liner of Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENARKLE voyage diary from 5 November 1973 to arrival at breakers 22 June 1974
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Gross Tonnage9,850

Sailing

Monday, January 7, 1974 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		PRESIDENT PIERCE (Container ship 1,186 T.E.L.containers of American President Lines) Own Page

PRESIDENT PIERCE leaves Port Kelang for Singapore to load for U.S.A.
Ship's locationPort Swettenham (now known as Port Kelang) MalaysiaGross Tonnage30,300
Sailing forSingapore then for Los Angeles, New York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Charleston (all U.S.A.)

News Event

Saturday, January 12, 1974 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		NIGARISTAN (1970-1973 Refrigerated cargo ship 145m overall of Strick Line / P & O, London : 1986 scrapped in China) Own Page

NIGARISTAN closes at Singapore for receiving cargo for Moji, Kobe, Nagoya and Yokohama (all Japan)
Ship's locationSingaporePort of RegistryLondon (U.K.)
Sailing forMoji, Kobe, Nagoya and Yokohama (all Japan)Net Tonnage5,526
Ships agentMansfield Shipping Services Pte., SingaporeGross Tonnage9,778
Deadweght Tonnage14,310

News Event

Sunday, January 13, 1974 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		PRESIDENT PIERCE (Container ship 1,186 T.E.L.containers of American President Lines) Own Page

PRESIDENT PIERCE leaves Singapore for Los Angeles, New York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Charleston
Ship's locationSingaporeGross Tonnage30,300
Sailing forLos Angeles, New York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Charleston (all U.S.A.)

Sailing

Wednesday, January 16, 1974 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		PRESIDENT TYLER (American President Lines) Own Page

PRESIDENT TYLER leaves Singapore for Karachi, Bombay, Cochin and Colombo
Ship's locationSingapore

News Event

Thursday, January 17, 1974 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		VIANNA (1973-1976 Bulk carrier of Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's bulk carrier VIANNA, probably in Malacca Straits
Ship's locationProbably Malacca Straits - a narrow, 550 mile stretch of water between Malay Peninsula and Sumatra Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage54.810