Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Friday, July 1, 1955 @ 1710
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006) Own Page

MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Largs on her return cruise to Dunoon, Kirn and Hunter's Quay
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Pier, Gourock, (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

Arrival

Friday, July 1, 1955 @ 1750
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006) Own Page

MAID OF CUMBRAE arrives at Dunoon on her return cruise to Kirn and Hunter's Quay
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Pier, Gourock, (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

Sailing

Friday, July 1, 1955 @ 1751
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006) Own Page

MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Dunoon on her return cruise to Kirn and Hunter's Quay
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Pier, Gourock, (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

Arrival

Friday, July 1, 1955 @ 1755
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006) Own Page

MAID OF CUMBRAE arrives at Kirn on her return cruise to Hunter's Quay
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Pier, Gourock, (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

Sailing

Friday, July 1, 1955 @ 1757
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006) Own Page

MAID OF CUMBRAE leaves Kirn on her return cruise to Hunter's Quay
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Pier, Gourock, (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

Arrival

Friday, July 1, 1955 @ 1800
The date and time shown is the date and time advertised on the published timetable 		MAID OF CUMBRAE (1953-1971 Passenger ferry 161 feet (49m) long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock, Scotland : Scrapped 2006) Own Page

MAID OF CUMBRAE arrives at Hunter's Quay after an afternoon cruise to Rothesay
Ships agentBritish Railways, The Pier, Gourock, (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

Sailing

Monday, July 4, 1955 @ 0920 		WAVERLEY (1947 - 1974 Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) Own Page

Paddle steamer WAVERLEY leaves Gourock on an excursion cruise to Brodick and Whiting Bay
Ship's locationFirth of Clyde (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Outward cargoPassengersGross Tonnage693
Ships agentCaledonian Steam Packet Co. Ltd., The Pier, Gourock, Scotland, U.K.

Sailing

Monday, July 4, 1955 @ 1005 		CALEDONIA (1934-1939 and 1946-1969 Excursion paddle steamer 230 feet 70.1 metres 14 knots of Caledonian Steam Packet Company. Gourock) Own Page

Paddle steamer CALEDONIA leaves Ardrossan on an excursion cruise to Millport, Dunoon and Arrochar
Ship's locationFirth of Clyde (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Outward cargoPassengersGross Tonnage623
Ships agentCaledonian Steam Packet Co. Ltd., The Pier, Gourock, Scotland, U.K.Deadweght Tonnage161

News Event

Tuesday, July 5, 1955 @ 1200
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate 		Own Page

Painting of Clyde passenger excursion steamers --- possibly at Rothesay Pier on a fine summer day
Ship's locationFirth of Clyde (Scotland, U.K.) ---- possibly Rothesay pier

Ship Movement

Wednesday, July 6, 1955 @ 0800 		HANNINGTON COURT (1954-1963 General cargo ship 476 feet overall : Official Number 186168 : of Court Line, managed by Haldin & Co. Ltd., London : 1976 scrapped at Bombay, India) Own Page

HANNINGTON COURT shifts 15 feet astern in berth 2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow
Arrived fromFremantle (Western Australia) via Liverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)Net Tonnage3,467
Sailing forNumber 3 Govan Drydock, GlasgowGross Tonnage6,266
Sailed from berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Draught forward on arrival17 feet 8 inches
Draught aft on arrival22 feet 6 inches
Cargo carried on arrival5,678 tons of wheat
Commenced discharge of inward cargo1500 on 1 July
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Navigation Trust, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, G2 8DS (Scotland, UK)
Completed discharge of inward cargo1500 on 7 July
Outward cargoLight ship = no cargo on board
Draught forward on sailing9 feet 6 inches
Draught aft on sailing12 feet
Sailed1230 on 8 July left Meadowside Quay for Number 3 Govan Drydock, Glasgow

News Event

Wednesday, July 6, 1955 @ 0900 		Own Page

July 1955 Advertisment by Royal Mail Lines for their passenger sailings to South America

Sailing

Wednesday, July 6, 1955 @ 0920 		DUCHESS OF HAMILTON ( 1932-1971 Passenger excursion steamer 272 feet long with triple screws of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Gourock) Own Page

DUCHESS OF HAMILTON leaves Gourock on an excursion cruise to Brodick and Whiting Bay
Ship's locationFirth of Clyde (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Outward cargoPassengersNet Tonnage297
Ships agentCaledonian Steam Packet Co. Ltd., The Pier, Gourock, Scotland, U.K.Gross Tonnage801
Deadweght Tonnage155

News Event

Wednesday, July 6, 1955 @ 1000 		Own Page

1955 Advertisment by Wm H Muller for their service from Glasgow to Paris and Rouen

News Event

Wednesday, July 6, 1955 @ 1000 		Own Page

1955 Advertisment by David MacBrayne Ltd for their cargo services from Glasgow to the West Highlands

   July 1955 Advertisment by David MacBrayne Ltd for their cargo services from Kingston Dock, Glasgow to the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland.   MacBrayne's was the principal  shipping company and served all the islands, big or small, and a well known little poem is interesting

God made the world and all it contains,

Except the Western Isles

They belong to MacBrayne's

  

 

News Event

Wednesday, July 6, 1955 @ 1000 		Own Page

July 1955 Advertisment by French Line for their sailings to New York and the West Indies