Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 0730
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		STRAAT MALAKKA (1948-1967 General cargo ship 476 feet overall of Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen : Scrapped 1973) Own Page

Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen cargo ship STRAAT MALAKKA at Cochin from Bombay (India)
Arrived fromBombay (India) Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Arrived in berthCochin (India)Net Tonnage4,761
Gross Tonnage8,315
Deadweght Tonnage9,188

Some interesting Youtube films of Netherlands ships in the Far East are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrIV9bBKeZk shows elephants being shipped from Ceylon to Australia on STRAAT MALAKKA in 1961

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrPCt64Yff8 shows STRAAT MALAKKA in 1963

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXId5fjalqE shows TJIWANJI leaving Malaysia for Djakarta in 1952

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTrESE9CFms shows STRAAT JOHORE at Colombo in 1961

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG0PvNiGqVY shows STRAAT JOHORE travelling from Australia to Tasmania in 1960

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicB7y5VV6o shows STRAAT HOBART in 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWA6EHpn7nU shows NIJKERK in 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuFv57QCeJQ shows engineers on STRAAT JOHORE IN 1961

News Event

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 0735 		PHRYGIA (1955-1965 General cargo liner 348 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Cunard cargo ship PHRYGIA arrives at Springfield Quay, Glasgow with Dried Fruit from Mediterranean
Arrived fromMediterranean Ports via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Arrived in berth29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (assisted by tugs of Clyde Shipping Company)Gross Tonnage3,534
Sailing forMediterranean Ports via Liverpool
Sailed from berth29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (assisted by tugs of Clyde Shipping Company)
Draught forward on arrival10' 09"
Draught aft on arrival17' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalDried fruit
Commened loading outward cargo1700 on 21 November
Outward cargoPart General cargo (outwards)
Stevedore loading outward cargoClutha Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233
Completed loading outward cargo1500 on 22 November
Draught forward on sailing10' 04"
Draught aft on sailing15' 08"

News Event

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		Own Page

Somewhere East of Suez ....Aden 20 and 21 November 1955

Arrived in Aden 20 November 1955

MARIEKERK from Hamburg

PORT MELBOURNE from Wellington (New Zealand)

EASTERN CITY from Bunbury (Western Australia)

LEEDS CITY from Torrevieja (Spain)

NURANI from Safaga (Egypt’s Red Sea coast)

CASTEL FELICE from Sydney (Australia)

AFRICA from Cape Town (South Africa)

DEVANHA from Bombay (India)

 

Sailed from Aden 20 November 1955

CLYTONEUS for Glasgow (U.K.)

ST VALERY EN CAUX for Saigon (Vietnam)

CHILKA for Calcutta (India)

EASTERN CITY for Port Said (Egypt)

LEEDS CITY for Japan

NURANI for Colombo (Ceylon)

CASTEL FELICE for Naples (Italy)

AFRICA for Trieste (Italy)

DEVANHA for U.K.

BRITISH FORTUNE for Lourenco Marques (Mozambique)

ACHILLE LAURO for Ras Tanura (Saudi Arabia)

BRITISH SOVEREIGN for Mina al Ahmadi (Kuwait)

 

 Arrived in Aden 21 November 1955

HELLENIC SAILOR from Bombay (India)

PORT WYNDHAM from Brisbane (Australia)

NUDDEA from Port Kembla (New South Wales, Australia) 

 

Sailed from Aden 21 November 1955

MARINIA (Salvage tug) for Suez (Egypt)

MARIEKERK for Rangoon (Burma)

GEORGE K for Rotterdam (Netherlands)

MALANCHA for U.K.

PORT MELBOURNE for Port Said (Egypt)

NUDDEA for Antwerp (Belgium)

PORT WYNDHAM for Dunkirk (France)

 

Arrival

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		PORT MELBOURNE (1955-1972 Cargo Liner of Port Line, London) Own Page

PORT MELBOURNE arrives at Aden from Wellington (New Zealand)
Arrived fromWellington (New Zealand)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berthAden (Yemen - a port at the southern entrance to the Red Sea)Gross Tonnage10,470

Arrival

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		EASTERN CITY (1941-1970 General cargo ship of Leeds Shipping Company / Reardon Smith Line : Scrapped 1970) Own Page

EASTERN CITY arrives in Aden from Bunbury (Western Australia)
Arrived fromBunbury (Western Australia)Port of RegistryU.K.
Arrived in berthAden (Yemen - a port at the southern entrance to the Red Sea)

Arrival

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		LEEDS CITY (1955-1967 General cargo ship 464 ft 142m long of Reardon Smith Line :Scrapped 1985) Own Page

LEEDS CITY arrives in Aden from Torrevieja (Spain)
Arrived fromTorrevieja (Spain)Port of RegistryU.K.
Arrived in berthAden (Yemen - a port at the southern entrance to the Red Sea)Gross Tonnage8,140
Deadweght Tonnage10,214

Arrival

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ITOLA (1940-1958 General cargo ship of British India Line, London) Own Page

British India Line's ITOLA arrived at Cochin from Basrah (Iraq)
Arrived in berthCochin (India)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage6,793

News Event

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		STRAAT MALAKKA (1948-1967 General cargo ship 476 feet overall of Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen : Scrapped 1973) Own Page

Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen cargo ship STRAAT MALAKKA at Cochin from Bombay (India)
Arrived in berthCochin (India)Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage4,761
Gross Tonnage8,315
Deadweght Tonnage9,188

Some interesting Youtube films of Netherlands ships in the Far East are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrIV9bBKeZk shows elephants being shipped from Ceylon to Australia on STRAAT MALAKKA in 1961

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrPCt64Yff8 shows STRAAT MALAKKA in 1963

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXId5fjalqE shows TJIWANJI leaving Malaysia for Djakarta in 1952

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTrESE9CFms shows STRAAT JOHORE at Colombo in 1961

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG0PvNiGqVY shows STRAAT JOHORE travelling from Australia to Tasmania in 1960

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicB7y5VV6o shows STRAAT HOBART in 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWA6EHpn7nU shows NIJKERK in 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuFv57QCeJQ shows engineers on STRAAT JOHORE IN 1961

News Event

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		HEMIGLYPTA Own Page

HEMIGLYPTA arrives at Curacao ( southern Caribbean Sea) from Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela)
Arrived fromLake Maracaibo (Venezuela)
Arrived in berthCuracao ( Island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region)

News Event

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 1000 		Own Page

Advertisment by Svea Line for sailings from London to Malmo, Helsingborg and other Swedish ports

News Event

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 1000 		Own Page

Advertisment in 1955 by Clarke Chapman for ships' deck and engine room auxiliaries

Sailing

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		EASTERN CITY (1941-1970 General cargo ship of Leeds Shipping Company / Reardon Smith Line : Scrapped 1970) Own Page

EASTERN CITY leaves Aden for Port Said
Sailing forPort Said (Egypt)Port of RegistryU.K.
Sailed from berthAden (Yemen - a port at the southern entrance to the Red Sea)

Sailing

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		LEEDS CITY (1955-1967 General cargo ship 464 ft 142m long of Reardon Smith Line :Scrapped 1985) Own Page

LEEDS CITY leaves Aden for Japan
Sailing forJapanPort of RegistryU.K.
Sailed from berthAden (Yemen - a port at the southern entrance to the Red Sea)Gross Tonnage8,140
Deadweght Tonnage10,214

News Event

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		PRINS CASIMIR (1955 - 1967 general cargo ship 258 feet long of Oranje Line, Rotterdam : 1992 scrapped) Own Page

PRINS CASIMIR leaves Cleveland (Ohio, USA) for Chicago (USA)
Sailing forChicago (USA)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Sailed from berthCleveland (Ohio, USA)

News Event

Sunday, November 20, 1955 @ 1900
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		CLAN MACBETH (1948-1959 General cargo ship of Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Clan Line's CLAN MACBETH left Middlesborough (England, U.K.) for London (UK)
Sailing forLondon (UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthMiddlesborough (England, U.K.)Gross Tonnage7,130