Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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What/When Ship

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700 		EURYBATES (1928-1964 General cargo liner of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : Scrapped in 1964) Own Page

Alfred Holt's EURYBATES closes for receiving cargo at Birkenhead for Far East and Indonesia
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Gross Tonnage6,436

 

ALFRED  HOLT  &  Co.

BLUE  FUNNEL  LINE

 

 GLASGOW,   BIRKENHEAD

and  SOUTH  WALES

to

FAR  EAST  and  INDONESIA

 

†EURYBATES  ….  Receiving now at Glasgow

Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 24

for  PORT  SAID,    JEDDAH,   PENANG

PRAI,  PORT  SWETTENHAM,  

SINGAPORE,   BANGKOK,   LABUAN

 

†(R)  AUTOMEDON  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 24

for  BELAWAN,   DJAKARTA,   TJIREBON,

SAMARANG,   SURABAYA,   BALIK  PAPAN,

*MACASSAR  via Amsterdam and Malayan Ports

 

†(R)  ANTILOCHUS  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 29

for  PENANG,   PRAI,   PORT  SWETTENHAM,

SINGAPORE,   BANGKOK,   HONG  KONG,

*KEELUNG,   *KOBE,   *YOKOHAMA

 

MELAMPUS  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Dec 2

for  PENANG,   PRAI,   PORT  SWETTENHAM,

SINGAPORE,   *BANGKOK,   SUNGEI  GERONG

 

†Receiving now    (R) Refrigerator space

*With transhipment

 

Before despatch of goods Shippers must apply—

ALFRED HOLT & CO.,  Liverpool.

McGREGOR, GOW & HOLLAND LTD.,  London

or

BURGESS & CO. LTD.,  Swansea

T. H. COUCH LTD.,  Swansea

JONES, HEARD & CO. LTD.,  Newport

ROXBURGH, COLIN SCOTT,  Glasgow

 

Carriers’ option to proceed via other port

to load and discharge cargo

  

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700 		AUTOMEDON (1949-1971 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's AUTOMEDON closes for receiving cargo at Birkenhead for the Far East and Indonesia
Ship's locationBirkenhead (River Mersey, England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,636

 

ALFRED  HOLT  &  Co.

BLUE  FUNNEL  LINE

 

 GLASGOW,   BIRKENHEAD

and  SOUTH  WALES

to

FAR  EAST  and  INDONESIA

 

†EURYBATES  ….  Receiving now at Glasgow

Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 24

for  PORT  SAID,    JEDDAH,   PENANG

PRAI,  PORT  SWETTENHAM,  

SINGAPORE,   BANGKOK,   LABUAN

 

†(R)  AUTOMEDON  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 24

for  BELAWAN,   DJAKARTA,   TJIREBON,

SAMARANG,   SURABAYA,   BALIK  PAPAN,

*MACASSAR  via Amsterdam and Malayan Ports

 

†(R)  ANTILOCHUS  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Nov 29

for  PENANG,   PRAI,   PORT  SWETTENHAM,

SINGAPORE,   BANGKOK,   HONG  KONG,

*KEELUNG,   *KOBE,   *YOKOHAMA

 

MELAMPUS  ….  Closing for cargo at Birkenhead Dec 2

for  PENANG,   PRAI,   PORT  SWETTENHAM,

SINGAPORE,   *BANGKOK,   SUNGEI  GERONG

 

†Receiving now    (R) Refrigerator space

*With transhipment

 

Before despatch of goods Shippers must apply—

ALFRED HOLT & CO.,  Liverpool.

McGREGOR, GOW & HOLLAND LTD.,  London

or

BURGESS & CO. LTD.,  Swansea

T. H. COUCH LTD.,  Swansea

JONES, HEARD & CO. LTD.,  Newport

ROXBURGH, COLIN SCOTT,  Glasgow

 

Carriers’ option to proceed via other port

to load and discharge cargo

  

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700 		PORT TOWNSVILLE (1951-1972 General cargo liner of Port Line, London : Scrapped in 1972) Own Page

Port Line's PORT TOWNSVILLE closes for receiving cargo at Hamburg for Australian Ports
Ship's locationHamburg (Germany)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailing forAustralia Gross Tonnage8,070

 

PORT   LINE

 

AUSTRALIA  via  CAPE

 

PORT HARDY  ….  Closing 8 King George V Dock, London Nov 22

for   ADELAIDE,   MELBOURNE,   SYDNEY,   BURNIE,

BEAUTY  POINT  and/or INSPECTION HEAD  and   HOBART

 

PORT TOWNSVILLE  …. 

Closing Hamburg Nov 24   Antwerp Nov 26  and

8 King George V Dock, London Dec 6

for  ADELAIDE,   MELBOURNE,   SYDNEY,   BRISBANE

 

NEW  ZEALAND  via  PANAMA

 

CRAGMOOR  ….  Closing 17/19 Royal Albert Dock, London Nov 21 for

PORT  CHALMERS  &/or  DUNEDIN  &  NEW  PLYMOUTH  (via  Suva)

 

PORT  LINE  LIMITED

CUNARD  HOUSE,  88  LEADENHALL  STREET,

LONDON     Phone   AVEnue 1290

 

 

  

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700 		GARTWOOD (1946-1966 General cargo ship 295 feet long of Constantine Line, Middlesbrough, England) Own Page

Constantine Lines GARTWOOD closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Mediterranean Ports
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryMiddlesbrough (England)
Sailing forMediterranean PortsNet Tonnage1,282
Gross Tonnage2,414
Deadweght Tonnage2,939

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700 		BEAVERLODGE (1952-1960 General cargo ship of Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, Liverpool) Own Page

BEAVERLODGE closes at Antwerp for receiving cargo for West Saint John
Ship's locationAntwerp (Belgium)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailing forWest Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada)

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700 		BALTIC IMPORTER (1953-1969 General cargo ship of United Baltic Corporation, London) Own Page

Chartered BALTIC IMPORTER closes at London for receiving cargo for Bilbao, Cadiz and Alicante
Ship's locationLondon (UK)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailing forBilbao, Cadiz and Alicante (Spain)Gross Tonnage1,683
Deadweght Tonnage2,560

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700 		TWEED (1946-1959 General cargo ship of Royal Mail Lines Ltd., London : 1959 Scrapped) Own Page

Royal Mail Lines TWEED closes at Liverpool for cargo to South America
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,046

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		APAPA (1948-1968 Passenger and cargo liner 471 feet long of Elder Dempster Line, Liverpool) Own Page

APAPA closes at Liverpool for receiving cargo for Freetown, Takoradi and Apapa
Port of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage11,651

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		STRATHNAVER (1931-1962 Passenger liner of P & O Line, London) Own Page

P & O's STRATHNAVER closes at London for receiving cargo for Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		PALAMCOTTA (1945-1961 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London) Own Page

PALAMCOTTA closes at London for Port Said, Jeddah, Massawa, Aden, Bombay and Karachi
Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage6,704

Ship Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate 		SOUTHLAND (1948-1961 General cargo ship of United States Lines, New York) Own Page

SOUTHLAND closes at Liverpool for receiving cargo for Charleston, Savannah and Jacksonville
Ship's locationLiverpool (UK)Port of RegistrySavannah (USA)
Sailing forCharleston, Savannah, Jacksonville and other ports
Ships agentUnited States Lines, Freight Office, 38 Leadenhall Street, London E.C.3. Tel. ROYal 6677

Sailing

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1700
The correct time is unknown and the time shown here is as published or our best estimate 		UNITED STATES (1952-1969 Passenger liner 990 feet long (302 metres) of United States Lines, New York) Own Page

United States Lines UNITED STATES scheduled to leave Southampton with passengers for New York
Ship's locationBerths 107 / 108 Southampton, EnglandPort of RegistryNew York City (USA)
Sailing forNew York (USA)

Sailing

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ARCADIA (1954-1979 Passenger liner / Cruise ship of P & O Lines, London) Own Page

P & O liner ARCADIA sailed from Melbourne on Nov 24 for Sydney
Ship's locationMelbourne (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

News Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		BRISTOL CITY in 1954 Own Page

BRISTOL CITY leaves Montreal (Canada) for Swansea (Wales, U.K.)
Sailing forSwansea (Wales, U.K.)
Sailed from berthMontreal (Canada)

News Event

Thursday, November 24, 1955 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		LISSY SCHULTE (1953-1963 General cargo ship of Reederei Bernhard Schulte AG Hamburg Germany : Foundered 1973) Own Page

LISSY SCHULTE leaves Toronto (Canada) for Montreal (Canada)
Sailing forMontreal (Canada)Port of RegistryHamburg (Germany)
Sailed from berthToronto (Canada)Gross Tonnage830
Deadweght Tonnage1,545