Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 7, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
DAHOMEY PALM (1949-1959 General cargo ship of Palm Line, London) Own Page

DAHOMEY PALM closes at London for receiving cargo for West Africa

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage4,876

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 7, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
JONATHAN HOLT (1943-1962 General cargo ship of John Holt & Co. Guinea Gulf Line, Liverpool : 1968 Scrapped) Own Page

JONATHAN HOLT closes at Rotterdam for receiving cargo for West Africa

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Gross Tonnage 4,963

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 7, 1955 @ 1700
LYCAON ( 1954 - 1976 General cargo liner 487 feet of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's LYCAON closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Far Eastern Ports

Port of RegistryLiverpool

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 7, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
SURAT (1948-1968 General cargo ship of P & O Line, London) Own Page

P & O's SURAT closes at Antwerp for receiving cargo for Far Eastern Ports

Ship's locationAntwerp (Belgium)Port of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage8,925
Deadweght Tonnage11,105

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 7, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
BENDIGO (1954-1968 General cargo liner 527 feet long of P & O Line, London) Own Page

P & O's BENDIGO closes at Marseilles for receiving cargo for Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne and Sydney

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage8,777

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 7, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
SURAT (1948-1968 General cargo ship of P & O Line, London) Own Page

P & O's cargo ship SURAT closes at Antwerp for receiving cargo for the Far East

Port of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage8,925
Deadweght Tonnage11,105

Sailing

Thursday, December 8, 1955 @ 1600
ARUNDEL CASTLE (1921-1958 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

Union Castle's ARUNDEL CASTLE leaves Southampton for South Africa

Sailing forSouth AfricaPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthSouthampton (England, UK)Gross Tonnage19,023

Ship Event

Thursday, December 8, 1955 @ 1700
RICHARD DE LARRINAGA (1955-1970 General cargo ship of Larrinaga Steamship Company, Liverpool) Own Page

RICHARD DE LARRINAGA on Brocklebank charter closes for cargo at Glasgow

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Sailing forRed Sea and Indian PortsNet Tonnage3,031
Gross Tonnage5,841
Deadweght Tonnage10,000

Ship Event

Thursday, December 8, 1955 @ 1700
CLAN MACTAGGART (1949-1971 General cargo ship 507 feet overall of Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd / Clan Line) Own Page

CLAN MACTAGGART closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

Port of RegistryGlasgow

Ship Event

Thursday, December 8, 1955 @ 1700
PAMPAS (1944-1946 Infantry Landing Ship : 1946-1964 Returned as general cargo ship to owners Royal Mail Lines, London) Own Page

Royal Mail Lines PAMPAS closes at London for receiving cargo for the Spanish Main

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage5,576

Ship Event

Thursday, December 8, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
AKITA MARU (1952- 1973 General cargo ship : Scrapped 1980) Own Page

N.Y.K. (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) AKITA MARU closes at Rotterdam for receiving cargo for Japan

Port of RegistryTokyo (Japan)
Gross Tonnage7,599

News Event

Thursday, December 8, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
COURSEULLES (1948-1959 General cargo ship of Messageries Maritimes (Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, France ) Own Page

COURSEULLES closes at London for receiving cargo for Messageries Maritimes service to Eastern Ports

Ships agentMessageries Maritimes, 73 / 75 Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.3. Tel. Royal 5107 / 9Port of RegistryFrance
Gross Tonnage7,212

Ship Event

Thursday, December 8, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CARTHAGE (1931-1961 Passenger / cargo liner of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company / P&O Line, London) Own Page

P & O's CARTHAGE closes at Southampton for receiving cargo for Far Eastern Ports

Ship's locationSouthampton (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

Ship Event

Thursday, December 8, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CANNANORE (1948-1972 General cargo ship of P & O Line, London) Own Page

CANNANORE closes at London for receiving cargo for Far Eastern Ports

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,065

Ship Event

Thursday, December 8, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CARTHAGE (1931-1961 Passenger / cargo liner of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company / P&O Line, London) Own Page

P & O's CARTHAGE closes at Southampton for Penang, Port Swettenham, Singapore and Hong Kong

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)