Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Monday, December 12, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		CITY OF NEW YORK (1946-1967 General cargo ship 500 feet overall of Ellerman Lines, London : 1969 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Ellerman's CITY OF NEW YORK closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for South and East Africa
Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)

News Event

Monday, December 12, 1955 @ 1700 		CITY OF NEW YORK (1946-1967 General cargo ship 500 feet overall of Ellerman Lines, London : 1969 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Ellerman's CITY OF NEW YORK closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for South and East Africa
Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)

Sailing

Monday, December 12, 1955 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		ALBEMARLE (1955-1957 General cargo liner of Prince Line / Furness Withy Group) Own Page

ALBEMARLE leaves London for South American ports via Liverpool
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage3,364
Deadweght Tonnage4,625

News Event

Tuesday, December 13, 1955 @ 1700
THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date 		ILE DE FRANCE (1927-1959 Passenger liner of French Line) Own Page

ILE de FRANCE leaves Southampton for New York
Ship's locationSouthampton (England, UK)Port of RegistryLe Havre (France)
Sailing forNew York (USA)

Ship Event

Tuesday, December 13, 1955 @ 1700 		ROONAGH HEAD ( 1952-1971 General cargo ship 455 feet long of Ulster Steamship Company / Head Line, Belfast : 1971 Scrapped at Castellon, Spain) Own Page

ROONAGH HEAD on charter to Canadian Pacific closes at Liverpool for cargo for West Saint John
Ship's locationLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryBelfast
Sailing forWest Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada)Gross Tonnage6,143
Ships agentCanadian Pacific Steamships, Liverpool

Ship Event

Tuesday, December 13, 1955 @ 1700 		ATHLONE CASTLE (1934-1965 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

Union Castle's ATHLONE CASTLE closes for cargo at Southampton for South Africa
Ship's locationSouthampton (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage25,564

Ship Event

Tuesday, December 13, 1955 @ 1700 		PAMILO Own Page

PAMILO closes at Hull for receiving cargo for ports in Finland
Ship's locationWilliam Wright Dock, Hull (England, U.K.)
Sailing forFinland
Ships agentB Atle Ltd., Danish Buildings, 45 High Street, Hull Telephone Hull 15473

Ship Event

Tuesday, December 13, 1955 @ 1700 		CLAN URQUHART (1946-1966 General cargo liner 500 feet long of Clan Line / Cayzer Irvine / Houston Line, Glasgow : 1966 scrapped at Taipei, Taiwan) Own Page

CLAN URQUHART closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for South and East Africa
Port of RegistryGlasgow

Ship Event

Tuesday, December 13, 1955 @ 1700 		BALANTIA (1947-1958 General cargo ship of Royal Mail Lines, London) Own Page

Royal Mail Lines BALANTIA closes at London for receiving cargo for the Spanish Main
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,210

Ship Event

Tuesday, December 13, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		EHRENFELS (1953-1973 General cargo ship of Hansa Line / Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa", Bremen : 1979 scrapped Santander, Spain) Own Page

Hansa Line EHRENFELS closes at Rotterdam for receiving cargo for Persian Gulf Ports
Port of RegistryBremen (Germany)
Gross Tonnage5,560

Ship Event

Tuesday, December 13, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		CHUSAN (1950-1973 Passenger liner of P & O Line, London : Scrapped 1973) Own Page

CHUSAN closes at London for Penang, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama and Kobe
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage24,215

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 14, 1955 @ 1700 		VELAZQUEZ (1954-1968 General cargo ship of Macandrews & Co Ltd., London) Own Page

Macandrew's VELAZQUEZ closes at London for receiving cargo for Gibraltar and Barcelona
Ship's locationLondon (UK)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailing forGibraltar and BarcelonaGross Tonnage2,196

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 14, 1955 @ 1700
THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date 		CORONA (1949-1964 General cargo vessel of A/S Corona ( H.W Wrangel Rederi A/S) Own Page

Saguenay's chartered CORONA closes at Newport for receiving cargo for Caribbean Ports
Ship's locationNewport (Wales, U.K.)Port of RegistryHaugesund (Norway)
Net Tonnage2,891
Gross Tonnage5,136
Deadweght Tonnage9,010

News Event

Wednesday, December 14, 1955 @ 1700 		INDIAN NAVIGATOR (General cargo ship of India Steamship Company, Own Page

INDIAN NAVIGATOR closes at Hamburg for receiving cargo for Bombay, Madras and Calcutta
Ship's locationHamburg (Germany)
Sailing forBombay, Madras and Calcutta

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 14, 1955 @ 1700 		GLENARTNEY (1940-1967 General cargo ship of Glen & Shire Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Glen & Shire Line's GLENARTNEY closes at Hamburg for receiving cargo for the Far East
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Gross Tonnage9,795