Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Friday, December 23, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
PENTAKOTA (1946-1961 General cargo ship of British India Line, London) Own Page

PENTAKOTA closes at Rotterdam for receiving cargo for Far Eastern Ports

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage6,704

Ship Event

Friday, December 23, 1955 @ 1700
ANUNCIADA Own Page

ANUNCIADA closes at Bremen for receiving cargo for South and South East Africa

Ship Event

Friday, December 23, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
PENTAKOTA (1946-1961 General cargo ship of British India Line, London) Own Page

PENTAKOTA closes at Antwerp for Port Said, Port Sudan, Jeddah, Massawa, Aden and Eastern ports

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage6,704

News Event

Saturday, December 24, 1955 @ 0748
CLYTONEUS (1948-1972 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 Scrapped) Own Page

Alfred Holt's CLYTONEUS arrives in Glasgow to discharge oil and load general cargo for the Far East

Arrived fromShanghai (China) via Newport (South Wales, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Arrived in berth2 King George V Dock, Shieldhall, Govan, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)Gross Tonnage7,620
Sailing forBirkenhead (England, UK) to complete loading then for Penang (Malaysia)
Sailed from berth2 King George V Dock, Shieldhall, Govan, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Draught forward on arrival17 feet 2 inches
Draught aft on arrival23 feet 4 inches
Cargo carried on arrivalOil (inwards) and general cargo (outwards)
Commened loading outward cargo24 December at 0800
Outward cargoGeneral cargo
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedores, King George V Dock, Glasgow
Completed loading outward cargo30 December at 1000
Draught forward on sailing19 feet 1 inch
Draught aft on sailing24 feet 4 inches
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Tel. CENtral 9891
Sailed1120 on 30 December for Birkenhead (England, UK) to complete loading then for Penang (Malaysia)

Ship Event

Saturday, December 24, 1955 @ 1700
THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date
SUNROSE ( 1954 - 1962 General cargo ship 412 feet long of Wilhelmsen, Norway) Own Page

Saguenay's chartered SUNROSE closes at Rotterdam for receiving cargo for Caribbean Ports

Ship's locationRotterdam (Netherlands)Port of RegistryNorway

Ship Event

Saturday, December 24, 1955 @ 1700
INDIAN PIONEER (1947-1972 General cargo ship 456 feet long of India Steamship Company, Calcutta : 1978 broken up in Bombay) Own Page

INDIAN PIONEER closes at Rotterdam for receiving cargo for Aden, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta

Ship's locationRotterdam (Netherlands)Port of RegistryCalcutta (India)
Sailing forAden, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta

Ship Event

Saturday, December 24, 1955 @ 1700
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (1954-1971 General and refrigerated cargo liner 501 feet long of Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., London : Scrapped 1974) Own Page

Furness Withy's PACIFIC NORTHWEST closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Canada and USA

Port of RegistryLondon (U.K.)
Net Tonnage5,529
Gross Tonnage9,442
Deadweght Tonnage11,410

Sailing

Saturday, December 24, 1955 @ 1700
HAWAII MARU (General cargo ship of Osaka Shosen Kaisha O.S.K., Tokyo, Japan) Own Page

O.S.K. Line HAWAII MARU leaves Rotterdam for Far Eastern Ports

Port of RegistryTokyo (Japan)

Ship Event

Monday, December 26, 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 Genoa for receiving cargo for Far Eastern Ports

Ship's locationGenoa (Italy)Port of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage8,925
Deadweght Tonnage11,105

Ship Event

Monday, December 26, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
PEMBA (1945-1960 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London) Own Page

PEMBA closes at Marseilles for receiving cargo for Eastern Ports

Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage7,449

Ship Event

Monday, December 26, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CHINKOA (1952-1972 Cargo ship of British India Line, London : Scrapped 1972) Own Page

CHINKOA closes at London for cargo for Malta, Port Said, Aden, Colombo, Madras and Calcutta

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,102

Ship Event

Monday, December 26, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
PEMBA (1945-1960 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London) Own Page

PEMBA closes at Marseilles for cargo for Aden, Bombay and Karachi

Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage7,449

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 28, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
FLANDRE (1952-1967 Passenger liner 600 feet (183 metres) of French Line, Le Havre) Own Page

FLANDRE leaves Southampton for West Indies

Ship's locationSouthampton (England, UK)Port of RegistryLe Havre (France)
Sailing forWest Indies

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 28, 1955 @ 1700
PELAYO (1947-1960 General cargo ship of Macandrews & Co Ltd., London) Own Page

Macandrews PELAYO closes at Liverpool for receiving cargo for Mediterranean Ports

Ship's locationLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailing forMediterranean PortsGross Tonnage1,196

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 28, 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 Glasgow for receiving cargo for Caribbean Ports

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryHaugesund (Norway)
Net Tonnage2,891
Gross Tonnage5,136
Deadweght Tonnage9,010