Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 28, 1955 @ 1700
CLAN MACKELLAR (1948-1961 General cargo ship of Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACKELLAR closes at Newport for receiving cargo for Eastern Ports

Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Gross Tonnage7,051

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 28, 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 Genoa for receiving cargo for Eastern Ports

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

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 28, 1955 @ 1700
ANUNCIADA Own Page

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

Ship Event

Wednesday, December 28, 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 Genoa for cargo for Aden, Bombay and Karachi

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

Sailing

Thursday, December 29, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
RYNDAM (or RIJNDAM) (1951-1966 Passenger / cargo Liner 153m 503ft of Holland America Line "Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart-Maatschappij", Rotterdam : Sank 2003 on way to Breakers) Own Page

Holland America Liner RYNDAM (or RIJNDAM) leaves Southampton for New York via Cobh and Halifax

Sailing forNew York (USA) via Cobh and HalifaxPort of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Gross Tonnage15,015

Ship Event

Thursday, December 29, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
STATESMAN (1948-1962 General cargo ship 442 feet long of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison's STATESMAN closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,259

Ship Event

Thursday, December 29, 1955 @ 1700
STATESMAN (1948-1962 General cargo ship 442 feet long of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's STATESMAN closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,259

Ship Event

Thursday, December 29, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
ITINDA (1938-1958 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

ITINDA closes at London for receiving cargo for Eastern Ports

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage6,619

Ship Event

Thursday, December 29, 1955 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
ITINDA (1938-1958 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

ITINDA closes at London for cargo for Port Said, Port Sudan, Aden, Bombay and Karachi

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage6,619

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 1955 @ 1000
MANCHESTER MARINER (1955-1968 General cargo ship of Manchester Liners, Manchester) Own Page

MANCHESTER MARINER closes at Manchester for receiving cargo for Canadian and USA Ports

Port of RegistryManchester (England, UK
Gross Tonnage7,850

Sailing

Friday, December 30, 1955 @ 1120
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 leaves Glasgow for Birkenhead to 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

Friday, December 30, 1955 @ 1700
CLAN DAVIDSON ( 1948 - 1963 General cargo liner 488 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN DAVIDSON closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8,067

Sailing

Friday, December 30, 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 Antwerp for Far Eastern Ports

Port of RegistryTokyo (Japan)

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 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 Middlesbrough for receiving cargo for Far Eastern Ports

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage6,704

Ship Event

Friday, December 30, 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 Middlesbrough for Port Said, Port Sudan, Jeddah, Massawa, Aden and Eastern ports

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage6,704