List Arrivals, Sailings and Events

What/When	Ship
News Event Wednesday, April 11, 1956 @ 1510	EGYPTIAN (1947-1964 General cargo liner of Ellerman Papayanni Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Ellerman & Papayanni's EGYPTIAN arrives in Glasgow from Famagusta (Cyprus) via Liverpool
Arrived from Famagusta (Cyprus) via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (head east) Gross Tonnage 3,607 Sailing for Mediterranean Ports via Liverpool Sailed from berth 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (head east) Draught forward on arrival 12' 08" Draught aft on arrival 17' 04" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 12th April Stevedore discharging inward cargo Smith & Coggins Completed discharge of inward cargo 1500 on 13th April Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 12th April Outward cargo 200 tons of general cargo Stevedore loading outward cargo Smith & Coggins Completed loading outward cargo 1500 on 13th April Draught forward on sailing 10' 08 Draught aft on sailing 18' 10" Ships agent City Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2 (telephone 9971)
News Event Wednesday, April 11, 1956 @ 1600	PHRYGIA (1955-1965 General cargo liner 348 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Cunard cargo ship PHRYGIA at Glasgow to load for Mediterranean Ports via Liverpool
Arrived from Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 30 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (head north) Gross Tonnage 3,534 Sailing for Mediterranean Ports via Liverpool Sailed from berth 30 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (head north) Draught forward on arrival 12' 03" Draught aft on arrival 19' 09" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo (outwards) Commened loading outward cargo 1730 on 11th April Outward cargo General cargo Stevedore loading outward cargo Clutha Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1200 on 14th April Draught forward on sailing 14' 00" Draught aft on sailing 20' 03" Ships agent T L Duff & Co. Ltd., Glasgow
Sailing Wednesday, April 11, 1956 @ 1700 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate	HIMALAYA (1949-1974 Passenger / cargo liner of P & O, London: scrapped 1974)	Own Page
P & O Passenger Liner HIMALAYA leaves London for Gibraltar, India, Ceylon and Australia
Master of vessel on sailing R G Freeman Port of Registry London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 27,955
Sailing Wednesday, April 11, 1956 @ 2210	FREMANTLE STAR (1952-1958 General cargo ship 497 feet long of Blue Star Line, London)	Own Page
Blue Star Line's FREMANTLE STAR leaves Plantation Quay, Glasgow for New Zealand via Liverpool
Arrived from Liverpool (England, U.K.) Port of Registry London (UK) Arrived in berth 65 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and 1 blind east of wall berths 73 / 65) Gross Tonnage 9,883 Sailing for New Zealand ports via Liverpool Sailed from berth 65 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (with her head west and 1 blind east of wall berths 73 / 65) Draught forward on arrival 10' 02" Draught aft on arrival 18' 08" Cargo carried on arrival Light-ship (= empty of cargo = no cargo on board) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 5th April Outward cargo General cargo Stevedore loading outward cargo Clutha Stevedoring Co. Ltd., Prince's Dock, Glasgow, S.W.1. Telephone IBRox 1233 Completed loading outward cargo 2030 on 11th April Draught forward on sailing 17' 11" Draught aft on sailing 20' 01" Ships agent J S Nowery & Co., Ltd., 93 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 5133
Ship Event Thursday, April 12, 1956 @ 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 New York
Ship's location Southampton (England, UK) Port of Registry Le Havre (France) Sailing for New York (USA)
Sailing Thursday, April 12, 1956 @ 2130	PRINS MAURITS (1937-1956 General cargo ship 262 feet overall of Maatschappij Zeetransport NV (Anthony Veder NV Rotterdam as manager) Rotterdam Netherland,:1964 Wrecked, India)	Own Page
Maatschappij Zeetransport's PRINS MAURITS leaves Glasgow for Chicago and Montreal
Arrived from Rotterdam via London Port of Registry Rotterdam (Netherlands) Arrived in berth 83 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (head West) Net Tonnage 688 Sailing for Chicago via Montreal Gross Tonnage 1,287 Sailed from berth 83 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (head West) Deadweght Tonnage 2,410 Draught forward on arrival 12' 05" Draught aft on arrival 14' 10" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo (outwards) Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 9th April Outward cargo General cargo Stevedore loading outward cargo Clutha Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1900 on 12th April Draught forward on sailing 13' 08" Draught aft on sailing 17' 08" Ships agent J C Peacock & Co Ltd, 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow C 1 tel DOUglas 7101 'Grams "Peacock"
Sailing Friday, April 13, 1956 @ 1615	EGYPTIAN (1947-1964 General cargo liner of Ellerman Papayanni Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Ellerman & Papayanni's EGYPTIAN leaves Glasgow for Mediterranean ports via Liverpool
Arrived from Famagusta (Cyprus) via Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (head east) Gross Tonnage 3,607 Sailing for Mediterranean Ports via Liverpool Sailed from berth 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (head east) Draught forward on arrival 12' 08" Draught aft on arrival 17' 04" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 12th April Stevedore discharging inward cargo Smith & Coggins Completed discharge of inward cargo 1500 on 13th April Commened loading outward cargo 0800 on 12th April Outward cargo 200 tons of general cargo Stevedore loading outward cargo Smith & Coggins Completed loading outward cargo 1500 on 13th April Draught forward on sailing 10' 08 Draught aft on sailing 18' 10" Ships agent City Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C 2 (telephone 9971)
Ship Event Friday, April 13, 1956 @ 1700 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	ANTILLES (1953-1971 Passenger Liner of Compagnie Generale Transatlantique French Line, Le Havre	Own Page
ANTILLES leaves Southampton for West Indies
Ship's location Southampton (England, UK) Port of Registry Le Havre (France) Sailing for West Indies
News Event Saturday, April 14, 1956 @ 0800 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	BENMACDHUI (1948-1972 General cargo liner 474 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
Ben Line general cargo ship BENMACDHUI loading rubber in Singapore
Ship's location Singapore Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 4,674 Gross Tonnage 7,845 Deadweght Tonnage 11,500
News Event Saturday, April 14, 1956 @ 1000		Own Page
1956 Advert by Clyde Shipping Company for their weekly sailings from Glasgow to Antwerp and Ghent
News Event Saturday, April 14, 1956 @ 1000		Own Page
1956 Advert by H Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow for their services to Lisbon and Huelva
Sailing Saturday, April 14, 1956 @ 1823	PHRYGIA (1955-1965 General cargo liner 348 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Cunard cargo ship PHRYGIA leaves Glasgow with general cargo for Mediterranean Ports via Liverpool
Arrived from Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 30 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (head north) Gross Tonnage 3,534 Sailing for Mediterranean Ports via Liverpool Sailed from berth 30 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (head north) Draught forward on arrival 12' 03" Draught aft on arrival 19' 09" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo (outwards) Commened loading outward cargo 1730 on 11th April Outward cargo General cargo Stevedore loading outward cargo Clutha Stevedores Completed loading outward cargo 1200 on 14th April Draught forward on sailing 14' 00" Draught aft on sailing 20' 03" Ships agent T L Duff & Co. Ltd., Glasgow
News Event Sunday, April 15, 1956 @ 1000 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate		Own Page
1956 Advert by Ellerman & Bucknall Line for their services to South and East Africa
News Event Monday, April 16, 1956 @ 1700	LAVEROCK (1947-1965 General cargo ship of General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London)	Own Page
General Steam's LAVEROCK closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Mediterranean Ports
Ships agent Moss Hutchison Line Limited, 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643 Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 1,209
Ship Event Monday, April 16, 1956 @ 1700 ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate	SEAMEW (1947-1966 General cargo ship 259 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London)	Own Page
General Steam's SEAMEW closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Iberian Ports
Ships agent Moss Hutchison Line Limited, 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643 Port of Registry London (England, UK)

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