Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Monday, April 16, 1956 @ 1700
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		CRANE (1937-1964 General cargo coastal ship 223 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

General Steam's CRANE closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Bordeaux and Nantes
Ships agentMoss Hutchison Line Limited, 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage370
Gross Tonnage835
Deadweght Tonnage1,080

News Event

Monday, April 16, 1956 @ 1700 		SUCCESSOR (1948-1963 General cargo ship of T & J Harrison, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's SUCCESSOR closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for South and East Africa
Ships agentPrentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Gross Tonnage7,249

News Event

Wednesday, April 18, 1956 @ 0600
The date shown is the date advertised on the published timetable and time is our best estimate 		VELEBIT (General cargo ship of Yugoslav Line) Own Page

VELEBIT due at Madras to load for Rangoon, Penang, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Djakarta, Hong Kong
Ship's locationMadras (India)
Ships agentF X Pereira & Sons, 99, Godown Street, Madras-1, India Telephone 3879 Grams "Perfex"

News Event

Wednesday, April 18, 1956 @ 0800 		AKKA (1942-1956 General cargo ship 442 feet overall of Grangesberg Oxelosund, Sweden : 1956 wrecked off Dunoon, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Own Page

Notice to Mariners warns vessels to keep clear of wreck of AKKA aground on Dunoon Bank
Ship's locationGantocks Rocks, Dunoon Bank (off Dunoon, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistrySweden
Net Tonnage3,053
Gross Tonnage5,409

An excellent account of the wrecking of AKKA is in https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/akka/

Sailing

Wednesday, April 18, 1956 @ 1600
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		RAJULA (1926-1973 Passenger / cargo liner 462 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd., London : Scrapped 1974) Own Page

RAJULA scheduled to leave Madras for Nagapattinam, Penang, Port Swettenham and Singapore
Ships agentBinny & Co. (Madras) Ltd., 7 Armenian Street, Madras (India)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Net Tonnage4,702
Gross Tonnage8,478

Ship Event

Wednesday, April 18, 1956 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		LIBERTE (1946-1962 Passenger Liner 936.7 ft (283.5 m) long of Compagnie Generale Transatlantique "French Line": Scrapped 1963) Own Page

LIBERTE leaves Southampton for New York
Ship's locationSouthampton (England, UK)Port of RegistryLe Havre (France)
Sailing forNew York (USA)Gross Tonnage49,746

Sailing

Thursday, April 19, 1956 @ 1600
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		RAJULA (1926-1973 Passenger / cargo liner 462 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd., London : Scrapped 1974) Own Page

RAJULA scheduled to leave Nagapattinam for Penang, Port Swettenham and Singapore
Ships agentMadura Company Limited, First Line Beach Road, Nagapattinam (India)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Net Tonnage4,702
Gross Tonnage8,478

News Event

Thursday, April 19, 1956 @ 1700 		LISMORIA (1948 - 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 455 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Tatwan) Own Page

Donaldson Line's LISMORIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal
Ships agentDonaldson Line, 14 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel CENtral 3901Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage8323

News Event

Friday, April 20, 1956 @ 1700 		ANATOLIAN (1955-1963 then 1966-1971 General cargo ship of Ellerman & Papayanni Lines Ltd., Liverpool) Own Page

Ellerman & Papayanni's ANATOLIAN closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Mediterranean Ports
Ship's location1 Prince's Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971Gross Tonnage5,064
Deadweght Tonnage5,300

News Event

Friday, April 20, 1956 @ 1700 		CITY OF PORTSMOUTH (1947-1959 General cargo ship of Ellerman & Bucknall Line, London)) Own Page

Ellerman's CITY OF PORTSMOUTH closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Calcutta and Eastern Ports
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage7,216

News Event

Friday, April 20, 1956 @ 1700 		SHUNA (1937 - 1963 Steam general cargo North-Sea coaster 274 feet long of Glen & Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Glen & Co's SHUNA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Gothenburg and Malmo
Ships agentGlen & Co. Ltd., 165 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2.Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage1,652

News Event

Friday, April 20, 1956 @ 1700 		GARTWOOD (1946-1966 General cargo ship 295 feet long of Constantine Line, Middlesbrough, England) Own Page

Constantine's GARTWOOD closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Mediterranean Ports
Ships agentConstantine & Co. Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel CITy 6171 Grams "Glenan"Port of RegistryMiddlesbrough (England)
Net Tonnage1,282
Gross Tonnage2,414
Deadweght Tonnage2,939

News Event

Friday, April 20, 1956 @ 1745 		CITY OF ST ALBANS (1947-1959 General cargo ship 442 feet long of City Line, Glasgow : 1969 scrapped Japan) Own Page

Ellerman's CITY OF ST ALBANS arrives in Prince's Dock, Glasgow to load for South Africa
Arrived fromAntwerp (Belgium)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth27 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east and stern on 26 pawl)
Sailing forSouth Africa via Birkenhead
Sailed from berth2 / 3 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (with her head east and bridge on wall of 2 / 3)
Draught forward on arrival12' 05"
Draught aft on arrival17' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalSand Ballast
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 21st April
Stevedore discharging inward cargoSmith Coggins
Completed discharge of inward cargo1400 on 25th April
Commened loading outward cargo0800 on 18th April
Outward cargoGeneral cargo
Stevedore loading outward cargoSmith Coggins
Heavy lifts loaded2nd May loaded 1 @ 10 tons 15 cwts , 1 @ 10 tons 13 cwts, 1 @ 8 tons from floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo1530 on 4th May
Draught forward on sailing13' 02"
Draught aft on sailing16' 06"
Engine trials4th May from 1105 to 1110
Ships agentCity Line Ltd., 75 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C 2 Tel Central 9971

News Event

Saturday, April 21, 1956 @ 0810 		SUFFOLK (1939-1968 Refrigerated cargo liner 551 feet long of Federal Steam Navigation, London : 1968 Scrapped) Own Page

Federal Steam Navigation's SUFFOLK arrives at Glasgow to load for New Zealand
Arrived fromNew Zealand Ports via LiverpoolPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berth73 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (head west with bow on wall berth 73/77)Gross Tonnage11,145
Sailing forNew Zealand Ports via Liverpool
Sailed from berth73 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (head west with bow on wall berth 73/77)
Draught forward on arrival18' 04"
Draught aft on arrival23' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo (outwards)
Commened loading outward cargo1000 on 21st April
Outward cargoGeneral cargo
Stevedore loading outward cargoJames Spencer & Company, Stevedores
Heavy lifts loaded23rd April : One lift of 10 tons and one lift of 6 tons by floating crane NEWSHOT
Completed loading outward cargo2030 on 24th April
Draught forward on sailing19' 10"
Draught aft on sailing25' 06"
Ships agentPatrick Henderson, 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow

 

Arrival

Monday, April 23, 1956 @ 0845
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		NEWSHOT (1947-1973 Self-propelled 60-ton capacity floating heavy lift crane of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority, Glasgow) Own Page

Floating Crane NEWSHOT loads 1 X 10 ton and 1 X 6 ton lift onto SUFFOLK at Plantation Quay, Glasgow
Arrived in berth73 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (alongside SUFFOLK)Port of RegistryGlasgow