Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 0207
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

LAIRDSROSE passed LAIRDSCASTLE near Holy Isle, Arran (Firth of Clyde)

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Arrival

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 0502
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSROSE arrives at Princes Pier, Greenock, on passage to Glasgow

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Arrival

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 0502
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSROSE arrives at Princes Pier, Greenock on passage to Glasgow

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Sailing

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 0545
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSROSE leaves Princes Pier, Greenock for Glasgow

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 0602
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSROSE heading upriver encounters dense fog on the River Clyde

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 0735
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

Due to dense fog on the River Clyde LAIRDSROSE anchors off Rothesay Dock, Clydebank

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 0800
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

Due to dense fog LAIRDSROSE weighed anchor and went alongside Rothesay Dock, Clydebank

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 0920
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

Fog slightly clears and LAIRDSROSE proceeded from Rothesay Dock, Clydebank to Merklands Quay

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Arrival

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 0955
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSROSE arrives at Merklands Quay, Glasgow to discharge Livestock

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Ship Movement

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 1035
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSROSE leaves Merklands Quay, Glasgow for upper harbour, Glasgow

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Arrival

Wednesday, March 11, 1936 @ 1110
LAIRDSROSE (1929-1949 Passenger / cargo ferry 250 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : scrapped 1949) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSROSE berths at upper harbour, Glasgow

Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage458
Gross Tonnage1,093

Arrival

Saturday, March 14, 1936 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
TRANSYLVANIA (1925-1939 Passenger / cargo liner of Anchor Line, Glasgow : 1939 converted to Armed Merchant Cruiser, 1940 torpedoed and sunk off Inishtrahull; loss of 48 lives. Own Page

Anchor Liner TRANSYLVANIA scheduled to arrive at Dublin from New York (U.S.A.)

Arrived fromNew York (USA)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthDublin (Eire / Ireland)Gross Tonnage16,923
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers

Arrival

Sunday, March 15, 1936 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
TRANSYLVANIA (1925-1939 Passenger / cargo liner of Anchor Line, Glasgow : 1939 converted to Armed Merchant Cruiser, 1940 torpedoed and sunk off Inishtrahull; loss of 48 lives. Own Page

Anchor Liner TRANSYLVANIA scheduled to arrive Belfast Lough to land passengers by tender

Arrived fromDublin (Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthAt anchor in Belfast Lough (Northern Ireland)Gross Tonnage16,923
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers

News Event

Wednesday, April 1, 1936 @ 0800
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate
Own Page

Around 1936 Ellerman & Bucknall Lines advert in Jakarta (Java, Indonesia)

From "Java Gazette"

News Event

Wednesday, April 1, 1936 @ 0900
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate
Own Page

1930s poster by Anchor Donaldson Line of Glasgow for their passenger service to Canada