Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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What/When Ship

News Event

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		LAIRDSGLEN (1954-1974 Livestock / general cargo ship 298 feet long of Burns and Laird Lines, Glasgow) Own Page

Fire in number 1 hold of LAIRDSGLEN at Dublin
Ship's locationDublin (Eire / Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Net Tonnage523
Gross Tonnage1,544

   A fire broke out in number 1 hold of the Burns & Laird coastal cargo ship LAIRDSGLEN while she was at Dublin and loading cargo for Glasgow.  

   The fire was quickly brought under control and extinguished and some cargo was damaged but the vessel herself was not thought to have been damaged.   The damaged cargo was discharged back to the dockside.

  

News Event

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1000 		Own Page

Tenerife on 18 and 19 March 1957

 

Tenerife  

 

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz

  is a city and the capital of the island of Tenerife,

Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and capital

of the Canary Islands. 

 

18 March 1957 

 Arrived

BRUCH

SERANTES from Philadelphia 

CASTILLO BELVER from Bilbao 

SYDNEY from Genoa 

BENNY SKOU from Rotterdam 

MARIA LAURETANA from Hango

 

18 March 1957  

 Sailed

MUNI for Ferrol

SEGRE for La Palma 

LICHTENSTEIN for Liverpool

FRANCA C for La Guaira

VENUS for Southampton

ALVA STAR for Mena al Ahmadi

SYDNEY for Cape Town

BENNY SKOU for Walvis Bay

MARIA LAURETANA for Buenos Aires

 

19 March 1957 

 Arrived

LIEBENSTEIN from Hamburg

ROYAL CROWN from Fawley

VITORIA from New Orleans

BRITISH BARON from Falmouth

 

19 March 1957 

 Sailed

BRITISH BARON for Mena al Ahmadi

 

News Event

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		Own Page

Madeira 17 and 18 March 1957

 

Madeira

 

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago situated in

the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal.

Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785.

The capital of Madeira is Funchal, which is located

on the main island's south coast.

 CARNARVON CASTLE arrived March 17

CARNARVON CASTLE sailed March 17 for Durban 

CAPETOWN CASTLE arrived March 18

CAPETOWN CASTLE sailed March 18 for Southampton 

 

 

 

 

 

News Event

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		JAVANESE PRINCE (1954-1961 General cargo ship of Prince Line, London) Own Page

Prince Line's JAVANESE PRINCE arrives at Singapore after drifting in the South China Sea
Ship's locationSingapore RoadsPort of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage8,879

   The Prince Line of London’s cargo ship JAVANESE PRINCE arrived at Singapore Roads on March 16 after drifting for some days in the South China Sea with an engine breakdown.

   Royal Australian Navy’s H.M.A.S. QUICKMATCH, a Q-class Destroyer, was tasked to go to JAVANESE PRINCE and give any necessary assistance but was recalled before arrival when the cargo ship signalled that engineers had repaired the engines.

  

News Event

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ST ARVANS (1947-1963 General cargo ship of South American Saint Line, Cardiff) Own Page

ST ARVANS closes Bremen for receiving cargo for Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Aires
Port of RegistryCardiff (Wales)
Gross Tonnage7,247

Sailing

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		MORMACHAWK Own Page

MORMACHAWK leaves Savannah (USA) for Aruba (in the Leeward Antilles in the southern Caribbean)
Sailing forAruba (a flat, riverless island in the Leeward Antilles in the southern part of the Caribbean)
Sailed from berthSavannah (Georgia, USA)

Sailing

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		DAHOMEY PALM (1949-1959 General cargo ship of Palm Line, London) Own Page

Palm Line's DAHOMEY PALM sailed from Sapele 16 March for London and Tyne
Sailing forLondon and Tyne (England)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailed from berthSapele (Nigeria)Gross Tonnage4,876

Sailing

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		GAMBIA PALM (1949-1959 General cargo ship of Palm Line, London) Own Page

Palm Line's GAMBIA PALM sailed from Lagos 16 March for Douala
Sailing forDouala (Cameroon)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailed from berthLagos (Nigeria)Gross Tonnage5,452

Sailing

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		MATADI PALM (1949-1963 Tanker of Palm Line, London : Scrapped in 1963) Own Page

Palm Line's MATADI PALM sailed from Abonnema 16 March
Sailed from berthAbonnema (Nigeria)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage6,246

Sailing

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		OPOBO PALM (1949-1961 Palm oil / vegetable oil tanker of Palm Line, London) Own Page

Palm Line's OPOBO PALM sailed from Liverpool 16 March for west coast Africa
Sailing forWest coast of AfricaPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthLiverpool (England, UK)

Sailing

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		STATENDAM Own Page

STATENDAM for Saint Lucia (Lesser Antilles in eastern Caribbean Sea) sailed from New York
Sailed from berthNew York (USA)

Sailing

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ESSO ROCHESTER Own Page

ESSO ROCHESTER for Aruba sailed from New York
Sailed from berthNew York (USA)

Sailing

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HESS DIESEL Own Page

HESS DIESEL for Boston sailed from New York
Sailed from berthNew York (USA)

Sailing

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		LOIDE-CUBA Own Page

LOIDE-CUBA for Baltimore sailed from New York
Sailed from berthNew York (USA)

Sailing

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		TRANSMARS Own Page

TRANSMARS for Puerto La Cruz sailed from New York
Sailed from berthNew York (USA)