Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		LICHTENSTEIN Own Page

LICHTENSTEIN sailed from Tenerife for Liverpool
Ship's locationTenerife (is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands)

Sailing

Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		FRANCA C Own Page

FRANCA C sailed from Tenerife for La Guaira
Ship's locationTenerife (is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands)

Sailing

Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		VENUS Own Page

VENUS sailed from Tenerife for Southampton
Ship's locationTenerife (is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands)

Sailing

Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		ALVA STAR (in 1957 Oil tanker : from Tenerife for Mena al Ahmadi (Kuwait) Own Page

ALVA STAR sailed from Tenerife for Mena al Ahmadi (Kuwait)
Ship's locationTenerife (is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands)

Sailing

Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		SHUNA (1937 - 1963 Steam general cargo North-Sea coaster 274 feet long of Glen & Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Glen's north-sea coaster SHUNA leaves Malmo (Sweden) for Gothenburg (Sweden)
Sailing forGothenburg (Sweden)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailed from berthMalmo (Sweden)Gross Tonnage1,652

Ship Movement

Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 2330 		ALBERT WILLEM (1954-1966 General cargo coaster 170 feet (51.9 meters) of N.V. Agence Maritime John B. Vets & Co., Antwerp, Belgium Owner: N.V. Motorschip Westland, Rotterdam, Netherlands Own Page

Netherlands coaster ALBERT WILLEM shifts along the wall from berth 3 to 2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow
Arrived fromAntwerp (Belgium)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Arrived in berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (east end)Net Tonnage209
Sailing forPort Talbot (Wales, UK)Gross Tonnage428
Sailed from berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow Deadweght Tonnage647
Draught forward on arrival10' 06"
Draught aft on arrival11' 06"
Cargo carried on arrival580 tons of Grain
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 19th March
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Navigation Trust
Completed discharge of inward cargo0930 on 20th March
Outward cargoLight ship ( = empty of cargo / no cargo on board)
Ships agentWilliam Robertson Shipowners, Glasgow

Ship Movement

Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 2330 		ALBERT WILLEM (1954-1966 General cargo coaster 170 feet (51.9 meters) of N.V. Agence Maritime John B. Vets & Co., Antwerp, Belgium Owner: N.V. Motorschip Westland, Rotterdam, Netherlands Own Page

Netherlands coaster ALBERT WILLEM shifts along the wall from berth 3 to 2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow
Arrived fromAntwerp (Belgium)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Arrived in berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow (east end)Net Tonnage209
Sailing forPort Talbot (Wales, UK)Gross Tonnage428
Sailed from berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow Deadweght Tonnage647
Draught forward on arrival10' 06"
Draught aft on arrival11' 06"
Cargo carried on arrival580 tons of Grain
Commenced discharge of inward cargo0800 on 19th March
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Navigation Trust
Completed discharge of inward cargo0930 on 20th March
Outward cargoLight ship ( = empty of cargo / no cargo on board)
Ships agentWilliam Robertson Shipowners, Glasgow

News Event

Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0100
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		MAGDAPUR (1945-1970 General cargo liner of T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool) Own Page

T & J Brocklebank cargo ship MAGDAPUR strikes bank of Hooghly River at Garden Reach, Calcutta
Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage8,466

The T & J Brocklebank cargo ship MAGDAPUR which was on passage from Chalna (Bangladesh) to Corpus Christi (Texas, USA) – probably with a cargo of jute – left Calcutta on 18 March and, in the early hours of 19 March, struck the Hooghly Bank off Garden Reach and possibly damaged her rudder.

   MAGDAPUR returned to Calcutta and a diver was engaged to inspect the rudder.

  

Arrival

Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		ANN M Own Page

ANN M arrived at Caernarvon from Stanlow

Arrival

Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BRITISH BARON (1947-1962 Oil products tanker of British Tanker Company / B.P. Tanker Company, London : 1962 scrapped) Own Page

B.P. Tanker BRITISH BARON arrived at Tenerife from Falmouth
Ship's locationTenerife (is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage8,556

Arrival

Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		LIEBENSTEIN Own Page

LIEBENSTEIN arrived at Tenerife from Hamburg
Ship's locationTenerife (is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands)

Arrival

Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		ROYAL CROWN Own Page

ROYAL CROWN arrived at Tenerife from Fawley (England)
Ship's locationTenerife (is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands)

Arrival

Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		VITORIA Own Page

VITORIA arrived at Tenerife from New Orleans
Ship's locationTenerife (is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands)

News Event

Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		HYALA (1955-1976 Oil tanker 556 feet long of Shell Bermuda (Overseas) Ltd, London) Own Page

HYALA arrived at Miri (Sarawak, Malaysia)
Arrived in berthMiri (Sarawak, Malaysia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage6,961
Gross Tonnage12,164
Deadweght Tonnage17,915

News Event

Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0800 		Own Page

P & O / British India Lines sailing notice from UK and Continent for April 1957