Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		TANTALLON CASTLE (1954-1971 General cargo ship 495 feet overall of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

Union Castle's TANTALLON CASTLE has fire in numbers 1 and 2 holds when loading at Rotterdam
Ship's locationRotterdam (Netherlands)Port of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage7,448

 

   Fire broke out in Numbers 1 and 2 holds on the British Union Castle Line cargo ship TANTALLON CASTLE as she was loading at Rotterdam today (Middlesbrough for London and Beira). Crew and Rotterdam Fire Service sprayed water until the fire was extinguished.

 

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		DENMARK HILL (General cargo ship of Acadia Overseas Freighters / Counties Ship Management) Own Page

Counties Ship Management's DENMARK HILL arrives at Kobe (Japan) from Chicama (Peru)
Net Tonnage4,214
Gross Tonnage7,150
Deadweght Tonnage10,287

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1600 		EDINBURGH CASTLE (1947-1976 Passenger liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

Union Castle's EDINBURGH CASTLE leaves Southampton for Las Palmas and South Africa
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage28,700

Ship Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENDORAN (1956-1977 Conventional general cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line of Leith : 1977 scrapped in Taiwan) Own Page

Ben Line's BENDORAN closes at London for receiving cargo for Far Eastern ports
Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Gross Tonnage10,355
Deadweght Tonnage12,100

Ship Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BALANTIA (1947-1958 General cargo ship of Royal Mail Lines, London) Own Page

Royal Mail's BALANTIA closes at Middlesbrough for receiving cargo for Caribbean Ports
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,210

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BARTON GRANGE (1949-1958 General cargo ship of Houlder Brothers, London) Own Page

Houlder Brothers BARTON GRANGE leaves Newport for Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Rosario
Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage7,201

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BENDORAN (1956-1977 Conventional general cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line of Leith : 1977 scrapped in Taiwan) Own Page

BENDORAN closes at C Shed, Victoria Dock, London for receiving cargo for Singapore and Bangkok
Ships agentKillick Martin & Co. Ltd., 20 Mark Lane, London, E.C.3. Telephone MINcing Lane 3100Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Gross Tonnage10,355
Deadweght Tonnage12,100

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700 		SUNLAND (1954-1966 Cargo ship owned by A. I. Langfeldt of Kristiansand, Norway, and on long-term charter from 1954-1966 to the Saguenay Terminals Company.) Own Page

Saguenay's SUNLAND closes at Liverpool for receiving cargo for Trinidad, Demerara and West Indies
Port of RegistryKristiansand. (Norway)

Ship Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		PALIKONDA (1945-1959 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London) Own Page

PALIKONDA closes at London (UK) for receiving cargo for Gibraltar, Karachi and Bombay
Sailing forGibraltar, Genoa, Karachi and BombayPort of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailed from berthLondon (UK)Gross Tonnage7,434
Ships agentP & O - Orient Lines, 122 Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.3. TeL. AVEnue 8000

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		STIRLINGSHIRE (1946 - 1966 general dry-cargo vessel 448 feet long of Scottish Shire Line / Houston Line : 1966 scrapped at Bruges, Belgium) Own Page

STIRLINGSHIRE left Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya) for Tanga (Tanzaniya)
Sailing forTanga (Tanzaniya)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthDar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya)Net Tonnage4030
Gross Tonnage7006
Deadweght Tonnage8,834

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		CHANTALA (1950-1971 General cargo ship of British India Line, London) Own Page

CHANTALA left Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya) for London (UK)
Sailing forLondon (UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthDar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya)Gross Tonnage7,551

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		DOLIUS (1956-1970 and then in 1972 General cargo ship 491 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

DOLIUS left Singapore for Hong Kong
Sailing forHong KongPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthSingaporeGross Tonnage7,960

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		MARIE SKOU (1963-1979 General cargo ship of Ove Skou, Kobenhaven, Denmark : Scrapped 1983) Own Page

MARIE SKOU sailed from Savannah (Georgia, USA) for Philadelphia (USA)
Sailing forPhiladelphia (USA)Port of RegistryKobenhavn (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Sailed from berthSavannah (Georgia, USA)Gross Tonnage6,262
Deadweght Tonnage8,890

Sailing

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		COTOPAXI (1954- General cargo ship 512 feet long of Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool) Own Page

COTOPAXI left Nassau (Bahamas) for Havana (Cuba)
Sailed from berthNassau (Bahamas)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Net Tonnage4,552
Gross Tonnage8,559
Deadweght Tonnage11,430

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		CAIRNGOWAN (1952-1965 General cargo ship 444 feet long of Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd. (Cairns, Noble & Co. Ltd.), Newcastle : 1973 scrapped in Gandia, Spain) Own Page

CAIRNGOWAN left Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada) for Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Sailing forHalifax (Nova Scotia, Canada)Port of RegistryNewcastle-upon-Tyne (England, UK)
Sailed from berthSaint John (New Brunswick, Canada)Net Tonnage4,631
Gross Tonnage7,503
Deadweght Tonnage8,800