Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Saturday, September 19, 1936 @ 1838 		LAIRDSCASTLE (1930-1940 Passenger / general cargo ship 276 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1940 sank near Sanda Island after collision near Ailsa Craig) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSCASTLE leaves Dublin with 129 passengers and 420 cattle for Glasgow
Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1,031
Gross Tonnage1,945

Arrival

Sunday, September 20, 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 New York from Dublin
Arrived fromDublin (Eire / Ireland)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthNew York (USA)Gross Tonnage16,923
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers

Arrival

Sunday, September 20, 1936 @ 1008 		LAIRDSCASTLE (1930-1940 Passenger / general cargo ship 276 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1940 sank near Sanda Island after collision near Ailsa Craig) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSCASTLE arrives at Merklands Quay, Glasgow to discharge 420 cattle from Dublin
Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1,031
Gross Tonnage1,945

Sailing

Sunday, September 20, 1936 @ 1121 		LAIRDSCASTLE (1930-1940 Passenger / general cargo ship 276 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1940 sank near Sanda Island after collision near Ailsa Craig) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSCASTLE leaves Merklands Quay, for Glasgow Harbour
Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1,031
Gross Tonnage1,945

Arrival

Sunday, September 20, 1936 @ 1153 		LAIRDSCASTLE (1930-1940 Passenger / general cargo ship 276 feet overall of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1940 sank near Sanda Island after collision near Ailsa Craig) Own Page

Burns & Laird's LAIRDSCASTLE berths at Glasgow Harbour with 129 passengers from Dublin
Vessel MasterD McCallumPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage1,031
Gross Tonnage1,945

News Event

Sunday, September 27, 1936 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HMS ESCORT (1934-1940 E-class Destroyer 329ft 100m long of Royal Navy, London : 1940 Sank after being torpedoed) Own Page

Royal Navy Destroyer H.M.S. ESCORT brings 56 refugees to Saint-Jean-de-Luz from Bilbao
Ship's locationSaint-Jean-de-Luz (Basque Province of Labourd in south-western France)Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London

   The Royal Navy E-class Destroyer H.M.S. ESCORT arrived at the French port of Saint-Jean-de-Luz with 56 refugees, including 12 Britons, from Bilbao in Spain.

   The Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 was raging and the refugees told of about 80 hostages being shot by Government supporters.

  

News Event

Sunday, September 27, 1936 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HMS NELSON (1927-1948 Nelson-class Battleship of Royal Navy, London : Scrapped 1949) Own Page

Royal Navy Battleship H.M.S. NELSON anchors off Invergordon in Scotland
Ship's locationInvergordon (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London

   Part of the Royal Navy Home Fleet anchored off Invergordon in Scotland.

   Among the ships were the Battleships H.M.S. NELSON and H.M.S. RODNEY, the Cruisers H.M.S. NEPTUNE and H.M.S. ORION, the Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. COURAGEOUS  and the Light Cruiser H.M.S. CAIRO which was leading a number of Destroyers of the Fifth Flotilla.

   Many Liberty Men went ashore and took part in games and local people were able to visit some of the ships.

   The Fleet will leave for four days of exercises and gunnery practice.

 

 

  

Ship Event

Sunday, September 27, 1936 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HMS RODNEY (1925-1948 Battleship 710 feet long of Royal Navy, London :1948 Scrapped) Own Page

Royal Navy Battleship H.M.S. RODNEY anchors off Invergordon in Scotland
Ship's locationInvergordon (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London

   Part of the Royal Navy Home Fleet anchored off Invergordon in Scotland.

   Among the ships were the Battleships H.M.S. NELSON and H.M.S. RODNEY, the Cruisers H.M.S. NEPTUNE and H.M.S. ORION, the Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. COURAGEOUS  and the Light Cruiser H.M.S. CAIRO which was leading a number of Destroyers of the Fifth Flotilla.

   Many Liberty Men went ashore and took part in games and local people were able to visit some of the ships.

   The Fleet will leave for four days of exercises and gunnery practice.

 

 

  

Ship Event

Sunday, September 27, 1936 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HMS NEPTUNE (1933-1941 Cruiser 554 feet long of Royal Navy, London : 1941 Sunk by mine off Tripoli) Own Page

Royal Navy Cruiser H.M.S. NEPTUNE anchors off Invergordon in Scotland
Ship's locationInvergordon (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London

   Part of the Royal Navy Home Fleet anchored off Invergordon in Scotland.

   Among the ships were the Battleships H.M.S. NELSON and H.M.S. RODNEY, the Cruisers H.M.S. NEPTUNE and H.M.S. ORION, the Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. COURAGEOUS  and the Light Cruiser H.M.S. CAIRO which was leading a number of Destroyers of the Fifth Flotilla.

   Many Liberty Men went ashore and took part in games and local people were able to visit some of the ships.

   The Fleet will leave for four days of exercises and gunnery practice.

 

 

  

Ship Event

Sunday, September 27, 1936 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HMS ORION (1932-1949 Cruiser 554 feet long of Royal Navy, London : 1949 Scrapped) Own Page

Royal Navy Cruiser H.M.S. ORION anchors off Invergordon in Scotland
Ship's locationInvergordon (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London

   Part of the Royal Navy Home Fleet anchored off Invergordon in Scotland.

   Among the ships were the Battleships H.M.S. NELSON and H.M.S. RODNEY, the Cruisers H.M.S. NEPTUNE and H.M.S. ORION, the Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. COURAGEOUS  and the Light Cruiser H.M.S. CAIRO which was leading a number of Destroyers of the Fifth Flotilla.

   Many Liberty Men went ashore and took part in games and local people were able to visit some of the ships.

   The Fleet will leave for four days of exercises and gunnery practice.

 

 

  

Ship Event

Sunday, September 27, 1936 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HMS COURAGEOUS (1916-1939 Battle cruiser then in 1928 converted to aircraft carrier : 1939 sunk by U-boat in Atlantic) Own Page

Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. COURAGEOUS anchors off Invergordon in Scotland
Ship's locationInvergordon (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London

   Part of the Royal Navy Home Fleet anchored off Invergordon in Scotland.

   Among the ships were the Battleships H.M.S. NELSON and H.M.S. RODNEY, the Cruisers H.M.S. NEPTUNE and H.M.S. ORION, the Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. COURAGEOUS  and the Light Cruiser H.M.S. CAIRO which was leading a number of Destroyers of the Fifth Flotilla.

   Many Liberty Men went ashore and took part in games and local people were able to visit some of the ships.

   The Fleet will leave for four days of exercises and gunnery practice.

 

 

  

Ship Event

Sunday, September 27, 1936 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HMS CAIRO (1918-1942 Light Cruiser / Anti-aircraft ship 451 feet long of Royal Navy, London : 1942 Sunk by Italian submarine AXUM off Bizerta) Own Page

Royal Navy Light Cruiser H.M.S. CAIRO anchors off Invergordon in Scotland
Ship's locationInvergordon (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London

   Part of the Royal Navy Home Fleet anchored off Invergordon in Scotland.

   Among the ships were the Battleships H.M.S. NELSON and H.M.S. RODNEY, the Cruisers H.M.S. NEPTUNE and H.M.S. ORION, the Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. COURAGEOUS  and the Light Cruiser H.M.S. CAIRO which was leading a number of Destroyers of the Fifth Flotilla.

   Many Liberty Men went ashore and took part in games and local people were able to visit some of the ships.

   The Fleet will leave for four days of exercises and gunnery practice.

 

 

  

News Event

Sunday, September 27, 1936 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		Own Page

The Radio Conference of Seafaring Nations recommend a new common wave-length for ships

   At a meeting in The Hague of The Radio Conference of Seafaring Nations a recommendation was agreed to have a new common wave-length of between 1900 and 2000 metres for radio messages sent by ships.

   The present wave-length is 1875 metres and this has been found liable to interference by the Dutch Transmitting Station at Kootwyk and also the Roumanian station at Bod.

  

Ship Event

Friday, October 2, 1936 @ 1230 		CITY OF AGRA ( 1936-1965 Cargo liner 461 feet long of Ellerman Hall Line, London) Own Page

Ellerman Hall Line's CITY OF AGRA launched at Dumbarton
Ship's locationWilliam Denny Shipbuilders, Dumbarton, ScotlandPort of RegistryLondon

She was built in 1936 by Denny Shipbuilders, Dumbarton

News Event

Tuesday, October 6, 1936 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HECTOR (1924-1942 Passenger/cargo liner of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1942 bombed and sunk in Colombo Harbour, 1946 scrapped.) Own Page

In 1936 Blue Funnel Line HECTOR offers a six-day cruise from London to Glasgow via Holland
Ship's locationLondon (UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Gross Tonnage11,198

 

BLUE  FUNNEL  LINE


SIX-DAY CRUISE LONDON to GLASGOW

via HOLLAND and THE WESTERN ISLES,

with TWO DAYS at ROTTERDAM

 

SEVEN GUINEAS

Rail Concessions to London

 

“ HECTOR “  …  11,198 tons  …  October 6

 

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