Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Saturday, April 17, 1937 @ 1900
VOLTAIRE (1923-1939 Passenger / cargo liner of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool :1939 converted to Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS VOLTAIRE,.1941 sunk in battle with German raider THOR; loss of 75 lives) Own Page

Lamport & Holt's VOLTAIRE leaves Southampton on 18 days cruise to Mediterranean Ports

Ships agentLamport & Holt Line, Royal Liver Buildings, LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage13,248

Ship Event

Wednesday, April 28, 1937 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
VANDYCK (Passenger / cargo liner of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Lamport & Holt's VANDYCK leaves Southampton for Lisbon & Madeira

Ships agentLamport & Holt Line, Royal Liver Buildings, LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)

Ship Event

Friday, April 30, 1937 @ 1200
TUSCANIA (1922-1939 Passenger / cargo liner of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's TUSCANIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Boston and New York

Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage16,991

News Event

Saturday, May 1, 1937 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate
Own Page

Some 1930's Company Posters by Anchor / Donaldson Lines of Glasgow

Sailing

Saturday, May 1, 1937 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CITY OF PARIS (1922- 1956 Passenger (200) and General cargo liner 504 feet long of Ellerman & Bucknall Line, London) Own Page

Ellerman & Bucknall's CITY OF PARIS leaves London for Madeira, South and East Africa

Outward cargoPassengers and general cargoPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage10,877

 

Ship Event

Friday, May 7, 1937 @ 1200
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 Line's TRANSYLVANIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Boston and New York

Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage16,923

Ship Event

Friday, May 14, 1937 @ 1200
CALEDONIA (1925-1939 Passenger liner 553 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow - see also HMS SCOTSTOUN) Own Page

Anchor Line's CALEDONIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for New York

Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Tuesday, May 18, 1937 @ 1900
VOLTAIRE (1923-1939 Passenger / cargo liner of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool :1939 converted to Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS VOLTAIRE,.1941 sunk in battle with German raider THOR; loss of 75 lives) Own Page

Lamport & Holt's VOLTAIRE leaves Liverpool on 5 days cruise to the British Naval Review

Ships agentLamport & Holt Line, Royal Liver Buildings, LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage13,248

Ship Event

Saturday, May 22, 1937 @ 1900
VANDYCK (Passenger / cargo liner of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Lamport & Holt's VANDYCK leaves Southampton on a 24 days cruise to Mediterranean Ports

Ships agentLamport & Holt Line, Royal Liver Buildings, LiverpoolPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)

News Event

Tuesday, June 1, 1937 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate
Own Page

1937 Advert by Ellerman and Bucknall S S Co., Cape Town for their services from London

News Event

Monday, June 14, 1937 @ 1000
DUNMORE HEAD (1924-1939 General cargo ship of Head Line, Belfast) Own Page

Head Line's DUNMORE HEAD at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Glasgow loading coal from tipping waggons

Ship's location9 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, GlasgowPort of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland)

News Event

Wednesday, June 23, 1937 @ 1000
Own Page

1937 Anchor Line Passage Rates and Timetables to and from New York, Boston, Ireland and Glasgow

News Event

Thursday, July 1, 1937 @ 0900
Own Page

July 1937 Sailing Notice for Henderson Line services to Eastern Ports and Rangoon

News Event

Thursday, July 1, 1937 @ 1200
Own Page

July 1937 advert by Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co. Ltd., London

News Event

Saturday, July 3, 1937 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
CALIFORNIA (1923-1939 Passenger liner of Anchor Line, Glasgow : 1939-1943 Troopship : 1943 Sunk_) Own Page

Anchor Line's passenger liner CALIFORNIA sails from New York for Belfast and Glasgow

Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Gross Tonnage16,792