Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Wednesday, November 5, 1941 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT (1930-1940 then 1950-1963 Passenger / cargo liner 587 feet long of N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1940-1950 Troopship) Own Page

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT arrives at Durban from Mombasa
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Ship Event

Saturday, December 13, 1941 @ 2300 		H 32 (Royal Navy Submarine) Own Page
Port of Registryad

1941
Submarine H.32 grounded in the Clyde.
The submarine was repaired at Ardrossan

Ship Event

Saturday, December 13, 1941 @ 2300 		H 32 (Royal Navy Submarine) Own Page

1941 Submarine H.32 grounded
Port of Registryad

1941
Submarine H.32 grounded in the Clyde.
The submarine was repaired at Ardrossan

Sailing

Wednesday, January 21, 1942 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT (1930-1940 then 1950-1963 Passenger / cargo liner 587 feet long of N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1940-1950 Troopship) Own Page

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT leaves Durban for East London
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Arrival

Thursday, January 22, 1942 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT (1930-1940 then 1950-1963 Passenger / cargo liner 587 feet long of N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1940-1950 Troopship) Own Page

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT arrives at East London (South Africa) from Durban
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Sailing

Friday, January 23, 1942 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT (1930-1940 then 1950-1963 Passenger / cargo liner 587 feet long of N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1940-1950 Troopship) Own Page

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT leaves East London (South Africa) for Cape Town
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Arrival

Saturday, January 24, 1942 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT (1930-1940 then 1950-1963 Passenger / cargo liner 587 feet long of N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1940-1950 Troopship) Own Page

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT arrives at Cape Town from East London (South Africa)
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Sailing

Friday, January 30, 1942 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT (1930-1940 then 1950-1963 Passenger / cargo liner 587 feet long of N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1940-1950 Troopship) Own Page

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT leaves Cape Town (South Africa) for Liverpool
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Ship Event

Thursday, February 5, 1942 @ 0900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		EMPRESS OF ASIA (1912-14 Passenger liner of Canadian Pacific Line : 1914-16 Armed Merchant Cruiser : 1916-41 returned to owners : 1941-42 Troopship : 1942 Bombed and sunk off Singapore) Own Page

Troopship EMPRESS OF ASIA sunk by Japanese Dive Bombers off Singapore
Ship's locationOff SingaporePort of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Gross Tonnage16,909

Ship Event

Sunday, February 15, 1942 @ 1600 		HMS UNISON ( P 34 of Royal Navy) Own Page
Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)

H. M. S. U N I S O N

B a t t l e H o n o u r s

SICILY 1943

Launched in November 1941 as P34 she completed work-up in February 1942 and after docking in Ardrossan was deployed for a North Sea patrol during March that year. Before being transferred to join the 10th Submarine Flotilla in Malta she carried out a patrol to cover passage of a Russian convoy against U-Boat attacks

Sailing

Saturday, February 21, 1942 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ENNERDALE (1941-1958 1st Dale Class Freighting Tanker of Ministry of War Transport / Royal Fleet Auxiliary, London ; scrapped 1959) Own Page

Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker ENNERDALE left Freetown in Convoy SL101 for the Clyde
Sailing forClydePort of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailed from berthFreetown (Sierra Leone)

Arrival

Monday, February 23, 1942 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT (1930-1940 then 1950-1963 Passenger / cargo liner 587 feet long of N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1940-1950 Troopship) Own Page

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT arrived at Liverpool from Cape Town (South Africa)
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Ship Event

Saturday, March 14, 1942 @ 0100 		Clermiston Own Page

Steamer "Clermiston" sunk by German bombers in Rothesay Dock, Glasgow
Ship's locationRothesay Dock, GlasgowGross Tonnage1448

1942
During the night of 13/14 March, British steamer CLERMISTON (1448grt) was damaged by German bombing in Rothesay Dock at Glasgow.
The steamer was sunk. She was refloated in October 1941 and beached in Rames Bay. The steamer was towed to Ardrossan in 1942.

Arrival

Sunday, March 15, 1942 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ENNERDALE (1941-1958 1st Dale Class Freighting Tanker of Ministry of War Transport / Royal Fleet Auxiliary, London ; scrapped 1959) Own Page

Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker ENNERDALE arrives in Clyde in Convoy SL101 from Sierra Leone
Arrived fromFreetown (Sierra Leone)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berthClyde

Sailing

Friday, March 20, 1942 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT (1930-1940 then 1950-1963 Passenger / cargo liner 587 feet long of N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Nederland', Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1940-1950 Troopship) Own Page

JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT leaves Liverpool for the Clyde
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040