Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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What/When Ship

Ship Event

Wednesday, August 12, 1942 @ 2015
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		CLAN FERGUSON 1938-1942 General cargo liner of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN FERGUSON in WW2 Pedestal Convoy to Malta sunk by enemy bombs
Ship's locationMediterranean Sea on passage from U.K. to MaltaPort of RegistryGlasgow
Vessel MasterA. N. CossarGross Tonnage7,347

CLAN FERGUSON (Captain A. N. Cossar) was sunk at 2015 on 12th August 1942 in the Mediterranean Sea by aircraft bombs while

 part of the  Allied “Pedestal” convoy to Malta.

 

9 crew were lost and there were 53 survivors.

Sailing

Wednesday, August 26, 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

Arrival

Thursday, August 27, 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 anchorage off Gourock (Clyde, Scotland) from Liverpool
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Sailing

Friday, August 28, 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 anchorage off Gourock (Clyde, Scotland) for Freetown
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Arrival

Wednesday, September 9, 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 Freetown (Sierra Leone) from the Clyde
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Sailing

Sunday, September 13, 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 Freetown (Sierra Leone) for Cape Town
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

News Event

Wednesday, September 23, 1942 @ 1400 		Own Page

In World War 2 : a Royal Navy message closing Gare Loch for acceptance dive of a submarine
Ship's locationGare Loch (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)

Ship Movement

Thursday, September 24, 1942 @ 0830 		Own Page

In World War 2 : a Royal Navy message closing Gare Loch for acceptance dive of a submarine
Ship's locationGare Loch (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)

Arrival

Friday, September 25, 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 Freetown (Sierra Leone)
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Ship Event

Tuesday, September 29, 1942 @ 0842 		LYCAON (1913-1951 General cargo ship of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's LYCAON at the Gare Loch Degaussing Range, Firth of Clyde, Scotland in September 1942
Ship's locationDegaussing Range at Gare Loch, Firth of Clyde, ScotlandPort of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Gross Tonnage7,552

 

 

 

 

 

Sailing

Tuesday, September 29, 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 for Bombay
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Ship Event

Saturday, October 10, 1942 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ORCADES (1937-1942 Passenger liner of Orient Line, London) Own Page

Orient Line's ORCADES torpedoed and sunk by a U-Boat off Cape Town
Ship's locationOff Cape Town, South AfricaPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

1957 :

   Captain S. S. Burnnand has been appointed Commodore of the Orient Line fleet, succeeding Captain A. C. G. Hawker.

   He has been with the company for more than 30 years and was staff commander in the ORCADES when she was torpedoed and sunk off Cape Town in 1942.   He was transferred to the ORONTES and was present at the Sicilian landings.

News Event

Sunday, October 11, 1942 @ 1300 		Own Page

Vessels undergoing repairs at Ardrossan Dockyard (Firth of Clyde) in wartime October 1942
Ship's locationArdrossan Dockyard (Firth of Clyde)

H.M.S. ZETLAND  arrived 11 October, sailed 20 October

H.M.S. ISLE OF GUERNSEY arrived 13 October, sailed 16 October

Petrol lighter EXMOUTH arrived 13 October, sailed 11 November

H.M.Yacht MALAHNE arrived 16 October, sailed 12 November

Steam Trawler RIVER TAY arrived 16 October, sailed 26 October

H.M.S. BRIGHTON arrived 21 October, sailed 25 October

Steam Ship ISLE OF ALDERNEY arrived 25 October, sailed 28 October

Steam Ship CLERMISTON arrived 26 October, sailed 3 November

H.M.Trawler GUNNER arrived 27 October, sailed 31 October

H.M.Yacht LADY SHAHRAZAD arrived 28 October, sailed 1 November

H.M.Trawler HATANO arrived 28 October, sailed 22 December

Steam Ship PICARDY arrived 30 October, sailed 10 November

Steam Ship EMPIRE DAMSEL arrived 31 October, sailed 12 November

Steam Trawler RIVER TWEED arrived 31 October, sailed 5 November

Steam Ship FIRETHORN arrived 3 November, sailed 3 December

H.M. Trawler MARIE LOUISE arrived 3 November, sailed 7 November

Steam Trawler COLLEAGUE arrived 4 November, sailed 25 November

Submarine H.M.S.  P 15 arrived 4 November, sailed 29 November

Steam Ship PASS OF LENY arrived 9 November, sailed 18 November

Steam Ship DON arrived 10 November, sailed 12 November

 Additional note.  Any information or details on any of these vessels will be gratefully received

Arrival

Sunday, October 11, 1942 @ 1300 		HMS ZETLAND (1942-1954 Type 11 Hunt Class Destroyer Pennant Number L 59 280 feet 85 meters long of Royal Navy, London) Own Page

Royal Navy Destroyer H.M.S. ZETLAND arrives in Ardrossan Dockyard for repairs
Arrived in berthArdrossan Dockyard (Ardrossan, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)

Ship Event

Monday, October 12, 1942 @ 1545 		HMS KEREN (1941-1951 Landing ship Infantry 471 feet long (formerly 1930-1941 British India's KENYA) of Admiralty, London Own Page

H.M.S. KEREN at Gare Loch, Firth of Clyde in October 1942
Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage9,890