Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Wednesday, November 25, 1942 @ 1215 		COLLEAGUE (Steam fishing trawler in 1942) Own Page

Steam fishing trawler COLLEAGUE leaves Ardrossan Dockyard after wartime repairs
Sailed from berthArdrossan Dockyard (Ardrossan, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

Sailing

Wednesday, November 25, 1942 @ 1800
THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date 		ENNERDALE (1941-1958 1st Dale Class Freighting Tanker of Ministry of War Transport / Royal Fleet Auxiliary, London ; scrapped 1959) Own Page

ENNERDALE sailed from Gibraltar in convoy MKS2A for the Clyde
Sailing forSailed in convoy MKS2A for the ClydePort of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailed from berthGibraltar

Sailing

Sunday, November 29, 1942 @ 1500 		HMS P615 (1940-1943 P 611 Class Submarine of Royal Navy, London) Own Page

Royal Navy Submarine H.M.S. P615 leaves Ardrossan Dockyard after wartime repairs
Sailed from berthArdrossan Dockyard (Ardrossan, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)

She was sunk with all hands on 18th April 1943 by a torpedo from German U-Boat U-123, when about 100 miles south-west of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Sailing

Thursday, December 3, 1942 @ 0800 		FIRETHORN (1905- General cargo coaster of Thorn Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Steam ship FIRETHORN leaves Ardrossan Dockyard after wartime repairs
Sailed from berthArdrossan Dockyard (Ardrossan, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Gross Tonnage300

Arrival

Monday, December 7, 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

ENNERDALE arrived in Clyde in convoy MKS2A from Gibraltar
Arrived fromConvoy MKS2A from GibraltarPort of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berthClyde

Sailing

Saturday, December 19, 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 Freetown
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Sailing

Tuesday, December 22, 1942 @ 1130 		HATANO (1939-1946 H.M.Minesweeping Trawler FY662 requisitioned by Admiralty, London) Own Page

H.M.Trawler HATANO leaves Ardrossan Dockyard after repairs
Sailed from berthArdrossan Dockyard (Ardrossan, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

Arrival

Tuesday, December 29, 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 Cape Town
Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Net Tonnage11,335
Gross Tonnage19,040

Harbour Event

Friday, January 1, 1943 @ 0800 		Own Page

Ardrossan Harbour Employees
Ship's locationArdrossan Harbour Co Ltd

1943
Number of staff:

Maintenance 144
Dockers 112,
& 42 Houses for staff workers

News Event

Sunday, January 3, 1943 @ 1800 		Baron Dechmont Own Page

"Baron Dechmont" sunk in U Boat attack
Ship's locationOff South AmericaPort of RegistryArdrossan
Vessel MasterDonald MacCallumNet Tonnage3675 tons
Cargo4630 tons of coal and coke

Name Baron Dechmont
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 3,675 tons
Completed 1929 - Ardrossan Dockyard & Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ardrossan

Owner H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow
Homeport Ardrossan
Date of attack 3 Jan 1943 Nationality: British

Fate Sunk by U-507 (Harro Schacht)
Position 03.11S, 38.41W - Grid FB 9141

Complement 44 (7 dead and 37 survivors).

Convoy
Route Barry - Milford Haven - Pernambuco
Cargo 4630 tons of coal and coke

Notes on loss At 18.00 hours on 3 Jan, 1943, the unescorted Baron Dechmont (Master Donald MacCallum) was torpedoed and sunk by U-507 northwest of Cape San Roque, Brazil.
Seven crew members were lost.
The master was taken prisoner and later lost when the U-boat was sunk ten days later. 28 crew members and eight gunners landed at Fortaleza.

News Event

Friday, March 5, 1943 @ 1000 		Own Page

1943 Wartime sailing notice for City Line from U.K. to South and East Africa

News Event

Friday, March 5, 1943 @ 1000 		Own Page

1943 Wartime sailing notice for Brocklebank Line from U.K. to Calcutta

Arrival

Wednesday, March 17, 1943 @ 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

ENNERDALE arrived in Clyde from Liverpool
Arrived fromLiverpool (England)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berthClyde

Sailing

Friday, March 26, 1943 @ 1800
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

ENNERDALE left the Clyde in Convoy OS45 for Alexandria (Egypt) via Cape Town (South Africa)
Sailing forConvoy OS45 for Alexandria (Egypt) via Cape Town (South Africa) Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailed from berthClyde

News Event

Monday, April 12, 1943 @ 1000 		BELNOR (1926-1956 Heavy lift ship 309 feet long of Rederiet Belnor A/S (Christen Smith & Co.), Oslo / Skibs-A/S Belships Co. Ltd., Oslo, Norway : Sank 1966) Own Page

Christen Smith's heavy lift ship BELNOR at Glasgow loading lighters for Gibraltar
Ship's locationStobcross Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryOslo (Norway)
Sailing forGibraltar (A British Overseas Territory on southern end of the Iberian Peninsula) via LiverpoolNet Tonnage1,673
Gross Tonnage2,871
Deadweght Tonnage3,940

BELNOR sailed from the Clyde on 15 April 1943 in Convoy ON46 for Gibraltar