Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Saturday, February 12, 1944 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		HAAKON HAUAN (1935-1960 Oil tanker of A/S Østlandske Petroleums Compagni, Oslo (in 1953 Company renamed A/S Norske Esso) Own Page

Tanker HAAKON HAUAN due 12th to discharge planes and general cargo at 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location10 King George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryOslo (Norway)
Cargo carried on arrivalPlanes and general cargoGross Tonnage6,582

Ship Event

Sunday, February 13, 1944 @ 0000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		MOLDA (1937- 1959 General cargo ship 435 feet long of A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen) Own Page

Norwegian cargo ship MOLDA at King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location4 King George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryBergen (Norway)
Cargo carried on arrivalBombs and other cargoNet Tonnage2.981
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonGross Tonnage5.137
Deadweght Tonnage8,425

Ship Event

Sunday, February 13, 1944 @ 0000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		LEOPOLDVILLE (1929-1939 Passenger Liner 479 feet long of Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo, Antwerp then 1939-1944 Troopship of War Transport, London) Own Page

Troopship LEOPOLDVILLE repairing in King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location6 King George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryAntwerp (Belgium)
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonNet Tonnage6,941
Gross Tonnage11,509

Ship Event

Sunday, February 13, 1944 @ 0000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		AORANGI (1924-1940 Passenger liner of Union Steamship Company, then 1940-1946 Troopship and Depot ship, then 1948-1953 Passenger Liner 600 feet long of Union S.S. Company) Own Page

Troopship AORANGI at River Wall, Shieldhall, Glasgow
Ship's locationRiver Wall, Shieldhall, GlasgowPort of RegistryNew Zealand
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, London

AORANGI was to make one final trooping voyage in 1944, a round trip from the UK to Malta, departing from the Clyde in convoy KMF.29 on February 21st carrying 1,559 troops. She returned with convoy MKF.29 that had left Port Said on March 2nd for Liverpool, carrying 4,143 troops; she arrived at Liverpool on March 16th 1944 and entered a Liverpool dockyard a few days later.

A very full description of the life of AORANGI, both in peacetime and in wartime, is on http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/BPF-EIF/Ships/AORANGI.htm#.WLemRoXXLIU

Ship Event

Sunday, February 13, 1944 @ 0800 		TEGELBERG (1938-1942 Passenger/cargo liner 171 metres long, then 1942-1947 Troopship, then 1947-1968 passenger/cargo liner of Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen, Amsterdam) Own Page

Troopship TEGELBERG at berth in King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location1 King George V Dock, Glasgow Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonGross Tonnage10,150

Ship Event

Sunday, February 13, 1944 @ 0800 		ALMANZORA (1915-1920 completed as Auxiliary cruiser then 589 feet long 1930-1939 Passenger liner of Royal Mail Lines then 1939-1947 Troop Transport) Own Page

Troopship ALMANZORA at berth in King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location2/3 King George V Dock, Glasgow Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonGross Tonnage15,551

Arrival

Sunday, February 13, 1944 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ROSEBUD (1943-1948 Tanker 153 metres long of United States War Shipping Administration, Mobile, USA) Own Page

Tanker ROSEBUD due 13/14th to discharge planes and general cargo at 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location9 King George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryMobile (Alabama, USA)
Cargo carried on arrivalPlanes and general cargoGross Tonnage10,172
Deadweght Tonnage16,613

Arrival

Sunday, February 13, 1944 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		FERNCOURT (1938-1954 Oil tanker of Skibs A/S Marine / Fearnley & Astrup, Oslo, Norway) Own Page

FERNCOURT due 13/14th to discharge planes and general cargo at 10 King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location10 King George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryOslo (Norway)
Arrived fromNew York City (USA)Gross Tonnage9,918
Cargo carried on arrivalPlanes and general cargo

FERNCOURT had left New York City on 28 January as an escort oiler in Convoy HX277 for the Clyde, arriving February 13

She left the Clyde on February 22 and joined Convoy ON225 which originated in Liverpool, arriving in New York City on March 8

Ship Event

Monday, February 14, 1944 @ 0000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		LEOPOLDVILLE (1929-1939 Passenger Liner 479 feet long of Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo, Antwerp then 1939-1944 Troopship of War Transport, London) Own Page

Troopship LEOPOLDVILLE repairing in King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location6 King George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryAntwerp (Belgium)
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonNet Tonnage6,941
Gross Tonnage11,509

Ship Event

Monday, February 14, 1944 @ 0000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		AORANGI (1924-1940 Passenger liner of Union Steamship Company, then 1940-1946 Troopship and Depot ship, then 1948-1953 Passenger Liner 600 feet long of Union S.S. Company) Own Page

Troopship AORANGI at River Wall, Shieldhall, Glasgow
Ship's locationRiver Wall, Shieldhall, GlasgowPort of RegistryNew Zealand
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, London

AORANGI was to make one final trooping voyage in 1944, a round trip from the UK to Malta, departing from the Clyde in convoy KMF.29 on February 21st carrying 1,559 troops. She returned with convoy MKF.29 that had left Port Said on March 2nd for Liverpool, carrying 4,143 troops; she arrived at Liverpool on March 16th 1944 and entered a Liverpool dockyard a few days later.

A very full description of the life of AORANGI, both in peacetime and in wartime, is on http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/BPF-EIF/Ships/AORANGI.htm#.WLemRoXXLIU

Ship Event

Monday, February 14, 1944 @ 0800 		TEGELBERG (1938-1942 Passenger/cargo liner 171 metres long, then 1942-1947 Troopship, then 1947-1968 passenger/cargo liner of Koninklijke Java China Paketvaart Lijnen, Amsterdam) Own Page

Troopship TEGELBERG at berth in King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location1 King George V Dock, Glasgow Port of RegistryAmsterdam (Netherlands)
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonGross Tonnage10,150

Ship Event

Monday, February 14, 1944 @ 0800 		ALMANZORA (1915-1920 completed as Auxiliary cruiser then 589 feet long 1930-1939 Passenger liner of Royal Mail Lines then 1939-1947 Troop Transport) Own Page

Troopship ALMANZORA at berth in King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location2/3 King George V Dock, Glasgow Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonGross Tonnage15,551

Sailing

Monday, February 14, 1944 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		MOLDA (1937- 1959 General cargo ship 435 feet long of A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen) Own Page

Norwegian cargo ship MOLDA leaves King George V Dock, Glasgow for Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage
Sailing forTail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryBergen (Norway)
Sailed from berth4 King George V Dock, GlasgowNet Tonnage2.981
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage5.137
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonDeadweght Tonnage8,425

Arrival

Monday, February 14, 1944 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		MOLDA (1937- 1959 General cargo ship 435 feet long of A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen) Own Page

Norwegian cargo ship MOLDA arrives at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage to await convoy to New York
Arrived fromKing George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryBergen (Norway)
Arrived in berthTail-of-the-Bank (Anchorage off Greenock, Firth of Clyde)Net Tonnage2.981
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage5.137
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonDeadweght Tonnage8,425

Ship Event

Tuesday, February 15, 1944 @ 0000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		MOLDA (1937- 1959 General cargo ship 435 feet long of A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen) Own Page

Norwegian cargo ship MOLDA at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage awaiting inclusion in convoy to New York
Ship's locationTail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryBergen (Norway)
Outward cargoLight - no cargo on boardNet Tonnage2.981
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonGross Tonnage5.137
Deadweght Tonnage8,425