Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Monday, March 14, 1960 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
STORMLIGHT (1957-1973 General cargo steam / then diesel coaster 88 feet long of Light Shipping Company Ltd. / Ross & Marshall Ltd, Greenock : 15 December 1973 wrecked at Craighouse, Jura)) Own Page

Ross & Marshall's coaster STORMLIGHT at Dumbarton discharging Whisky from Bruichladdich, Islay

Port of RegistryGreenock (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage71
Gross Tonnage166
Deadweght Tonnage183

STORMLIGHT had arrived at Dumbarton at 1200 on Sunday

with a cargo of barrels of whisky from Bruichladdich on the

Isle of Islay, the whisky for account of Buchanan Distillers.

   After discharging STORMLIGHT left for Greenock where

she took on bunkers then left for Troon where she would

load coal for Port Ellen, Isle of Islay.

Ship Event

Monday, March 14, 1960 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
MOONLIGHT (1952- 1966 steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 88 feet long of Ross & Marshall, Glasgow : 1970 scrapped at Troon) Own Page

Ross & Marshall's Puffer MOONLIGHT loading Barley at Prince's Dock, Glasgow for Port Ellen

Port of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage164
Deadweght Tonnage188

 

MOONLIGHT at Prince’s Dock, Glasgow loading bags of Barley for a distillery in Port Ellen, Isle of Islay.

 

Ship Event

Monday, March 14, 1960 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
SEALIGHT (1930-1963 Steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 86 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall Ltd : 1964 scrapped at Troon)) Own Page

Ross & Marshall's Puffer SEALIGHT windbound at Port Ellen

Port of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage154

SEALIGHT was windbound at Port Ellen (Isle of Islay) where

she had discharged 139 tons 9 cwts of coal for account of A. J.

Currie.   Later in the day she left Port Ellen for Glenarm,

Northern Ireland to load Limestone Dust for Glasgow

  (for account of Colvilles Ltd.)

MOONLIGHT at Prince’s Dock, Glasgow loading bags of

Barley for a distillery in Port Ellen, Isle of Islay.

Ship Event

Monday, March 14, 1960 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
WARLIGHT (1919-1964 Steam engined general cargo Crinan Canal size Clyde puffer 86 feet long of Light Shipping / Ross & Marshall, Greenock) Own Page

Ross & Marshall's Puffer WARLIGHT at Prince's Dock, Glasgow loading bagged Malt for Bruichladdich

Port of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage60
Gross Tonnage135

WARLIGHT at Prince’s Dock, Glasgow loading bags

of Malt for Bruichladdich (Isle of Islay) for account

of Bruichladdich Distillery.

Ship Event

Monday, March 14, 1960 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
POLARLIGHT (1948-1974 Clyde steam puffer lighter 66 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall ) Own Page

Ross & Marshall's Puffer POLARLIGHT laid up at Greenock

Port of RegistryGreenock (Scotland, UK)
Reg Tonnage40

 

POLARLIGHT laid up at Greenock.

 

Ship Event

Monday, March 14, 1960 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
LIMELIGHT (1948-1963 steam general cargo puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall, Greenock : scrapped at Dalmuir 1966) Own Page

Ross & Marshall's Puffer LIMELIGHT making engine repairs at Irvine Harbour

Port of RegistryGreenock (UK)
Gross Tonnage96
Deadweght Tonnage140

LIMELIGHT at Irvine and making engine repairs.  Next day,

with repairs completed, she loaded Bricks, etc. for Port Ellen

(Isle of Islay).

Ship Event

Monday, March 14, 1960 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
STARLIGHT (1937 - 1967 Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock : 1967 scrapped at Bowling)) Own Page

Ross & Marshall's Puffer STARLIGHT discharging a cargo of coal at Rothesay

Port of RegistryGreenock
Gross Tonnage91

STARLIGHT at Rothesay and finished discharging a

cargo of Coal (account of J Dougall) which she had

brought from Troon and then left for Rothesay Dock,

Clydebank, to load Coal for Dunoon (for account of

the Gas Works).

Ship Event

Monday, March 14, 1960 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
SKYLIGHT (1936-1967 steam engined Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock) Own Page

Ross & Marshall's Puffer SKYLIGHT discharging a cargo of coal at Campbeltown

Port of RegistryGreenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)
Net Tonnage40
Gross Tonnage90

 

SKYLIGHT at Campbeltown discharging a cargo of

Coal which she had loaded at Queen’s Dock, Glasgow

(for account of the Gas Works).   Finishing discharging

she had no orders, and next day moved to Rothesay

where she waited for orders.

 

Arrival

Tuesday, March 15, 1960 @ 0805
CLIPPER ( 1956 - 1968 General cargo coaster 191 feet long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam : 1973 sank near Calais) Own Page
Ship's locationLarnePort of RegistryRotterdam
CargoContainersNet Tonnage315
Gross Tonnage499
Deadweght Tonnage780

Arrival

Tuesday, March 15, 1960 @ 1550
Irish Holly (Irish Shipping Company) Own Page
Ship's locationFaslanePort of RegistryDublin
Vessel MasterN. GillespieReg Tonnage1381
CargoGas oil
Draught17' 6"
AgentT. L. Duff
Irish Holly

Sailing

Tuesday, March 15, 1960 @ 1610
CLIPPER ( 1956 - 1968 General cargo coaster 191 feet long of A C Hoff, Rotterdam : 1973 sank near Calais) Own Page
Ship's locationLarnePort of RegistryRotterdam
CargoContainersNet Tonnage315
Gross Tonnage499
Deadweght Tonnage780

Ship Event

Tuesday, March 15, 1960 @ 1700
JOURNALIST (1954 - 1973 General cargo ship 464 feet long of Charente S.S. Co. Ltd. / T & J Harrison Ltd, Liverpool : 1982 scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

JOURNALIST closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

Ship's locationBirkenhead, U.K.Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailing forCape Town, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Lourenco Marques and BeiraNet Tonnage4,434
Outward cargoGeneral cargoGross Tonnage8,366
Ships agentThos. & Jas. Harrison, LiverpoolDeadweght Tonnage9,670

 

 

Ship Event

Tuesday, March 15, 1960 @ 1700
The date shown is as timetabled and the time shown is our best estimste
MASKELIYA (1954-1969 General cargo ship 472 feet overall of Thos & Jno Brocklebank / Cunard Brocklebank, Liverpool : 1972 Scrapped) Own Page

MASKELIYA scheduled to close for receiving cargo at Glasgow for Eastern ports

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailing forPort Said, Suez, Aden, Visakhapatnam, Calcutta and Chalna Gross Tonnage7,350
Ships agentThos. & Jno. Brocklebank Ltd., Cunard Building, Liverpool 3 (England, UK) Tel. Central 6613


Arrival

Tuesday, March 15, 1960 @ 1705
Own Page
Ship's locationSea - Fishing grounds
CargoFish
AgentJ. Boardley, Ayr

Arrival

Tuesday, March 15, 1960 @ 1825
ARDGARRY Own Page

"Ardgarry" comes to Ardrossan to make engine repairs

Ship's locationSeaPort of RegistryGreenock
Vessel MasterMcLarenReg Tonnage507
Draught11' 3"
AgentR. L. Alpine

She had experienced engine trouble, and came to Ardrossan to make repairs.