Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Sailing

Thursday, February 17, 1944 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		JEFFERSON DAVIS (1942-1961 "Liberty" type general cargo ship of U.S. Government Own Page

JEFFERSON DAVIS leaves Glasgow after repairs
Sailed from berthGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryU.S.A.

Sailing

Thursday, February 17, 1944 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		JOHN A QUITMAN (1943-1973 "Liberty" type general cargo ship of U.S. Government) Own Page

JOHN A QUITMAN leaves Glasgow after repairs
Sailed from berthGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryU.S.A.

Arrival

Thursday, February 17, 1944 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		WILLIAM MOULTRIE (1942-1970 General cargo "Liberty" ship : Scrapped 1970) Own Page

WILLIAM MOULTRIE arrives in Glasgow
Arrived in berthGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryU.S.A.

Sailing

Thursday, February 17, 1944 @ 1200
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 leaves River Wall, Shieldhall, Glasgow for Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage, Greenock
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 Movement

Thursday, February 17, 1944 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ANTENOR (1924-1953 General cargo ship of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

ANTENOR moves from King George V Dock on 17th to Riverwall, Shieldhall, Glasgow, sails 18th
Ship's locationKing George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

Arrival

Thursday, February 17, 1944 @ 1400
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 arrives at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage, Greenock
Arrived fromRiver Wall, Shieldhall, GlasgowPort of RegistryNew Zealand
Arrived in berthTail-of-the-Bank (Anchorage off Greenock, Firth of Clyde)
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

Friday, February 18, 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

Ship Event

Friday, February 18, 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

Friday, February 18, 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

Sailing

Friday, February 18, 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 sails from 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

Friday, February 18, 1944 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ELISHA GRAVES OTIS (1943-1964 General cargo "Liberty" ship: during WW2 was operated by U.S. Maritime Commission and after WW2 was chartered to Grace Lines : Scrapped 1964) Own Page

ELISHA GRAVES OTIS leaves Glasgow after repairs
Sailed from berthGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryUSA

Arrival

Friday, February 18, 1944 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		EMPIRE RAPIER (1943-48 Infantry Landing Ship of Ministry of War Transport, London : Scrapped in 1966) Own Page

EMPIRE RAPIER arrived in Glasgow for conversion to L.S.I. (= Landing ship infantry) for invasion
Arrived in berthGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage7,177
Deadweght Tonnage11,650

Empire Rapier
Empire Rapier was a 7,177 GRT (11,650 tons displacement) Type C1-S-AY1 cargo ship which was built by Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, California. Laid down as Cape Turner but completed in December 1943 as Empire Rapier for MoWT. To United States Maritime Commission (USMC) in 1948 and renamed Cape Turner. Renamed Empire Rapier at an unknown date. Arrived on 5 January 1966 at Kearney, New Jersey for scrapping.

Sailing

Friday, February 18, 1944 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ANTENOR (1924-1953 General cargo ship of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's ANTENOR sails from Riverwall, Shieldhall, Glasgow
Sailed from berthShieldhall Riverwall, Shieldhall, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, London

Arrival

Friday, February 18, 1944 @ 1200
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		EMPRESS OF RUSSIA (1913-1945 Passenger liner 570 feet 173 metres long - originally for the trans-Pacific service of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada) - see the details box for more information Own Page

EMPRESS OF RUSSIA due 18th to bunker at 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location7 King George V Dock, Glasgow Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonGross Tonnage16,810

Ship Event

Saturday, February 19, 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