Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Arrival

Tuesday, July 12, 1960 @ 1445 		CLAN MACLAY ( 1949 - 1976 general cargo liner 466 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

Clan Line's CLAN MACLAY enters Elderslie Dry-Dock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., 109 Hope Street, Glasgow Telephone CENtral 7050Gross Tonnage6,075

Arrival

Tuesday, July 12, 1960 @ 1610 		NELEUS ( 1953 - 1971 General cargo ship 489 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : scrapped China 1974) Own Page

Blue Funnel's NELEUS docks in Elderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Ships agentAlfred HoltGross Tonnage7,800

Ship Event

Tuesday, July 12, 1960 @ 1700 		PORT WELLINGTON (1946-1971 Refrigerated cargo liner 529 feet long of Port Line, London) Own Page

Loading schedule for PORT WELLINGTON at Grangemouth, closing 12th July 1960
Ship's locationGrangemouth (Firth of Forth, Scotland)Port of RegistryLondon
Net Tonnage6,347
Gross Tonnage10,585
Deadweght Tonnage11,100

 

PORT LINE LTD.

GRANGEMOUTH to AUSTRALIA

m.v. "PORT WELLINGTON"

12th July 1960 for ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, LAUNCESTON and HOBART

Further details from :-

The General Steam Navigation Company Limited 91 BOTHWELL STREET,

GLASGOW C2

Ship Event

Wednesday, July 13, 1960 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		HANSEATIC (1958-1966 Passenger Liner of Hamburg-Atlantic Line, Hamburg) Own Page

Hamburg-Atlantic passenger liner HANSEATIC scheduled to leave Southampton for New York
Ship's locationSouthampton (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryHamburg (Germany)
Sailing forNew York (USA)
Outward cargoPassengers
Ships agentE H Mundy & Co Ltd., 87 Jermyn Street, London, S.W.1. Tel. TRAfalgar 1321

Ship Event

Wednesday, July 13, 1960 @ 1700 		ASSYRIA (1950-1963 General cargo ship 509 feet long of Cunard Steam Ship Company, Liverpool) Own Page

Cunard's ASSYRIA closes at Glasgow for cargo for New York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Newport News
Sailing forNew York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Newport News (all U.S.A.)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailed from berth4 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow Net Tonnage5,013
Outward cargoGeneral cargoGross Tonnage8,683
Ships agentAnchor Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow C.1. tel CENtral 9309Deadweght Tonnage11,320

News Event

Thursday, July 14, 1960 @ 1700 		TRIBESMAN (1946-1961 General cargo ship of Thos & Jas Harrison Ltd., Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's TRIBESMAN closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies
Ships agentPrentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage7,083

News Event

Friday, July 15, 1960 @ 1000 		Own Page

Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow cancel all sailings due to an unofficial strike by seamen

News Event

Friday, July 15, 1960 @ 1900
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BENCRUACHAN (1946-1966 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENCRUACHAN sails from Grangemouth for Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila and Cebu
Ships agentThe General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Sailing

Saturday, July 16, 1960 @ 0520 		NELEUS ( 1953 - 1971 General cargo ship 489 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : scrapped China 1974) Own Page

Blue Funnel's NELEUS undocks from Elderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Glasgow
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage7,800

Ship Event

Tuesday, July 19, 1960 @ 1700 		IRISH ALDER (1957-1971 General cargo ship of Irish Shipping Company, Dublin) Own Page

IRISH ALDER closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for South and East African Ports
Port of RegistryDublin (Ireland)

Ship Event

Tuesday, July 19, 1960 @ 1700 		AMARNA (1949-1967 then 1968-1971 General cargo ship of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Moss Hutchison's AMARNA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Mediterranean Ports
Ships agentMoss Hutchison Line Limited, 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643Port of RegistryLiverpool

Sailing

Wednesday, July 20, 1960 @ 1700
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate 		BREMEN (1959-1971 Passenger liner of North German LLoyd, Bremen)) Own Page

North German LLoyd passenger liner BREMEN leaves Southampton for New York
Ship's locationSouthampton (England, U.K.)Port of RegistryBremen (Germany)
Sailing forNew York (USA)
Ships agentE H Mundy & Co Ltd., 87 Jermyn Street, London, S.W.1. Tel. TRAfalgar 1321

Arrival

Wednesday, July 20, 1960 @ 2250 		BORDER SHEPHERD ( 1960 - 1981 an all-aft Product tanker 572 feet long of Lowland Tanker Company/ Common Brothers, Newcastle) Own Page

Lowland Tankers BORDER SHEPHERD at Elderslie Number 2 dry-dock prior to delivery to owners
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryNewcastle

BORDER SHEPHERD was an all-aft tanker and built by Lithgows, Port Glasgow. She was undergoing dry-docking at Elderslie prior to being handed over to her owners

News Event

Friday, July 22, 1960 @ 1000 		LADY McGOWAN (1952-1977 Explosives carrier 182 feet long of I.C.I. Nobel Explosives, Glasgow) Own Page

ICI's LADY McGOWAN at Garnock Wharf, Irvine loading cases of explosives for Waterford and Dublin
Ship's locationICI's Garnock Wharf, Irvine, Firth of ClydePort of RegistryGlasgow

Ship Event

Friday, July 22, 1960 @ 1700 		SEAMEW (1947-1966 General cargo ship 259 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

General Steam's SEAMEW closes at Glasgow for Casablanca, Gibraltar, Cadiz and Oporto
Ships agentMoss Hutchison Line Limited, 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. Central 6643Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)