Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Sunday, March 5, 1944 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		EMPIRE ARQUEBUS (1944 - Landing Ship Infantry / Donaldson Line, Glasgow .. see below for Wikipedia details) Own Page

EMPIRE ARQUEBUS due in Glasgow to discharge 1,400 tons of canned goods
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage7,177
Empire Arquebus
HMS Cicero
Empire Arquebus was a 7,177 GRT landing ship laid down as Cape St Vincent for United States War Shipping Administration and completed in 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington as Empire Arquebus. Managed by Donaldson, Brothers and Black Ltd., To Royal Navy in 1944 and renamed HMS Cicero. Returned to MoWT in 1945 and renamed Empire Arquebus under the management of Donaldson, Brothers and Black Ltd. To United States War Shipping Administration in 1946. Sold that year to Société Misr. de Navigatione Maritime, Egypt and converted to a passenger ship, renamed Al Sudan. Sold in 1959 to Egyptian Government and then sold in 1961 to United Arab Maritime Co., United Arab Republic. Sold in 1973 to Egyptian Navigation Co., Egypt. Arrived in Suez in 1980 for scrapping but still extant in 1984.

Ship Event

Sunday, March 5, 1944 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ALABAMAN (in 1944 at Glasgow being fitted out for invasion) Own Page

ALABAMAN still in Glasgow to be fitted out for invasion
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

Arrival

Tuesday, March 21, 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 arrives in New York in an ocean convoy from Scotland
Arrived fromTail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, Firth of Clyde)Port of RegistryBergen (Norway)
Arrived in berthNew York (USA)Net Tonnage2.981
Cargo carried on arrivalLight - no cargo on boardGross Tonnage5.137
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, LondonDeadweght Tonnage8,425

Ship Event

Monday, March 27, 1944 @ 1230
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENLAWERS (1944-1968 General cargo ship 475 feet long of Ben Line / William Thomson Company, Edinburgh) Own Page

New ship Ben Line's BENLAWERS launched by Charles Connell & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Ship's locationCharles Connell & Company, Scotstoun, GlasgowPort of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage4,646
Gross Tonnage7,804

News Event

Monday, April 24, 1944 @ 0000 		Own Page

Ministry of War Transport revised Irish Trade liner services from 24th April 1944

 

  

Ship Event

Tuesday, May 16, 1944 @ 1230 		PIPIRIKI ( 1944 - 1971 General and refrigerated cargo liner 494 feet long of New Zealand Shipping Line ) Own Page

New Zealand's PIPIRIKI was launched today by A Stephen's Shipyard, Glasgow
Ship's locationA Stephens Shipyard, GlasgowPort of RegistryPlymouth
Gross Tonnage10,057
Deadweght Tonnage9,785

PIPIRIKI was launched by A. Stephens & Sons Shipyard, Glasgow on 16 May 1944. 10057 grt, 9785 dwt, 494 x 64.8 x 39.0 feet. Steam turbines, 8,000 shp, 15.5 knots.
3 February 1971 arrived Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to be broken up.

News Event

Tuesday, June 6, 1944 @ 0530 		EMPIRE GAUNTLET (1944 Landing Ship Infantry of U.S. Maritime Commission : 1944-46 Royal Navy HMS SEFTON : 1946-47 Min.of War Transport EMPIRE GAUNTLET : 1947 to USMC : Scrapped 1964 Own Page

Report of H.M.S. EMPIRE GAUNTLET part in the D-Day landings in France in June 1944
Vessel MasterR J JeffersGross Tonnage7,177

  At the latter part of the Second World War  H.M.S. EMPIRE GAUNTLET was a Troop Landing ship managed by Ellerman’s City Line of Glasgow.

   This is a report of the ship’s part in Operation Neptune, the naval side of the D-Day landings in France.

News Event

Thursday, June 29, 1944 @ 1000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		EMPIRE CLYDE (1941-1948 Hospital ship 427 feet long of Ministry of War Transport, London / managed by City Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Master's Report on City Line managed Hospital Ship EMPIRE CLYDE during World War 2
Vessel MasterW J MerchantPort of RegistryLondon (U.K.)
Net Tonnage4,096
Gross Tonnage7,432

News Event

Sunday, July 2, 1944 @ 1000
THIS DATE IS APPROXIMATE, and is our best estimate of the correct date 		Own Page

Glasgow's Queen's Dock in World War 2

Arrival

Thursday, July 13, 1944 @ 1100
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 to await conversion to Depot Ship
Ship's locationTail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryNew Zealand
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, London

AORANGI arrived on the Clyde on July 13th 1944 and on July 25th entered the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. yard, Glasgow, for further conversion work to equip her as a submarine depot and crew accommodation Ship. It was intended that she operate as a depot ship for the 8 'T' class and 2 'S' class boats of the reconstituted 4th Submarine Flotilla at Trincomalee and would leave the UK in February 1945 (Winrton, Forgotten fleet p.249). Her departure for the Far East was delayed until March 1945, she departed the Clyde on March 31st with convoy KMF.42 bound for Trincomalee via Bombay and carrying 433 service passengers.

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

Arrival

Tuesday, July 25, 1944 @ 1100
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 Fairfield Shipyard, Glasgow for conversion to Submarine Depot Ship
Ship's locationFairfield Shipyard, Govan, GlasgowPort of RegistryNew Zealand
Arrived fromTail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, Firth of Clyde)
Ships agentMinistry of War Transport, London

AORANGI arrived on the Clyde on July 13th 1944 and on July 25th entered the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. yard, Glasgow, for further conversion work to equip her as a submarine depot and crew accommodation Ship. It was intended that she operate as a depot ship for the 8 'T' class and 2 'S' class boats of the reconstituted 4th Submarine Flotilla at Trincomalee and would leave the UK in February 1945 (Winrton, Forgotten fleet p.249). Her departure for the Far East was delayed until March 1945, she departed the Clyde on March 31st with convoy KMF.42 bound for Trincomalee via Bombay and carrying 433 service passengers.

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

News Event

Tuesday, August 1, 1944 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		Own Page

Wartime supply operations at Cherbourg (France) after liberation by American Forces
Ship's locationCherbourg (France)

Ship Event

Saturday, August 12, 1944 @ 0100 		HMS BULLDOG ("B" class Destroyer of Royal Navy) Own Page

HMS "Bulldog" and HMS "Loch Dunvegan" collide in Gourock Bay
Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)

August 12th HMS Bulldog in collision with HM Frigate LOCH DUNVEGAN in Gourock Bay.

Result: Major hull damage sustained to HMS Bulldog.
HMS Bulldog HMS Bulldog
HMS Bulldog HMS Loch Dunvegan

Ship Event

Saturday, August 12, 1944 @ 0100 		HMS LOCH DUNVEGAN (Royal Navy) Own Page

HMS "Bulldog" and HMS "Loch Dunvegan" collide in Gourock Bay
Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)

August 12th HMS Bulldog in collision with HM Frigate LOCH DUNVEGAN in Gourock Bay.

Result: Major hull damage sustained to HMS Bulldog.
HMS Loch Dunvegan HMS Loch Dunvegan
HMS Loch Dunvegan

Ship Event

Saturday, August 12, 1944 @ 0100 		HMS BULLDOG ("B" class Destroyer of Royal Navy) Own Page

HMS Oribi and HMS Bulldog in collision in Gourock Bay
Ship's locationGourock BayPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)

ORIBI (1st-13th) ARDROSSAN (11th-30th)
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1944
August Passage to Clyde to prepare for convoy defence duty.
Allocated for detached service with 20th Escort Group
12th Sustained structural damage after collision with HM Destroyer BULLDOG in Gourock Bay
(Note: HMS BULLDOG was badly damaged and under repair at Ardrossan for some time.)
15th Joined 20th Escort Group at Loch Ewe for-Russian convoy defence.
HMS Bulldog