DUNERA at Gibraltar for Aden

CITY OF DURHAM passing Gibraltar, heading west for London

Clan Line's CLAN CUMMING docks at Elderslie Dry-Dock, Glasgow

Common Brothers new ship IRON CROWN docks at Elderslie Dry-Dock, Glasgow

She was a brand new ship, just built by Scotts Shipyard at Greenock, and was dry-docking prior to being handed over to her owners

Patrick Henderson's KUMBA loads at Glasgow for Freetown and West African Ports

Modernisation at Ailsa Shipyard, Troon

From "Ayrshire Post" dated Friday 13th January 1961

MODERNISATION AT TROON SHIPYARD

The Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Limited, Troon, has been given authority to go ahead with another phase of their ? 1/2 million modernisation scheme for the shipyard.
On Monday, Troon Dean of Guild Court granted permision to the firm to build new plating shops at an estimated cost of ?70,000.

Work is expected to start in the spring and continue throughout the summer months.

The new shops will be equipped with modern plant and travelling over-head cranes capable of handling units from 5 to 15 tons.

Plans are also in hand for demolishing the plumbers, tin-smiths and coppersmiths shops, and for their re-building and re-equipment on a site adjacent to the new fittng out berth.

Last month the firm opened a new administrative block.

Panamanian ship CAPTAIN LEMOS docks at Elderslie Dry-dock, Glasgow

Common Brothers new ship IRON CROWN undocks at Elderslie Dry-Dock, Glasgow

She was a brand new ship, just built by Scotts Shipyard at Greenock, and was dry-docking prior to being handed over to her owners

Harrison Line's TRIBESMAN closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

BP Tanker's new ship BRITISH ROBIN docks at Elderslie Dry-Dock, Glasgow

She was a brand new ship, just built by Lithgows Shipyard at Port Glasgow and was dry-docking prior to being handed over to her owners

Hans Hasse adds : BRITISH ROBIN was built in 1960 at Lithgows in Port Glasgow and was sold by BP in 1977, eventually being broken up in Gadani Beach (Pakistan) in 1986

Moss Hutchison's KANTARA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Mediterranean Ports

General Steam's SEAMEW closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Iberian Ports

Advert by Shipping Agents Rennie & Watson for 1961 passenger sailings from Ardrossan to Isle of Man

"Harry R Jones" still aground at Ardrossan

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 13th January 1961.

American Ship Still Aground At Ardrossan

An attempt my be made within the next few days to refloat the American cargo ship "Harry R Jones" (5265 tons gross) which went aground at the Inches, Ardrossan, on Thursday morning of last week.
The tide will be at its highest this month on Monday first, and indications are that the vessel might be freed although one drawback is that she has been holed by the rocks on which her bows rest.
The "Harry R Jones" went aground when she broke free while being towed by two Greenock tugs from Glasgow to Troon to be broken up by the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company Limited.

First reports were that ten men were on board, but later it was confirmed that thirteen men - eleven riggers and two fitters - were on the ship.
The men spent last Thursday night aboard the vessel, but, when an attempt to refloat her was abandoned the following day, Troon lifeboat, which was standing by, took most of the men off.

The "Harry R Jones," which was built in 1903 for cargo trade on the Great Lakes, has had her rudder and propeller removed, although the engines are still aboard.

During the past week she has probably attracted more attention from the public than ever before in her long life of trading.
Since she went aground she has been lying almost parallel with Inches Road, her bows only about fifty yards from the Coastguard Station.

Troon Lifeboat takes men off "Harry R Jones," aground at Ardrossan

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 13th January 1961.

American Ship Still Aground At Ardrossan

An attempt my be made within the next few days to refloat the American cargo ship "Harry R Jones" (5265 tons gross) which went aground at the Inches, Ardrossan, on Thursday morning of last week.
The tide will be at its highest this month on Monday first, and indications are that the vessel might be freed although one drawback is that she has been holed by the rocks on which her bows rest.
The "Harry R Jones" went aground when she broke free while being towed by two Greenock tugs from Glasgow to Troon to be broken up by the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company Limited.

First reports were that ten men were on board, but later it was confirmed that thirteen men - eleven riggers and two fitters - were on the ship.
The men spent last Thursday night aboard the vessel, but, when an attempt to refloat her was abandoned the following day, Troon lifeboat, which was standing by, took most of the men off.

The "Harry R Jones," which was built in 1903 for cargo trade on the Great Lakes, has had her rudder and propeller removed, although the engines are still aboard.

During the past week she has probably attracted more attention from the public than ever before in her long life of trading.
Since she went aground she has been lying almost parallel with Inches Road, her bows only about fifty yards from the Coastguard Station.