Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

News Event

Monday, January 30, 1961 @ 2300
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		TROON LIFEBOAT (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) Own Page

TROON LIFEBOAT searches for four hours in outer Firth of Clyde after reports of flares off Arran
Ship's locationOuter Firth of Clyde (Scotland, U.K.) Port of RegistryStationed at Troon Harbour, Ayrshire (Scotland, UK)

The sighting of flares had been reported to the Coastguard Station at Kildonan at the south end of Isle of Arran (Firth of Clyde)

Arrival

Tuesday, January 31, 1961 @ 0030 		CLAN MACINNES ( 1952 - 1978 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

Clan Line's CLAN MACINNES docks at Elderslie Dry-Dock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage6,389
Deadweght Tonnage8,945

News Event

Wednesday, February 1, 1961 @ 1000 		DUNERA (1937-1960 Troopship 1157 troops then 1961-1967 Educational cruise liner 517 feet long 1011 passengers of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

1961 Advert by British India Line for educational and holiday cruises from Scotland by DUNERA
Ships agentThe General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 2803Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage7,430
Gross Tonnage12,620

Arrival

Thursday, February 2, 1961 @ 0730
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		WILLEM RUYS (in 1952 Rotterdam LLoyd) Own Page

WILLEM RUYS arrives at Sydney from U.K. and Europe via Suez and Singapore
Ship's locationNo. 7 Wharf, Wooloomooloo, Sydney (Australia)
Arrived fromU.K. and Europe via Suez and Singapore
Ships agentRoyal Interocean Lines, 255 George Street, Sydney (Australia) Tel. BU 3773

News Event

Thursday, February 2, 1961 @ 1000
ACTUAL DATE and TIME are unknown and those shown are our best estimate 		Own Page

1961 Advert by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon (Scotland)

News Event

Thursday, February 2, 1961 @ 1600
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		SEVEN SEAS (in 1961 passenger liner at Sydney, Australia) Own Page

SEVEN SEAS arrives at Circular Quay, Sydney from New Zealand
Ship's locationNo. 2 Wharf, Circular Quay, Sydney (Australia)
Arrived fromNew Zealand
Ships agentRoyal Interocean Lines, 255 George Street, Sydney (Australia) Tel. BU 3773

News Event

Friday, February 3, 1961 @ 1000 		DUNERA (1937-1960 Troopship 1157 troops then 1961-1967 Educational cruise liner 517 feet long 1011 passengers of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

1961 Advert by British India Line for educational and holiday cruises from Scotland by DUNERA
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage7,430
Gross Tonnage12,620

Sailing

Saturday, February 4, 1961 @ 1100 		GEMSBOK ( 1960 - 1961 General cargo ship (formerly CLAN MACRAE) of Springbok Line/Bullard King) Own Page

Bullard King's GEMSBOK undocks at Elderslie Dry-dock, Glasgow after second docking
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow

Ship Event

Sunday, February 5, 1961 @ 1700 		Fragum Own Page

Crewman from "Fragum" found drowned in Old Dock, Ardrossan.
Port of RegistryLondon
Reg Tonnage1280

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated 10th March 1961

MAN'S BODY IDENTIFIED

The body of a man found in the old dock at Ardrossan Harbour last week-end has been identified as that of James Hogg, a forty-year-old seaman of no fixed abode.

The man had not been seen since Sunday 5th February when he failed to rejoin the coastal tanker "Fragum" which was berthed at Ardrossan.

The body was discovered at 8:30 last Saturday morning by two shipwrights who immediately got in touch with the police.
Later the same day, a member of the "Fragum's" crew identified the body.

Arrival

Monday, February 6, 1961 @ 1330 		ATREUS ( 1951-1977 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung (Taiwan)) Own Page

Blue Funnel's ATREUS docks at Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage7,800

Sailing

Tuesday, February 7, 1961 @ 1605 		CLAN MACINNES ( 1952 - 1978 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

Clan Line's CLAN MACINNES undocks at Elderslie Dry-Dock, Glasgow
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage6,389
Deadweght Tonnage8,945

Ship Event

Wednesday, February 8, 1961 @ 0000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		ALAUNIA (1960-1969 Cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line) Own Page

Cunard Lines ALAUNIA at Glasgow (Scotland, UK) from Liverpool (England, UK)
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived fromLiverpool (England, UK)

Arrival

Wednesday, February 8, 1961 @ 0330 		GLANELY (1960 - 1969 general cargo ship 469 feet long of Atlantic Shipping & Trading / W J Tatem Ltd., London : 1987 scrapped at Alang, India) Own Page

Tatem's GLANELY docks at Elderslie Drydocks, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 1 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage8,261
Deadweght Tonnage12,193

.After a number of subsequent sales she was sold for demolition in India in 1987

News Event

Wednesday, February 8, 1961 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		ALSATIA (1951-1963 General cargo liner 503 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool : 1977 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)) Own Page

ALSATIA due at Southampton (England, UK) from Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada)
Ship's locationDue at Southampton (England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Arrived fromSaint John (Bay of Fundy, Province of New Brunswick, Canada)Net Tonnage4,098
Gross Tonnage7,242
Deadweght Tonnage10,750

Sailing

Wednesday, February 8, 1961 @ 1420 		ATREUS ( 1951-1977 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung (Taiwan)) Own Page

Blue Funnel's ATREUS undocks at Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowGross Tonnage7,800