Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Wednesday, February 8, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
LOCH AVON (1947- 1967 Refridgerated / General cargo liner 498 feet long of Royal Mail Lines, London : 1973 scrapped) Own Page

LOCH AVON at San Francisco (California, USA) for Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)

Ship's locationSan Francisco (California, USA)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailing forVancouver (British Columbia, Canada)Gross Tonnage8,617
Deadweght Tonnage10,741

News Event

Wednesday, February 8, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CATALINA STAR (1958-1963 Cargo liner of Blue Star Line, London) Own Page

CATALINA STAR left Los Angeles (California, USA) for Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)

Sailing forVancouver (British Columbia, Canada)Port of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthLos Angeles (California, USA)

Ship Event

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 0000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SALWEEN ( 1937-1962 Passenger and cargo liner 462 feet long of British & Burmese Steam Navigation Co, / Patrick "Paddy" Henderson's Line, Glasgow : 1962 scrapped at Hong Kong) Own Page

SALWEEN at Aden (Yemen) for Rangoon (Burma)

Ship's locationAden (Yemen)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Sailing forRangoon (Burma)Net Tonnage4,355
Gross Tonnage7,063

News Event

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SPEAKER (1948-1962 General cargo ship 442 feet long of Charente / T & J Harrison, Liverpool) Own Page

SPEAKER at Saint Kitts (Island in Lesser Antilles, Leeward Islands, in Caribbean Sea, West Indies)

Ship's locationSaint Kitts (Island in Lesser Antilles, Leeward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, West Indies)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailing forGrenada (island of West Indies in eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of Windward Islands) Gross Tonnage7,276
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo

Arrival

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1530
PORT AUCKLAND ( 1949 - 1976 Refrigerated cargo liner 510 feet long of Port Line, London) Own Page

Port Line's PORT AUCKLAND docks at Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon

She was broken up in Kaohsiung (Taiwan) in 1979

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Sailing

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
WAROONGA (1956-1968 Cargo ship of British India Line, London) Own Page

WAROONGA leaves Dunkirk (= Dunkerque : Department du Nord in northern France) for London (England)

Sailing forLondon (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthDunkirk (= Dunkerque : Department du Nord in northern France)Gross Tonnage8,753

Sailing

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SAXONIA (1954- 1963 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

SAXONIA left Le Havre (France) for Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada)

Sailing forHalifax (Nova Scotia, Canada)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailed from berthLe Havre (France)Gross Tonnage21,637

Sailing

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
RHODESIA STAR (1948-1967 General cargo ship 492 feet overall of Blue Star Line, London)) Own Page

RHODESIA STAR left Wellington (North Island, New Zealand) for London (England, UK)

Sailing forLondon (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthWellington (North Island, New Zealand)Gross Tonnage8,642

Sailing

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ORONSAY (1951-1975 Passenger liner 708 feet long of P & O-Orient Line, London) Own Page

ORONSAY left Melbourne (Australia) for Sydney (Australia)

Sailing forSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthMelbourne (Australia)

Sailing

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
NEWCASTLE STAR (1956-1973 General cargo ship 520 feet long of Blue Star Line, London) Own Page

NEWCASTLE STAR left Port Said (Egypt) having passed through Suez Canal on a northbound convoy

Sailing forLondon (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthPort Said (Egypt) having passed through Suez Canal on a northbound convoy

Sailing

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
NEVASA (1956-1962 Troopship then laid up then 1964-1975 Educational cruise ship of British India Steam Navigation, London : Scrapped Taiwan in 1975) Own Page

NEVASA left Aden (Yemen) for Singapore

Sailing forSingapore Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthAden (Yemen)Gross Tonnage20,527

Sailing

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
LOCH LOYAL ( 1957 - 1971 Refrigerated cargo vessel 503 feet long of Royal Mail Line Own Page

LOCH LOYAL left San Francisco (California, USA) for London (England, UK)

Sailing forLondon (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthSan Francisco (California, USA)Gross Tonnage11,035

News Event

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
AMERICAN CHIEF (in 1959 General cargo freighter 457 feet long of United States Lines, New York) Own Page

AMERICAN CHIEF left Philadelphia (often referred to as Philly : Pennsylvania, USA) for Liverpool

Sailing forLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryNew York (USA)
Sailed from berthPhiladelphia (colloquially referred to as Philly : Pennsylvania, USA)

News Event

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ARGENTINA STAR (1947-1972 Refrigerated cargo/passenger liner of Blue Star Line, London) Own Page

ARGENTINA STAR left Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) for London (England, UK)

Sailing forLondon (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthRio de Janeiro (Brazil)Net Tonnage6,299
Gross Tonnage10,716

News Event

Thursday, February 9, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CITY OF PRETORIA (1947-1967 General cargo liner of Ellerman & Bucknall Line, London) Own Page

CITY OF PRETORIA left Durban (South Africa) for London (England, UK)

Sailing forLondon (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthDurban (South Africa)Gross Tonnage8,450