Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 0600
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
WINDSOR CASTLE (1960-1977 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Mail Steam Ship Company, London) Own Page

WINDSOR CASTLE at Port Elizabeth (South Africa) for Durban (South Africa)

Ship's locationPort Elizabeth (South Africa) Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailing forDurban (South Africa)Gross Tonnage37,640

Ship Event

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 0700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ARAGON (in 1961 at Las Palmas for Buenos Aires) Own Page

ARAGON called at Las Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain) for Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Ship's locationLas Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain)
Sailing forBuenos Aires (Argentina)

Sailing

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1045
PEARLEAF ( 1960 - 1986 Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker 568 feet long pennant no. A77 of HM Government, London) Own Page

Royal Fleet Auxiliary PEARLEAF undocks at Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow

Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowGross Tonnage12,353

Sailing

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1300
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENCLEUCH (1949-1972 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENCLEUGH left Aden (Yemen) for Singapore

Sailing forSingapore Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthAden (Yemen)

News Event

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1400
JASON (1950 - 1972 General cargo/passenger liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

JASON arrives at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow from Brisbane (Australia) via King George V Dock, Glasgow

Arrived fromBrisbane (Australia) via King George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berth3 Meadowside Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage10,160
Draught forward on arrival16' 00"
Draught aft on arrival23' 03"
Cargo carried on arrivalGrain and general cargo
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Tel. CENtral 9891

Sailing

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
STATESMAN (1948-1962 General cargo ship 442 feet long of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

STATESMAN left Gravesend (England) for Grenada (Windward Islands in eastern Caribbean Sea)

Ship's locationLeft Gravesend (England, UK) Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailing forGrenada (island country of Windward Islands in eastern Caribbean Sea) Gross Tonnage7,259

News Event

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ROSSETTI (1956-1963 then 1967-1970 General cargo ship of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool) Own Page

ROSSETTI left Swansea (Wales, UK) for Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Sailing forPorto Alegre (Brazil)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Sailed from berthSwansea (Wales, UK)Gross Tonnage4,538

Lamport and Holt Line of Liverpool (England) named their ships after famouus artists,

   Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator, and member of the Rossetti family.   He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais.

   Rossetti inspired the next generation of artists and writers.

Sailing

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ORCADES (1948-1962 Passenger liner of Orient Line, then 1962-1973 of P & O Line, London) Own Page

ORCADES left Gravesend (London, UK) for Sydney (Australia)

Sailing forSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthGravesend (London, UK)

Sailing

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
LAKONIA ( 1947 - 1962 WW2 Wartime built "Liberty" cargo ship 441 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow) Own Page

LAKONIA left Avonmouth (England, UK) for St John (New Brunswick, Canada)

Sailing forSt John (New Brunswick, Canada)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthAvonmouth (England, UK)

Sailing

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
DUNKWA (1960-1981 General cargo ship 460 feet overall of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool : 1983 scrapped) Own Page

DUNKWA left Freetown (Sierra Leone, West Africa) for Liverpool (England, UK)

Sailing forLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailed from berthFreetown (Sierra Leone, West Africa)Net Tonnage3,195
Gross Tonnage6,109
Deadweght Tonnage9,572

Sailing

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
DEVIS (1944-1955 General cargo ship of Lamport & Holt Line, 1955 transferred to Blue Star Line renamed Oakland Star, 1956-1962 reverted to Devis, 1962 scrapped) Own Page

DEVIS left Las Palmas (city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands) for Liverpool

Sailing forLiverpool (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthLas Palmas (Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean)Gross Tonnage8,148

Lamport and Holt Line of Liverpool (England) named their ships after famouus artists,

   Arthur Devis (19 February 1712 – 25 July 1787) was an English artist 

News Event

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CITY OF ROCHESTER (in 1961 General cargo ship 442 feet long of Ellerman Lines, London) Own Page

CITY OF ROCHESTER left Zanzibar (island off East Africa) for Dar-es-Salaam (Tanganyika, East Africa)

Sailing forDar-es-Salaam (Tanganyika, East Africa)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Sailed from berthZanzibar (Island archipelago 25-50 km off East Africa : united in 1964 with Tanganyika)

Location of Zanzibar within Tanzania

Sailing

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENVORLICH (1946-1971 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENVORLICH left Grangemouth (Scotland, UK) for London (England, UK)

Sailing forLondon (England, UK)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland)
Sailed from berthGrangemouth (Scotland, UK)Gross Tonnage9,767

Sailing

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENLOYAL (1959-1978 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : scrapped 1978) Own Page

BENLOYAL left Gravesend (London, UK) for Hong Kong

Sailing forHong KongPort of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthGravesend (London, UK)

Sailing

Saturday, February 18, 1961 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ARABIA (1948-1963 General cargo ship of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

ARABIA left Liverpool (England, UK) for New York (USA)

Sailing forNew York (USA)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailed from berthLiverpool (England, UK)