Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

List Arrivals, Sailings and Events


What/When Ship

Ship Event

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ATHENIC (1946-1969 Refrigerated cargo liner of Shaw Savill Line, London) Own Page

Shaw Savill's ATHENIC at New Plymouth on 28th February from London
Ship's locationNew Plymouth (North Island of New Zealand.)Port of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage15,187

Ship Event

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENATTOW (1965-1977 Conventional general cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

Ben Line's BENATTOW at Hamburg on 28th February for Middlesbrough
Ship's locationHamburg (Germany)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENCLEUCH (1949-1972 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENCLEUCH at Singapore on 28th February outward bound from Hamburg
Ship's locationSingaporePort of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

Ship Event

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		BENREOCH (1952-1976 General cargo ship 503 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line Steamers Ltd., Edinburgh) Own Page

BENREOCH at Singapore on 28th February from Bangkok
Ship's locationSingaporePort of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage3,900
Gross Tonnage6,877
Deadweght Tonnage12,240

Ship Event

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		CORINTHIC (1947-1969 Passenger / cargo liner of Shaw Savill Line, London) Own Page

Shaw Savill's CORINTHIC at Auckland on 28th February for Lyttelton
Ship's locationAuckland (New Zealand)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage15,264

Ship Event

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ORONTES (1929-1962 Passenger liner of P & O) Own Page

ORONTES at Fremantle on 28th February for Sydney
Ship's locationFremantle (Western Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

News Event

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 1000 		EASTGATE (1957-1973 Oil products tanker of Turnbull Scott Shipping Company, London) Own Page

Master of Turnbull Scott's tanker EASTGATE dies at sea on passage from Curacao to Mersey
Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage12,166

   Contributed by Jim Hesketh

   The Port of Liverpool were notified of the death at sea of 59-year old Captain David Morrison of Glasgow, master of the 12,166 gross ton oil products tanker of Turnbull Scott Line.   The vessel is on passage from Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean Sea to the Mersey with a cargo of crude oil and is due in the Mersey in a few days time.

   Captain Morrison is believed to have died after suffering a heart attack on the return voyage to the UK and was buried at sea.

Sailing

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 1030 		NESTOR ( 1952 - 1968 General cargo liner 490 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Blue Funnel's NESTOR undocks in Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow

Arrival

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 1230 		HAMILTON SLEIGH ( 1961 - 1979 Oil tanker 658 feet long of Dominion Shipping/ H C Sleigh, Hong Kong) Own Page

Oil tanker HAMILTON SLEIGH docks at Elderslie Drydock, Glasgow
Arrived in berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryHong Kong
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, Glasgow

She was completed by Blythswood Shipyard, Glasgow, in 1961, and was being drydocked prior to being handed over to her owners.

She was broken up in 1979

Ship Event

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 1700 		CROFTER (1951-1971 General cargo liner of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Harrison Line's CROFTER closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for the West Indies
Ships agentPrentice, Service & Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow, C.1. Tel 0141- 248-4011Port of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage8,377

Sailing

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 1800
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

BENLAWERS left Rotterdam on 28th February from Middlesbrough
Ship's locationRotterdam (Netherlands)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage4,646
Gross Tonnage7,804

Sailing

Tuesday, February 28, 1961 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ORIANA (1961-1986 Passenger liner 804 feet long of P & O-Orient Lines / P & O Steam Navigation Company, London)) Own Page

ORIANA left Sydney on 28th February for London
Sailing forLondon (England)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthSydney (Australia)

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 1, 1961 @ 0000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		SOBO (1937-1963 General cargo ship 379 feet overall of Elder Dempster Lines, Liverpool : 1963 scrapped at Bruges, Belgium) Own Page

SOBO at Calabar (Cross River State, Nigeria) for Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Ship's locationCalabar (Cross River State, Nigeria)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailing forGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Net Tonnage2,321
Gross Tonnage4,124
Deadweght Tonnage5,987

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 1, 1961 @ 0000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		IONIAN (1947-1964 General cargo ship 373 feet long of Ellerman & Papayanni Lines, Liverpool) Own Page

IONIAN at Malta from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Ship's locationMaltaPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived fromGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Gross Tonnage3,596

Ship Event

Wednesday, March 1, 1961 @ 0000
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		CLAN ROSS (1956-1961 General cargo ship of Clan Line / Houston Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN ROSS from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) at Cape Town (South Africa)
Ship's locationCape Town (South Africa)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived fromGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Gross Tonnage7,698