Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Tuesday, March 23, 1965 @ 1710
AYRSHIRE ( 1957 - 1965 General cargo liner 534 feet long of Scottish Shire Line / Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Clan Line's AYRSHIRE runs aground on reef and becomes a total loss

Ship's locationIsland of Abd Al Kuri (about 70m off Cape Guardafui)/ Socotra/ Gulf of AdenPort of RegistryGlasgow

AYRSHIRE had departed Liverpool on 3rd March bound for Australia, and had called at Gibraltar and Aden, and was heading for Cochin (India) then Australia