Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ross & Marshall's Steam Clyde Puffers around 14th September 1955

 MOONLIGHT had left Paisley on 13^th and was

 at Troon on 14^th  and loaded 161 tons 11 cwts of

 Coal for Port Ellen (Islay) for account of

D. Johnston Ltd.

   She also bunkered with 11 tons 16 cwts of

 Coal and then left Troon for Port Ellen, arriving

 at Ardbeg on 16th.

SEALIGHT arrived at Port Ellen (Islay) on 14^th and

 commenced discharging Barley at 1300.    The Barley

 had been loaded at King George V Dock, Glasgow 

 on 12^th September for the account of Sheriff’s Port

 Co. Ltd.

   SEALIGHT left Port Ellen on 17^th making her way

 to Inverness via the Caledonian Canal to load Wooden

 Poles for Scarinish (Tiree)

WARLIGHT arrived at Custom House Quay, Glasgow

 with 160 tons of Crushed Granite from Furnace

 (Loch Fyne) and commenced discharging.

   (The Granite was for the account of William Sim & Co. Ltd.)

RAYLIGHT had discharged a cargo of coal at Dunoon

 and left for Glenarm (Northern Ireland) and had to

 shelter in Campbeltown where she was windbound

 for 6 days, arriving at Glenarm on 14th and at

 1300 commenced loading 117 tons 1 cwt of Limestone for Queen’s Dock, Glasgow (account of J. Dougall)

POLARLIGHT had arrived at Meadowside Quay, Glasgow 

 on 2^nd September and started loading Barley for

 Bruichladdich, Islay (account of Bruichladdich Distillery)

 when she was delayed for about 7 days by a dock strike.

  On 9^th loading restarted and was completed on 10^th. 

   POLARLIGHT then shifted to Queen’s Dock to bunker

 with coal and then left on passage to Bruichladdich

 (Islay), arriving on 14th.

 LIMELIGHT had delivered 3000 cases of Beer

 (52 tons 3 cwts) from Paisley to Belfast and had

brought empty cases from Belfast to Kingston Dock,

 Glasgow.    13^th at Troon but her cargo was not ready

 and she was ordered to go to Furnace (Loch Fyne)

 and load Granite Chips for Custom House Quay,

 Glasgow (account of William Sim & Co. Ltd.).

 STARLIGHT left Greenock on 13^th on passage to Troon

 and on 14^th at Troon and loaded 85 tons 19 cwts of Coal

 for Otter Ferry, Loch Fyne (account of McPherson & Dissilduft)

 SKYLIGHT at Troon on 13^th loaded 85 tons 12 cwts Coal

 for Dunoon (account A. Blackwood) and arrived at

 Dunoon Coal Pier at 1300 on 14^th and commenced

discharging.