Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Saturday, September 30, 1967 @ 1100
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ISLE OF GIGHA ( 1966 - 1967 Ro-ro ferry landing craft 80 feet 24m overall of Eilean Sea Services / Western Ferries : after sinking was raised then renamed SOUND OF GHIA)) Own Page

Inquiry on sinking of ro-ro ferry ISLE OF GIGHA off Islay (Scotland) in November 1966

Port of RegistryUK

On the morning of 11 November 1966, ISLE OF GIGHA was en route from Gigha to Port Ellen, loaded with commercial vehicles. Rolling in a moderate sea, a rudder stock cracked making steering difficult.   Unsecured loads shifted, causing the ferry to list and capsize.

Interesting details of this vessels life can be found by googling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sound_of_Gigha#:~:text=the%20engine%20room.-,Capsize,ferry%20to%20list%20and%20capsize.

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Saturday, May 27, 2023 @ 1445
USNS LEROY GRUMMAN (1989- is a Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler (T-AO-195) 206m 677 feet overall of the United States Navy Military Sealift Command) Own Page

USNS LEROY GRUMMAN at Hunterston Jetty inside berth, Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK)

Ship's locationHunterston Jetty inside berth, Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryUnited States Navy
Arrived fromMilitary operations

Sorry about the poor backlit quality of this photograph but the sun absolutely would not shift to shine brightly on the vessel from the photographer's side.

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Thursday, February 28, 1957 @ 1200
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CLAN MACKINNON (1946-1961 General cargo ship 449 feet long of Clan Line / Houston Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Damage to CLAN MACKINNON is inspected by Lloyds Surveyor at Cape Town (South Africa)

Ship's locationCape Town (South Africa)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived fromNewport (Monmouthshire, Wales, U.K.)Gross Tonnage7,373
Sailing forBeira (Mozambique)

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Friday, March 15, 1957 @ 1700
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CAPE RODNEY (1946-1963 General cargo ship 136m overall of Lyle Shipping Co., Glasgow : 1971 scrapped at Shanghai, China) Own Page

Lyle Shipping's CAPE RODNEY left Christmas Island for Fremantle (Western Australia)

Sailing forFremantle (Western Australia)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)
Sailed from berthChristmas Island (iAustralian Territory in Indian Ocean, about 200 miles south of Java)Gross Tonnage6,939
Deadweght Tonnage9,550

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Friday, March 15, 1957 @ 0600
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AUTOMEDON (1949-1971 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

AUTOMEDON arrived at Labuan (Borneo, Malaysia) from Liverpool (UK)

Arrived fromLiverpool (UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Arrived in berthLabuan (Borneo, Malaysia)Gross Tonnage7,636

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 1700
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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 Singapore for Southampton (UK)

Sailing forSouthampton (UK)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthSingaporeGross Tonnage20,527

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Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
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DOLIUS (1956-1970 and then in 1972 General cargo ship 491 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

DOLIUS left Singapore for Hong Kong

Sailing forHong KongPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthSingaporeGross Tonnage7,960

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Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0600
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CLAN SINCLAIR (1950-1960 General cargo liner 489 feet long of Clan Line / Cayzer Irvine, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN SINCLAIR arrived at Kakinada (India) from Visakhapatanam (India)

Arrived fromVisakhapatanam (India)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthKakinada (India)

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0600
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MATURATA (1955-1969 General cargo liner 472 feet long of T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool) Own Page

MATURATA at Gan Island anchorage, Maldives

Ship's locationGan Island anchorage, MaldivesPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Net Tonnage3,724
Gross Tonnage7,365
Deadweght Tonnage8,920

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 1700
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MATRA (1949-1971 General cargo ship 509 feet long of T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool) Own Page

MATRA left Colombo (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka) for Calcutta (India)

Sailing forCalcutta (India)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthColombo (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka)

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 1700
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LEICESTERSHIRE (1948-1965 Passenger / cargo ship of Bibby Line, Liverpool) Own Page

LEICESTERSHIRE left Colombo (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka) for Rangoon (Burma)

Sailing forRangoon = now called Yangon (Burma = now called Myanmar)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailed from berthColombo (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka)Gross Tonnage8,908

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Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0600
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LANDAURA (1946- 1965 General cargo ship 447 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Company, London) Own Page

LANDAURA arrived at Mombasa (Kenya) from Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Arrived fromRotterdam (Netherlands)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Arrived in berthMombasa (Kenya) Net Tonnage4,171
Gross Tonnage7,289
Deadweght Tonnage9,750

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0600
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BRITISH GUARDIAN (1953-1956 then 1963- 1972 Oil Tanker 525 feet overall of British Petroleum / British Tanker Company : 1972 scrapped in Spain) Own Page

BRITISH GUARDIAN arrived at Mombasa (Kenya) from Las Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain)

Arrived fromLas Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berthMombasa (Kenya) Net Tonnage6,537
Gross Tonnage11,359
Deadweght Tonnage16,481

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Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
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CHANTALA (1950-1971 General cargo ship of British India Line, London) Own Page

CHANTALA left Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya) for London (UK)

Sailing forLondon (UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthDar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya)Gross Tonnage7,551

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Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1700
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STIRLINGSHIRE (1946 - 1966 general dry-cargo vessel 448 feet long of Scottish Shire Line) Own Page

STIRLINGSHIRE left Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya) for Tanga (Tanzaniya)

Sailing forTanga (Tanzaniya)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthDar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya)Net Tonnage4030
Gross Tonnage7006
Deadweght Tonnage8,834

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Friday, April 12, 1957 @ 2000
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LIBERTAD (1955-1974 Passenger / cargo ship of Compañia Argentina de Navegación Dodero / Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas : 1975 Scrapped) Own Page

Dodero Lines LIBERTAD leaves London UK for River Plate ports

Ship's locationLondon (U.K.)Port of RegistryBuenos Aires (Argentina)
Sailing forRiver Plate portsGross Tonnage12,634

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Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 1700
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UMKUZI (1945-1957 General cargo ship 431 feet overall of Bullard, King & Co. Ltd., London : 1962 scrapped) Own Page

Bullard, King's UMKUZI leaves London (UK) for Durban (South Africa) and Mauritius

Sailing forDurban (South Africa) and MauritiusPort of RegistryLondon
Sailed from berthLondon (UK)Net Tonnage4,927
Ships agentBullard, King & Co. Ltd., 51 Gracechurch Street, London E.C.3. Tel. Mansion House 5861Gross Tonnage7,030

Umkuzi

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Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0800
Own Page

P & O / British India Lines sailing notice from UK and Continent for April 1957

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Sunday, March 17, 1957 @ 1900
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LOCH AVON (1947- 1967 Refrigerated / General cargo liner 498 feet long of Royal Mail Lines, London) Own Page

LOCH AVON leaves Los Angeles (USA) for San Francisco (USA)

Sailing forSan Francisco (USA)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthLos Angeles (USA)Gross Tonnage8,617
Deadweght Tonnage10,741

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Sunday, March 17, 1957 @ 1900
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PRESIDENT CLEVELAND (1947-1973 Passenger / cargo liner of American President Lines, USA) Own Page

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND leaves Los Angeles (USA) for Honolulu (Hawaii, USA)

Sailing forHonolulu (Hawaii, USA)Port of RegistryU.S.A.
Sailed from berthLos Angeles (USA)Gross Tonnage15,437

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Sunday, March 17, 1957 @ 1900
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RICHARD DE LARRINAGA (1955-1970 General cargo ship of Larrinaga Steamship Company, Liverpool) Own Page

RICHARD DE LARRINAGA leaves Los Angeles (USA) for Antwerp (Belgium)

Sailing forAntwerp (Belgium)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthLos Angeles (USA)Net Tonnage3,031
Gross Tonnage5,841
Deadweght Tonnage10,000

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Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1900
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WILLIAM LUCKENBACH (1946-1961 General cargo freighter of Luckenbach Steamship Co., New York : 1973 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

WILLIAM LUCKENBACH leaves Kamaishi (Japan) for San Francisco (USA)

Sailing forSan Francisco (USA)Port of RegistryNew York (USA)
Sailed from berthKamaishi (Japan)Gross Tonnage7,888

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Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 0700
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TRELEVAN (1949-1964 General cargo ship of Hain Steamship Co., London : 1974 scrapped after fire) Own Page

Hain's tramp freighter TRELEVAN arrives in Yokohama (Japan) from Jucaro (Cuba)

Arrived fromJucaro (Cuba)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berthYokohama (Japan)Gross Tonnage5,386

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 1900
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RATHLIN HEAD (1953-1970 General cargo ship of Ulster Steamship Company / Head Line, Belfast) Own Page

RATHLIN HEAD leaves Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) for Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada)

Sailing forSaint John (New Brunswick, Canada)Port of RegistryBelfast (Northern Ireland)
Sailed from berthBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)Gross Tonnage7,378

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Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1900
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THEA DANIELSEN (1955- 1959 General cargo ship 53m overall of Otto & Knud Danielsen, Copenhagen : 1972 sank) Own Page

THEA DANIELSEN leaves Haugesund (Norway) for Trondheim (Norway)

Sailing forTrondheim (Norway)Port of RegistryKobenhaven (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Sailed from berthHaugesund (Norway)Net Tonnage209
Gross Tonnage449

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0700
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YSTROOM Own Page

YSTROOM arrives in Newport (Wales, UK) from Cardiff (Wales, UK)

Arrived fromCardiff (Wales, UK)
Arrived in berthNewport (Wales, UK)

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0700
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SUNINGER (1956- General cargo ship 457 feet long of O.S. Oddero, A/S Helgoy, A/S Norsk Rutefart & A/S Kinn / A.I. Langfeldt & Co) Own Page

Saguenay's SUNINGER arrives in Avonmouth (England, UK) from Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada)

Arrived fromSaint John (New Brunswick, Canada)Port of RegistryKristiansand (Norway)
Arrived in berthAvonmouth (England, UK)Net Tonnage4,312
Gross Tonnage7,547
Deadweght Tonnage10,500

SUNINGER was on charter to Saguenay Terminals, Canada.

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0700
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BJORGSTEIN (1956-1969 Reefer = Refrigerated cargo ship 396 feet overall of Hjalmar Bjorge Oslo : 1983 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

Reefer BJORGSTEIN on charter to Salén, Sweden arrives in Avonmouth (England, UK) from Jamaica

Arrived fromJamaicaPort of RegistryOslo (Norway)
Arrived in berthAvonmouth (England, UK)Net Tonnage2,758
Reg Tonnage5,255
Deadweght Tonnage4,576

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0700
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OTTO NUBEL (1953-1968 General cargo ship 232 feet long of Emder Dampfer Compagnie A. G, Hamburg) Own Page

OTTO NUBEL arrives in Avonmouth (England, UK) from Dublin (Ireland)

Arrived fromDublin (Ireland)Port of RegistryHamburg (Germany)
Arrived in berthAvonmouth (England, UK)

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Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0700
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FLORENCE HOLT (1953-1965 General cargo ship 449 feet long of John Holt & Co. / Guinea Gulf Line Ltd.: 1963-1965 managed by Thos & Jno Brocklebank,, Liverpool : 1974 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

FLORENCE HOLT arrives in Avonmouth (England, UK) from Las Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain)

Arrived fromLas Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthAvonmouth (England, UK)Gross Tonnage5,581

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Monday, March 18, 1957 @ 0700
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SHUNA (1937 - 1963 Steam general cargo North-Sea coaster 274 feet long of Glen & Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Glen's north-sea coaster SHUNA arrives in Malmo (Sweden) from Glasgow

Arrived fromGlasgow (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthMalmo (Sweden)Gross Tonnage1,652

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Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 1800
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ACTUALITY (1945-1963 General cargo coaster 211 feet long of F T Everard, London : 1963 sank off Hastings, England) Own Page

Everard's coaster ACTUALITY leaves Great Yarmouth (England) for Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Sailing forRotterdam (Netherlands)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berthGreat Yarmouth (often just called Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK)

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Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
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MARKELO (1948-1962 General cargo ship 197 feet overall of NV Stoomvaart Maatschappij 'Noordzee' , Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands : 1985 scrapped)) Own Page

MARKELO at Shed 3 Dock 9 (Manchester, England, UK)

Ship's locationShed 3 Dock 9 (Manchester, England, UK)Port of Registrys'Gravenhage (The Hague, Netherlands)
Ships agentEllerman Wilson LineNet Tonnage529
Gross Tonnage987

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Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
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SARAH BOWATER (1955-1968 General cargo ship / newsprint carrier 419 feet overall of Bowater Steamship Company / Furness Withy / Cayzer Irvine : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

SARAH BOWATER at Shed 5 Dock 6 (Manchester, England, UK)

Ship's locationShed 5 Dock 6 (Manchester, England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Ships agentH. Watson & Co.Net Tonnage3,530
Gross Tonnage6,581
Deadweght Tonnage8,190

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Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
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JOURNALIST (1954 - 1973 General cargo ship 464 feet long of Charente S.S. Co. Ltd. / T & J Harrison Ltd, Liverpool : 1982 scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan) Own Page

JOURNALIST at Irwell Park Wharf (Manchester, England, UK)

Ship's locationIrwell Park Wharf (Manchester, England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Ships agentJ W JonesNet Tonnage4,434
Gross Tonnage8,366
Deadweght Tonnage9,670

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Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
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MANCHESTER PROGRESS (1938-1966 General cargo ship of Manchester Liners, Manchester, England :1966 Scrapped at Split, Yugoslavia) Own Page

MANCHESTER PROGRESS at Dry Dock 1 (Manchester, England, UK)

Ship's locationDry Dock 1 (Manchester, England, UK)Port of RegistryManchester (England, UK
Ships agentManchester Liners Ltd., St. Ann's Square, Manchester 2 Tel. BLAckfriars 1641 (8 lines)Gross Tonnage5,620

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Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
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MANCHESTER VANGUARD (1956-1963 General cargo ship of Manchester Liners Ltd., Manchester) Own Page

MANCHESTER VANGUARD at Shed 6 Dock 9 (Manchester, England, UK)

Ship's locationShed 6 Dock 9 (Manchester, England, UK)Port of RegistryManchester (England, U.K.)
Ships agentManchester Liners Ltd., St. Ann's Square, Manchester 2 Tel. BLAckfriars 1641 (8 lines)Gross Tonnage1,662

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Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
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MANCHESTER TRADER (1941-1963 General cargo ship 447 feet long of Manchester Liners, Manchester : 1963 Scrapped)) Own Page

MANCHESTER TRADER at Shed 8 Dock 9 (Manchester, England, UK)

Ship's locationShed 8 Dock 9 (Manchester, England, UK)Port of RegistryManchester (England, UK)
Ships agentManchester Liners Ltd., St. Ann's Square, Manchester 2 Tel. BLAckfriars 1641 (8 lines)Gross Tonnage5,671

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Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
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MANCHESTER SHIPPER ( 1943 - 1969 General cargo liner of Manchester Liners) Own Page

MANCHESTER SHIPPER at Shed 4, Dock 9 Manchester, England, UK

Ship's locationShed 4, Dock 9 Manchester, England, UKPort of RegistryManchester
Ships agentManchester Liners Ltd., St. Ann's Square, Manchester 2 Tel. BLAckfriars 1641 (8 lines)Gross Tonnage7636

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Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
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MANCHESTER MERCHANT (1951-1967 General cargo liner of Manchester Liners, Manchester) Own Page

MANCHESTER MERCHANT at Shed 10 Dock 9 (Manchester, England, UK)

Ship's locationShed 10 Dock 9 (Manchester, England, UK)Port of RegistryManchester (England, UK)
Ships agentManchester Liners Ltd., St. Ann's Square, Manchester 2 Tel. BLAckfriars 1641 (8 lines)Gross Tonnage7,651

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Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
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EILEEN M ( 1938- 1966 coastal oil products tanker of Metcalf Motor Coasters, Liverpool) Own Page

EILEEN M at Stuart's Wharf, Manchester, England, UK

Ship's locationStuart's Wharf, Manchester, England, UKPort of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Ships agentH. Watson & Co.Reg Tonnage133
Gross Tonnage323

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Monday, December 17, 1962 @ 1200
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EASTERN QUEEN (1950-1970 Passenger / general cargo ship 455 feet overall of Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Hong Kong / Dominion Far East Line : 1974 scrapped at Whampoa (China)) Own Page

Man in court found guilty of smuggling a watch from ship EASTERN QUEEN at Sydney (Australia)

Port of RegistryHong Kong
Net Tonnage5,018
Gross Tonnage8,644
Deadweght Tonnage8,900

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Tuesday, December 18, 1962 @ 1600
TJILUWAH (1951- Passenger / cargo ship of Royal Interocean Lines : 1980 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

TJILUWAH leaves Wooloomooloo, Sydney (Australia) for Japan and Hong Kong

Ship's locationNo. 9 Wooloomooloo, Sydney (Australia)Port of RegistryRotterdam (Netherlands)
Sailing forJapan and Hong KongGross Tonnage8,679
Ships agentRoyal Interocean Lines, 261 George Street, Sydney (Australia) Tel. 2-0573

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Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
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HYGROMIA (1956-1972 Oil Tanker 169m overall of Shell tankers UK, London : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

HYGROMIA at Stanlow 4, Manchester (England, UK)

Ship's locationStanlow 4, Manchester (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Ships agentBriningsGross Tonnage12,161
Deadweght Tonnage19,153

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Wednesday, November 27, 1957 @ 1630
MADRAS CITY (1940-1958 General cargo ship 126m long of William Reardon Smith & Sons : Scrapped 1971) Own Page

Reardon Smith's freighter MADRAS CITY arrives in Glasgow with 8,300 tons of grain from Norfolk USA

Arrived fromNorfolk (Virginia, USA)Port of RegistryBideford (England, UK)
Arrived in berth3 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow, with her head eastGross Tonnage5,092
Sailing forCardiff (Wales, U.K.)
Sailed from berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow, with her head east
Draught forward on arrival25' 1"
Draught aft on arrival24' 11"
Cargo carried on arrivalGrain 8,300 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo28 November @ 0800
Stevedore discharging inward cargoClyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow
Completed discharge of inward cargo4 December @ 1500
Outward cargoLight ship = no cargo on board
Draught forward on sailing9' 06"
Draught aft on sailing14' 00"
Vessel bunkered4 December bunkered 400 tons of fuel oil from oiler SHELL DIRECTOR
Ships agentHugh Hogarth & Sons Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow C. 2. Tel. CENtral 6535
Sailed1720 on 5 December light-ship for Cardiff (Wales, U.K.)

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Friday, October 26, 1962 @ 0600
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Own Page

Ross & Marshall ship manager's daily "Clyde Puffer" diary for 26 October 1962

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Tuesday, September 19, 1967 @ 1250
AJAX (1958-1972 General cargo ship 492 feet overall of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel AJAX arrives in Glasgow and loads for Singapore via Birkenhead

Arrived fromLondon (UK) via Elderslie Drydock (Glasgow)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Arrived in berth1 King George V Dock, Glasgow : with her head southGross Tonnage7,969
Sailing forSingapore via Birkenhead
Sailed from berth1 King George V Dock, Glasgow : with her head south
Draught forward on arrival12' 07"
Draught aft on arrival18' 11"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight ship = no cargo on board
Commened loading outward cargo20 September @ 0800
Outward cargoGeneral cargo
Stevedore loading outward cargoStrathclyde Stevedores
Completed loading outward cargo27 September @ 1700
Draught forward on sailing16' 06"
Draught aft on sailing23' 00"
Ships agentRoxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Tel. CENtral 9891
Sailed0125 on 28 September for Singapore via Birkenhead

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023 @ 1000
ALFRED (2019- Ro-ro passenger catamaran ferry 84m overall on charter to Caledonian MacBrayne from Pentland Ferries) Own Page

ALFRED at Berth 12, Winton Pier, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)

Ship's locationBerth 12, Winton Pier, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)Port of RegistryKirkwall (Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK)
Sailing forCaledonian MacBrayne's Ardrossan - Brodick passenger and ro-ro vehicle serviceGross Tonnage2,991
Deadweght Tonnage466

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Saturday, February 16, 1957 @ 0930
CLAN MATHESON (1957-1978 General cargo ship 502 feet long of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, Glasgow : 1978 scrapped) Own Page

CLAN MATHESON arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to discharge then load for South Africa

Arrived fromChittagong (East Pakistan, now known as Bangladesh) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berth8 King George V Dock, Glasgow ... with her head southGross Tonnage7,585
Sailing forDurban (South Africa) via Newport (Monmouthshire, Wales, UK)
Sailed from berth8 King George V Dock, Glasgow ... with her head south
Draught forward on arrival13' 05"
Draught aft on arrival17' 11"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 207 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo16 February at 0930
Stevedore discharging inward cargoStrathclyde Stevedores
Completed discharge of inward cargo16 February at 2015
Commened loading outward cargo16 February at 0940
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,260 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoStrathclyde Stevedores
Completed loading outward cargo20 February at 1530
Draught forward on sailing16' 06"
Draught aft on sailing18' 03"
Engine trials20 February from 0955 to 1005
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., 109 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel 041 221 7050 Telex 778133
Sailed20 February at 1745 for Durban (South Africa) via Newport (Monmouthshire, Wales, UK)

   Did you see the interesting note on the Dockmaster's Log Book " Experimental mooring RN ? " at the very bottom of the first image.  At least it looks like RN = Royal Navy.

   Does anyone have any thoughts about this "Experimental mooring ?"

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Monday, May 15, 2023 @ 1500
OCEANA (Inshore fishing trawler register number BF 804) Own Page

Fishing trawler OCEANA leaving Old Dock, Troon for fishing grounds in the Firth of Clyde

Ship's locationOld Dock, Troon (Scotland, U.K.)

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Monday, May 15, 2023 @ 1455
BON AMI (Inshore fishing trawler register number BA 104) Own Page

Fishing trawler BON AMI at Old Dock, Troon (Scotland, U.K.)

Ship's locationOld Dock, Troon (Scotland, U.K.)

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Monday, May 15, 2023 @ 1530
RUNNER (2020- General cargo ship 82m long of Runner Sg. SA) Own Page

RUNNER at Port of Troon having discharged her cargo of logs from Campbeltown

Ship's locationGlennon's Log Berth, Port of Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryMonrovia (Liberia)
Arrived fromCampbeltown (Kintyre, Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage1,882
Cargo carried on arrivalLogsDeadweght Tonnage2,521

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Monday, May 15, 2023 @ 1430
SPEYK (2007- General cargo ship 90m overall of Royal Wagenborg, Delfzijl) Own Page

Wagenborg ship SPEYK at Ayr, Scotland, discharging her cargo of barley from Halmstad (Sweden)

Ship's locationEntrance to Griffin Dock, Port of Ayr (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryDelfzijl (The Netherlands)
Arrived fromHalmstad (Sweden) having sailed 10 May at 0624Net Tonnage1,053
Cargo carried on arrivalBulk BarleyGross Tonnage2,528
Deadweght Tonnage3,350

 

In the first image of SPEYK the Netherlands cargo ship EEMS RIVER can be seen in the background on the left side.   EEMS RIVER is in Griffin Dock and using the massively tall crane to discharge wind turbine components from Emden, Germany.

News Event

Friday, May 31, 1957 @ 1200
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
Own Page

Ships in port at Manchester and the Manchester Ship Canal (England, UK) on 31 May 1957

Ship's locationManchester and the Manchester Ship Canal (England, UK)

News Event

Thursday, November 15, 1962 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
NELLORE (1946-1966 Passenger / cargo ship 475 feet long of Eastern and Australian Steamship Co. Ltd. London : 1967 after fire scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

NELLORE leaves Sydney for Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne and Port Kembla (all Australia)

Ship's locationSydney (Australia)Port of RegistryAustralia
Sailing forAdelaide, Geelong, Melbourne and Port Kembla (all Australia)Net Tonnage7,053
Outward cargoPassengers and general cargoGross Tonnage9,895
Ships agentP & O-Orient Lines, 1 Spring Street, Sydney. Phone 2-0532Deadweght Tonnage12,110

News Event

Tuesday, November 27, 1962 @ 1700
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
NORTHERN STAR (1961-1975 Passenger liner 650 feet long of Shaw, Savill & Albion Line, London) Own Page

Shaw Savill's NORTHERN STAR leaves Sydney on a cruise via Panama Canal to Southampton

Sailing forWellington, Auckland, Fiji, Tahiti, Balboa, Panama Canal, Curacao, Trinidad and SouthamptonPort of RegistrySouthampton (England, UK)
Sailed from berthSydney (Australia)Reg Tonnage12,567
Outward cargoPassengers Gross Tonnage23,982
Ships agentShaw Savill Line, 8a Castlereagh Street, Sydney Phone 18-2828

News Event

Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
MARIT MAERSK (in 1957 Maersk Line, Denmark) Own Page

MARIT MAERSK leaves Baltimore (USA) for Boston (Massachussets, U.S.A.)

Sailing forBoston (Massachussets, U.S.A.)Port of RegistryKobenhaven (Denmark)
Sailed from berthBaltimore (USA)

News Event

Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
HISTORIAN (1948 - 1962 General cargo ship of T & J Harrison, Liverpool) Own Page

HISTORIAN arrives in Trinidad from Demerara

Arrived fromDemeraraPort of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berthTrinidad

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ATLANTIC BARONET (1956-1969 Oil Tanker 553 feet overall of Atlantic Tankers Ltd., Monrovia Baronet Shipping, Monrovia: 1970 scrapped at Santander, Spain) Own Page

ATLANTIC BARONET arrives in Montevideo (Uruguay) from Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Arrived fromBuenos Aires (Argentina)Port of RegistryMonrovia (Liberia)
Arrived in berthMontevideo (Uruguay)Net Tonnage7,000
Gross Tonnage11,524
Deadweght Tonnage18,175

News Event

Thursday, March 14, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
KING ROBERT (1946-1961 General cargo ship 447 feet overall of King Line, London : 1969 scrapprd at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)) Own Page

KING ROBERT left Bahia Blanca (Argentina) for Antwerp and Rotterdam

Sailing forAntwerp and RotterdamPort of RegistryUK
Sailed from berthBahia Blanca (Argentina)Net Tonnage4,164
Gross Tonnage6,981

King Robert

News Event

Friday, March 22, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BRITISH HARMONY (1941-1960 Oil products tanker 466 feet overall of British Tanker Co. / BP, London : 1960 scrapped at Troon, Scotland)) Own Page

BRITISH HARMONY arrives in Kwinana (Australia) from Adelaide (Australia)

Arrived fromAdelaide (Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (U.K.)
Arrived in berthKwinana (Australia)Net Tonnage4,897
Gross Tonnage8,453
Deadweght Tonnage12,458

News Event

Friday, March 22, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ARNOLD MAERSK (1947-1959 General cargo ship 412 feet overall of Maersk Line, Kobenhaven : 1965 scrapped) Own Page

ARNOLD MAERSK arrives in Bunbury (Australia) from Colombo (Ceylon = now known as Sri Lanka)

Arrived fromColombo (Ceylon = now known as Sri Lanka)Port of RegistryKobenhaven (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Arrived in berthBunbury (Australia)Gross Tonnage5,826
Deadweght Tonnage7,416

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ARONDA (1941-1963 Passenger / cargo liner of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London : 1963 scrapped in Hong Kong) Own Page

ARONDA arrives in Chittagong (East Pakistan : now known as Bangladesh) from Karachi (Pakistan)

Arrived fromKarachi (Pakistan) Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berthChittagong (East Pakistan : now known as Bangladesh)Gross Tonnage8,328

News Event

Friday, March 15, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SIRDHANA (1947-1972 Passenger / cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1972 scrapped in Taiwan) Own Page

SIRDHANA arrives in Muscat (Capital of Oman) from Pasni (Pakistan)

Arrived fromPasni (Pakistan)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthMuscat (Capital of Oman)Gross Tonnage8,608

News Event

Monday, March 11, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CHAKRATA (1951-1973 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1973 Scrapped) Own Page

CHAKRATA arrives in Muscat (Capital of Oman) from Colombo (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka)

Arrived fromColombo (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka)Port of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthMuscat (Capital of Oman)Gross Tonnage7,265

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CLAN MACLACHLAN (1946-1971 General cargo ship 466 feet long of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACLACHLAN arrives in Colombo (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka) from Chittagong

Arrived fromChittagong (East Pakistan, now known as Bangladesh)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthColombo (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka)Gross Tonnage6,365

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CLYTONEUS (1948-1972 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : 1972 Scrapped) Own Page

CLYTONEUS arrived at Singapore from Swansea (Wales, U.K.)

Arrived fromSwansea (Wales, U.K.)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Arrived in berthSingapore Gross Tonnage7,620

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SANGOLA (1947-1963 Passenger / cargo liner of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1963 scrapped in Japan) Own Page

SANGOLA arrived at Singapore Roads from Yokohama (Japan)

Arrived fromYokohama (Japan)Port of RegistryLondon (U.K.)
Arrived in berthSingapore RoadsGross Tonnage8,646

News Event

Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SOUDAN (1948-1970 Refrigerated and General cargo ship 502 feet long of P & O Line, London) Own Page

SOUDAN arrived at Kobe (Japan) from London (UK)

Arrived fromLondon (UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berthKobe (Japan)Gross Tonnage9,080
Deadweght Tonnage11,100

News Event

Tuesday, March 19, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
HYALA (1955-1976 Oil tanker 556 feet long of Shell Bermuda (Overseas) Ltd, London) Own Page

HYALA arrived at Miri (Sarawak, Malaysia)

Arrived in berthMiri (Sarawak, Malaysia)Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage6,961
Gross Tonnage12,164
Deadweght Tonnage17,915

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
LYCAON ( 1954 - 1976 General cargo liner 487 feet of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) Own Page

LYCAON arrived at Yokohama (Japan) from Otaru (City in Hokkaido, Japan)

Arrived fromOtaru (City in Hokkaido, Japan)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived in berthYokohama (Japan)

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PRESIDENT TAYLOR (1957-1974 General cargo freighter of American President Lines) Own Page

PRESIDENT TAYLOR arrived at Yokohama (Japan) from Boston (Massachussets, U.S.A.)

Arrived fromBoston (Massachussets, U.S.A.) Port of RegistryU.S.A.
Arrived in berthYokohama (Japan)Gross Tonnage9,171

News Event

Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PRESIDENT McKINLEY (1946-1968 General cargo freighter of American President Lines : 1970 scrapped) Own Page

PRESIDENT McKINLEY arrived at Yokohama (Japan) from Pusan (South Korea)

Arrived fromPusan (South Korea)Port of RegistryUSA
Arrived in berthYokohama (Japan)Gross Tonnage7,924

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
MATRA (1949-1971 General cargo ship 509 feet long of T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool) Own Page

MATRA arrived at Trincomali (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka) from Middlesborough (England, UK)

Arrived fromMiddlesborough (England, UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, U.K.)
Arrived in berthTrincomali (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka)

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CLAN MACLAY ( 1949 - 1976 general cargo liner 466 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACLAY left Colombo (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka) for Pondicherry (India)

Sailing forPondicherry (India)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthColombo (Ceylon : now known as Sri Lanka)Gross Tonnage6,075

News Event

Wednesday, November 7, 1962 @ 1700
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are as published or our best estimate
SLEVIK (General cargo ship of Karlander New Guinea Line) Own Page

SLEVIK scheduled to leave Sydney (Australia) for Lae, Rabaul and Madang (all Papua New Guinea)

Ship's locationSydney (Australia)
Sailing forLae, Rabaul (New Britain), and Madang (all Papua New Guinea)
Ships agentF H Stephens Pty. Ltd., Liner House, 13-15 Bridge Street, Sydney (Australia) Phone 27-8311

News Event

Thursday, October 24, 1963 @ 1700
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

P & O - Orient liner ORONSAY leaves Sydney (Australia) on a 4 month world cruise-tour

Sailing for4 month world cruise-tourPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthSydney (Australia)

News Event

Friday, March 22, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
LICA MAERSK (In 1957 General cargo ship of Maersk Line of Kobenhaven (Denmark) Own Page

LICA MAERSK arrived at New York (USA) from Halifax (Canada)

Arrived fromHalifax (Canada)Port of RegistryKobenhaven (Denmark)
Arrived in berthNew York (USA)

News Event

Saturday, March 23, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
AMERICAN ANGLER (1956-1963 General cargo freighter of United States Lines, New York : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)) Own Page

AMERICAN ANGLER arrived at New York (USA) from Antwerpen (Antwerp, Belgium)

Arrived fromAntwerpen (Antwerp, Belgium)Port of RegistryNew York (USA)
Arrived in berthNew York (USA)Gross Tonnage8,281

News Event

Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PRESIDENT MONROE (1946-1965 General cargo ship of American President Line, USA) Own Page

PRESIDENT MONROE arrived at Baltimore (USA) from Singapore

Arrived fromSingaporePort of RegistryU.S.A.
Arrived in berthBaltimore (USA)Gross Tonnage9,255

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CAIRNGOWAN (1952-1965 General cargo ship 444 feet long of Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd. (Cairns, Noble & Co. Ltd.), Newcastle : 1973 scrapped in Gandia, Spain) Own Page

CAIRNGOWAN left Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada) for Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada)

Sailing forHalifax (Nova Scotia, Canada)Port of RegistryNewcastle-upon-Tyne (England, UK)
Sailed from berthSaint John (New Brunswick, Canada)Net Tonnage4,631
Gross Tonnage7,503
Deadweght Tonnage8,800

News Event

Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SYLVAFIELD (1953-1965 Oil products tanker 547 feet overall of Northern Petroleum Tank S.S. Co. Ltd. - Hunting & Son, Newcastle : 1971 scrapped at Bilbao, Spain) Own Page

SYLVAFIELD left Aruba (an island country in the Caribbean Sea) for Le Havre (France)

Sailing forLe Havre (France)Port of RegistryNewcastle-upon-Tyne (England, UK)
Sailed from berthAruba (an island country in the Caribbean Sea)Net Tonnage6,388
Gross Tonnage11,243
Deadweght Tonnage17,417

News Event

Sunday, March 17, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ATHELKING (1950-1962 Molasses tanker 522 feet overall of Athel Line, Liverpool : 1962 scrapped at Valencia, Spain)) Own Page

ATHELKING left Puerto La Cruz (Venezuela) for Havana (Cuba)

Sailing forHavana (Cuba)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Sailed from berthPuerto La Cruz (Venezuela)Net Tonnage6,516
Gross Tonnage11,183
Deadweght Tonnage15,632

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
COTOPAXI (1954- General cargo ship 512 feet long of Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool) Own Page

COTOPAXI arrived at Nassau (Bahamas) from London (UK)

Arrived fromLondon (UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Arrived in berthNassau (Bahamas)Net Tonnage4,552
Gross Tonnage8,559
Deadweght Tonnage11,430

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
MARIE SKOU (1963-1979 General cargo ship of Ove Skou, Kobenhaven, Denmark : Scrapped 1983) Own Page

MARIE SKOU sailed from Savannah (Georgia, USA) for Philadelphia (USA)

Sailing forPhiladelphia (USA)Port of RegistryKobenhavn (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Sailed from berthSavannah (Georgia, USA)Gross Tonnage6,262
Deadweght Tonnage8,890

News Event

Wednesday, March 20, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SARAH BOWATER (1955-1968 General cargo ship / newsprint carrier 419 feet overall of Bowater Steamship Company / Furness Withy / Cayzer Irvine : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

SARAH BOWATER arrived at Miami (Florida, USA) from Port aux Basques (Newfoundland, Canada)

Arrived fromPort aux Basques (Newfoundland, Canada)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived in berthMiami (Florida, USA)Net Tonnage3,530
Gross Tonnage6,581
Deadweght Tonnage8,190

News Event

Thursday, March 21, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CITY OF LIVERPOOL (1948-1967 General cargo liner of Ellerman Lines, London) Own Page

CITY OF LIVERPOOL arrived at New York from Baltimore (USA)

Arrived fromBaltimore (USA)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berthNew York (USA)

News Event

Friday, March 22, 1957 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CLAN MACBETH (1948-1959 General cargo ship of Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACBETH left Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya) for Zanzibar

Sailing forZanzibarPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailed from berthDar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya)Gross Tonnage7,130

News Event

Friday, March 22, 1957 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
KAMPALA (1947-1971 Passenger / cargo liner of British India Steam Navigation Co., London : 1971 scrapped in Taiwan) Own Page

KAMPALA arrives at Zanzibar from Bombay (India)

Arrived fromBombay (India)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived in berthZanzibar (Tanzaniya)Gross Tonnage10,304

News Event

Wednesday, June 1, 1955 @ 1200
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are as published or our best estimate
Own Page

In Dutch : J & A van der Schuyt Stoombootreederij leaflet of probably 1950s

News Event

Monday, May 8, 2023 @ 1540
EEMS TRANSPORTER (2007- General cargo ship 90m overall of Amasus Shipping B.V., Delfzijl, Netherlands) Own Page

EEMS TRANSPORTER arrives at Ayr with wind turbine components from Leixoes (Portugal)

Ship's locationPort of Ayr, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.Port of RegistryDelfzijl (The Netherlands)
Arrived fromLeixoes (Portugal) having left at 1431 on 4 MayGross Tonnage2,186
Cargo carried on arrivalWind Turbine componentsDeadweght Tonnage2,900

Apologies for the low quality of the images for, as the vessel arrived, it was raining quite heavily and visibility was very poor.   Spectators at the lighthouse on the entrance pier were forced to quickly take shelter from the downpour.

News Event

Monday, May 8, 2023 @ 1640
LARIXBORG (2021- General cargo ship 82m overall of Royal Wagenborg HQ P.O. Box 14, 9930 AA Delfzijl Marktstraat 10, 9934 CK Delfzijl The Netherlands) Own Page

LARIXBORG arrives in Ayr (Scotland, UK) with a cargo of malted barley from Halmstad (Sweden)

Arrived fromHalmstad (Sweden) having sailed 03 MayPort of RegistryDelfzijl (The Netherlands)
Arrived in berthRiver berth, Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)Net Tonnage1,034
Draught forward on arrival4.0mGross Tonnage2,409
Draught aft on arrival4.8m
Cargo carried on arrivalMalted Barley in bags

   The weather this dull spring day had been really quite unpleasant, with the sky completely covered with thick and low and menacing grey clouds, persistent light (and occasionally heavy) rain and visibility sometimes reduced to maybe 100m or less.

   But, somehow, strangely, the God of the weather must have smiled as LARIXBORG arrived at Ayr and the rain stopped, a little weak and wan sunshine seemed to bathe the harbour and visibility improved to allow our brave photographer to take the images of the ship.

News Event

Sunday, September 3, 1967 @ 1300
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PORT VINDEX (1947-1971 General cargo ship of Port Line, London : 1971 Scrapped) Own Page

Port Line's PORT VINDEX attempts to recover a capsized trimaran off Gabo Island (Australia)

Ship's locationOff Gabo Island (Victoria, Australia)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage10,489

Gabo Island is a 154-hectare (380-acre) island located off the coast of eastern Victoria, Australia, between Mallacoota and Cape Howe on the border with New South Wales.[1] It is separated from the mainland by a 500-metre (1,600 ft) wide channel; access is available by arranged flights and boats.[2] Gabo Island is a shipping reference commonly referred to in Victorian weather warnings issued by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The island is an unincorporated area under the direct administration of the government of Victoria.

News Event

Sunday, September 3, 1967 @ 1200
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
Own Page

Auckland (New Zealand) and man rescued from drifting boat by setting fire to his underpants

Ship's locationOff Auckland Harbour (New Zealand)

News Event

Saturday, October 3, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
TINTAGEL CASTLE ( 1954 - 1971 cargo liner 495 feet long of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

TINTAGEL CASTLE at Avonmouth (England, UK) from Mauritius

Ship's locationAvonmouth (England, UK)Port of RegistryLondon
Arrived fromMauritius

News Event

Friday, October 2, 1964 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
SYLVANIA (1957-1968 Passenger liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

SYLVANIA left New York for Liverpool

Sailing forLiverpool (UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Sailed from berthNew York (U.S.A.) Net Tonnage11,679
Gross Tonnage22,017
Deadweght Tonnage9,345

News Event

Friday, October 2, 1964 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORTER (1958-1972 General cargo ship 470 feet long of South African Marine Corporation, Cape Town : 1972 Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORTER left Durban (South Africa) for Avonmouth (England, UK)

Sailing forAvonmouth (England, UK)Port of RegistryKaapstad (pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town")
Sailed from berthDurban (South Africa)Net Tonnage5,808
Gross Tonnage9,603
Deadweght Tonnage12,251

News Event

Sunday, October 4, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
SAXONIA (1963-1970 General cargo ship of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

SAXONIA at Liverpool from New York

Ship's locationLiverpool (UK)Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Arrived fromNew York (U.S.A.) Gross Tonnage5,586

News Event

Saturday, October 3, 1964 @ 0800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
RAKAIA (1945-1967 General cargo ship of New Zealand Shipping Company, London) Own Page

RAKAIA at Southampton (UK) from Dunedin (New Zealand)

Ship's locationSouthampton (UK)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Arrived fromDunedin (New Zealand)Gross Tonnage8,213

News Event

Saturday, October 3, 1964 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate
PORT MACQUARIE (1944-1968 Cargo liner of Port Line, London) Own Page

PORT MACQUARIE left Cardiff (Wales, UK) for Australia

Sailing forAustralia Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Sailed from berthCardiff (Wales, UK)

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Walter Runciman / Moor Line’s CRAGMOOR

 

E-mail received 26 August 2022

I was staggered to read about Moor Line’s CRAGMOOR in your Latest Entries.   My father sailed in that ship in 1961-62.  Mostly a Newcastle and Sunderland crew.    Have you the details of those times.

 Name is not shown, by request.

 Douglas replies :    Yes, I’ve got the details from the Chief Officers Log Books.   There’s an awful lot in the books, maybe 100 large pages or so and masses of daily detail.   Let me know on CONTACT US what you actually want and I’ll see what can be done.  Thanks for your message.

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Does anyone remember Hogarth’s BARON FORBES which was

scrapped in 1953

and

Tracing a discharge book left aboard in 1959.

 E-mail 13 November 2020

From Murdo MacPherson

 Does anybody remember the rent boat BARON FORBES an old

ex-german ship the worst ship I sailed in she was scrapped

in 1953,  forecastle accommodation one trip was enough

The captain Mcphail was strict
ps I left my discharge book on an Everard ship in Goole

in 1959 got any ideas how I can trace it

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Isthmian Steamship Lines of USA

E-mail October 10  2020 

 From Bobby Ford  (USA)


Do you have anything about Isthmian Steamship Lines,

or anyone remember them, who did freighter service

from India and Far East in 1950 / 60’s.

   Any memories of the "STEEL" boats  ?

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What do you want (or not want) on this website ?

    It is the time of year to ask you, the readers, what you want  -  or

do not want  -  on this website.

    More of this, or less of that, or maybe something new ?

    Please let us know what you want, so that we can try to provide the material which is of interest to YOU.

    Also we are always interested in receiving material from our readers.   So, wherever you are in the world, how about sending

stories, images or items to put in the website ?

 Thank you.  11 August 2020

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Information needed on Cunard Line's ASCANIA (1911-1918)

10th August 2020    E-mail from a viewer. 

Cunard Lines ASCANIA  (1911-1918)

 I am wondering if you might have more information and pictures

on the Vessel Ascania - Shipping line Cunard 1911-1918

Master - SGS Mihal.

This is a ship that my grandfather travelled from Southampton,

England to HalifaxNova ScotiaCanada in 1914.

Please any information would help.

Thank You

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Where did the Royal Navy families from H.M.S.MAIDSTONE stay in Rothesay ?

    Port of Registry Admiralty (Royal Navy, London)

 

Where did the Royal Navy families stay in Rothesay ?

 

E-mail 03 June 2020 from Helen G (Glasgow)

 

   As a young girl in 1960s my parents and I often visited my

aunt in Rothesay …(Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde,)

   It was exciting to see a big Royal Navy ship, I remember

her name was MAIDSTONE, and she was anchored in the bay. 

  There was always submarines about her and sailors in

uniform in the town.

   My aunt used to tell that some sailors and their families

stayed in “Navy Houses” in Rothesay.   Does anyone know

where the houses were ?

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Song about the Clyde and the musical band on Glasgow excursion steamers in 1950s / 60s

 

Email from Margaret Rose (nee Wilson)   May 31 2020 Montreal  

 

In the early 1960s my family emigrated from Scotland to Montreal(Canada).

   Dad always used to tell of sailing down the Clyde from

Glasgow on excursion steamers and there was a musical

band aboard which played Scottish tunes to entertain

passengers.

   A favourite song was something about the Clyde.   I know

it’s a long shot but does anyone know the name of the

song and the band ?

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Lightship ALBATROSS built at Robbs Shipyard, Leith in 1927

E-Mail from a viewer   31 May 2020

Hello- I wonder if anyone can please help. I am researching a lightship built at Robbs shipyard in 1927. Her name is Albatross and I believe she was built in yard 30. I would dearly love to see her build plans but I know that is a massive ask. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks

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Cruise ships may be laid up in the Clyde

 

22 May 2020

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From Jimmy Johnston (Paisley)

 

   In the news they are talking about laying up idle cruise liners in the Clyde.   Where in the Clyde or even in Scotland could be good places to put these big ships.

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e-mail from Tommy Robertson   (Dumbarton)

21 May 2020

 

Elder Dempster / Blue Funnel ship scrapped at Dalmuir (Glasgow) around 1980

 

Does anyone know the name of the Alfred Holt Blue Funnel

ship that was scrapped at the Arnott Young yard at Dalmuir. 

  She was definitely a Blue Funnel job but had the Elder

Dempster buff funnel.

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Paddle Steamers at Pusser River, Chalna, Bangladesh

 

E-mail 23 March 2020 from N.L. of Cardiff, Wales

 

   I was looking at your item on the WAVERLEY which calls herself the “Last seagoing paddle steamer in the World.”

  It reminded me of the last time I was at Chalna (Pusser River, Bangladesh) in early 1980s where there were many largish paddle steamers about 300 feet (100 metres) long chugging around.  

   I never thought of what they were doing, maybe bringing the gangs of workers to the anchorage to load Jute (who remembers the biting Jute Flies) onto the ships, or maybe taking passengers to some place downriver.

   But these were big working paddle steamers.   Does anyone else remember them ?

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Why was Irish Lights Tender IERNE registered in Liverpool ?

 19 March 2020 @ 1057

J R of Birkenhead e-mails :

   I read your item about the IERNE, a lights tender owned by the Commissioners of Irish Lights, DublinIreland.  

   Why was she registered in Liverpool and not Dublin ? and what was her eventual fate ?

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Maclay and McIntyre of Glasgow ships DOMIRA and KASSANGA and a ship LYNFIELD of Stockton on Tees

A viewer e-mails 

   I am particularly looking for some information about a Glasgow Tramp Shipping Co called Maclay and Mc intyre and 2 ships of there's Domira sold 1919 and Kassanga bought 1911 sunk 1917. 

 Also a ship called Lynfield belonging to a shipping co called Field from Stockton on Tees 

Can anyone help ?

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Stewardesses and Nurse on Burns & Lairds IRISH COAST in 1966

 2019-12-29

By e-mail

Does anyone remember the Stewardesses (usually student school-teachers who were working during the summer holidays) and the Nurse who worked on Burns & Lairds IRISH COAST in 1966.

Mary D.

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Old Mississippi – type passenger steamer in Sydney (Australia)

Jim Middleton (London) e-mails

29 December 2019

 The BBC news today showed the wild fires at Sydney and the smoke at Sydney Harbour.

   I was surprised to see in the news report, in the background, an old Mississippi type passenger steamer, with two tall abreast funnels (stacks) passing under the Harbour Bridge.

   Can anyone give details of this vessel and its route and timetable ?

   Thanks, JM.

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CLAN FRASER and a rope across the dock at Glasgow

 4 November 2019

Jim McGoogan e-mails :

   Your article of CLAN FRASER of 8th January 1964 says a rope was put across King George V Dock, Glasgow while the ship was making an engine trial.

   Why put a rope across the dock and where would the rope be attached to the ship and also attached to the dock ?

 

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Glasgow shipping line Maclay and Mcintyre and ship pictures of DOMIRA 2 and LYNFIELD.

 

   A reader asks for any information on Glasgow shipping line Maclay and Mcintyre and ship pictures of DOMIRA 2 and LYNFIELD.

   Can anyone help ?

14 September 2019

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Where is the “Chapman Anchorage” ???

   Robbie Keen (CarlisleEngland) emails:

 I see in the entry for BENWYVIS that she

was in “Chapman Anchorage.”   Where is

Chapman Anchorage and what would she

 be doing there ???

Robbie.  31 August 2019

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Teak fronts on the front of ship's bridges

By Eric S.     8th July 2019

Many cargo vessels and tankers built as late as the 1950s had

teak fronts to their bridges, even though the rest of their

superstructures was steel. Why was this so? Was the teak

front at these late dates merely a design feature, or an echo

of past practice, perhaps, or were there practical reasons?

All comments are welcome.

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Can anyone identify this cap badge ?

Samms of Nantwich e-mails:    07 July 2019

 I saw this officer’s cap at a flea market.   Can

 

anyone identify the cap badge ? 

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What shipping Companies served Calcutta, Chalna, Chittagong and Rangoon and what problems did the Monsoon rains and storms cause to the ships ?

By e-mail from R.S. (London)  2 July 2019

    There was a programme on television the other evening

about the Monsoon in the Bay of Bengal.   I was a North

Atlantic man and never ventured to the Far East.

   I wondered what difficulties would be experienced by

ships during the Monsoon season’s heavy rainfall and

swollen rivers and storms.

    And also, I can only think of maybe 3 shipping

companies which regularly traded to the area – Calcutta,

Chalna, Chittagong, Rangoon.   What other companies

were there ?

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Where did this ship come from in Sweden ???

Haltst…….. ?????

January 2020 and Bryn Wayt e-mails

A chap was asking where ship came from: the spelling was incorrect using Haltstwik on the 'docket'.

The origin of the ship must have been HALLSTAVIK in Sweden.

The place was/is famous for it paper-mill, hence the ships cargo bound for Belfast.
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstavik

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U.S. Navy supply ships calling at Fairlie (Firth of Clyde)

From Alan and Jean, (Fairlie, Firth of ClydeScotland)

20 May 2019  @ 1540

    We were very interested in your mention of U.S.S. YELLOWSTONE

at Tail-of-the Bank.

   It reminded us in 1960s, 1970s and 1980s when U.S. Navy

supply ships were common callers at the Navy jetty at Fairlie,

bringing stores for the Holy Loch vessels, and the stores

were taken from Fairlie to Holy Loch in the Ross & Marshall

lighters and small coasters.

   The U.S. ships were quite colourful (colorful) with their

grey hulls and their funnels (stacks) painted grey with yellow

and blue bands.

   Our favourite, her name began with M, not quite sure but

could be MARSHFIELD or MARSHLAND ….. or something like

that, was obviously a WW2 type but always immaculate

 and a frequent caller.

   Does anyone else remember these ships calling at

the Clyde ?

 

Alan and Jean.

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

 

 14 March 2019   @ 1239

Richard Danielson e-mails

 The Clyde Navigation Trust harbour launches: Newark, Garmoyle and Dunglass have had little written about them. 

I have a photo showing two of them (which two I cannot tell) giving a tow to the Duchess of Hamilton to help her turn at Bridge Wharf in 1969. 

Please ask anyone who knows about the work of the launches to get in touch with me by email.

THANK YOU.
Richard Danielson.
 

 

Admin Note :

   For safety and security of our readers we do not normally show e-mail addresses.    Any reply to this interesting question should be made to our “CONTACT US” and we will forward the message to Richard.

 

20 March 2019  @ 1604

 

Jim Howie  (Partick, Glasgow)

 

   I am replying to Richard’s query about the small boats at Glasgow.

   Sorry to disappoint you Richard but there was a small but bulky booklet produced possibly about 50 years ago that described in great detail all the Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority vessels.   I did have a copy but it’s been lost.

  

In 1960’s the Clyde Trust / Authority had quite a few vessels.

6 Dredgers : CESSNOCK, CRAIGIEHALL, ELDERSLIE, LENNOX 11, ROSSLYN and SIR WILLIAM H. RAEBURN.

12 Hopper Barges.

1 Dumb grab hopper barge.

1 Tug CLYDE.

4 high-level Vehicular Ferryboats : FINNIESTON, GOVAN and WHITEINCH.  The remaining one was a spare in case of breakdowns.

3 chain-operated ferries : RENFREW and ERSKINE.  The remaining one was a spare in case of breakdowns.

11 passenger ferryboats.

1 60-ton floating crane NEWSHOT.

1 Diving Bell barge.

2 Divers’ motor boats.

1 Oil Separating Barge PLOVER

3 motor launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS.

1 Hydrographic Survey launch CRANNOG.

And a number of very small rope boats which were used in the docks and piers to bring the mooring ropes from ships to the pawls on the dockside.

 

I think CRANNOG did an awful lot of the surveying for the placement for both Finnart and Hunterston jetties.

And around mid 1990s NEWARK was fitted with an A-frame at the stern and spent a week in Ardrossan Harbour dragging the bottom of Eglinton Dock to clear all debris prior to the construction of the Marina in the dock.

   The motor launches normally berthed at the Trust / Authority workshops at Renfrew although at odd times they laid alongside the dredgers and hoppers in Queen’s Dock.

 

   If you would care to put the photograph on this site I have a friend who may be able to identify the boats in question.

 

Jim Howie.

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Looking for images / photos of BALLYGALLY HEAD of 1950s

 23 January 2019  1011

Joseph McGurk Jr. e-mails

Hi, I am looking for any photos of the tramp steam ship, BALLYGALLY HEAD, I think

there were two built, one in the late 1800s and the other in the mid 1950s

   I would appreciate if you could find any as it would make my father very happy as

he sailed on her

   Thank you, regards Joseph mc gurk jr

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Renfrew Harbour, Firth of Clyde, around 1980

    January 2019 : Robert Orr contributed this image of Clyde Navigation Trust / Clyde Port Authority HOPPER No. 25 at their wharf at their workshops at Renfrew Harbour around 1980.

 

   Does anyone have any idea what the other ships are ?


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The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937

 6th  January 2019.

   James Barrowman (Brighton, England) e-mails :

I am an enthusiast for paddle steamers and read your item on EAGLE 111.

   The advertisement shows the ship departing from Glasgow (Bridge Wharf) s. s.

   Assuming that s.s. does not mean Steam Ship, can anyone help with what s.s. means ?

   Thanks, Jim Barrowman.

7th January 2019 

   J.S. (Pollokshaws, Glasgow) replies :

The River Clyde runs generally east to west through

the centre of Glasgow and essentially divides the city

into two halves, the  “North Side” and the “South Side.”

   In the past and even today people talk of coming

from or living in the South Side.

   Up to around 1970’s passenger excursion steamers

and cross-channel to Ireland steamers left Broomielaw,

Anderston Quay and Lancefield Quay on the North Side

and in the summer months left Bridge Wharf on the

South Side (hence S.S.) on excursions “Doon the Watter”

= Down the Water = sailing down the River Clyde to

Clyde piers such as Dunoon and Rothesay and

Tighnabruaich.

   The advert mentions the steamer calling at Govan

 Wharf and Renfrew to pick up passengers.

   Today Govan Wharf is only recognisable by a derelict

and ruined few baulks of timber.   It was situated on the

South Bank essentially between the Govan Drydocks

(now also derelict) and the Bae Shipyard (formerly Fairfields

yard) and beside the playing field between Wanlock Street

and Dunvegan Street, Govan.   Up to the 1960s the

small Govan Passenger Ferry used to ply from near

Govan Wharf across the river to the east end of Meadowside

Quay

   It was news to me that excursion steamers stopped

at Renfrew.   I have no idea where the stop was located.

   Perhaps someone can help.

 

Ref The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937.

12 January 2019   Robert Orr replies :


The steamer berth at Renfrew was on the river bank at 'The Green' in

Renfrew and as far as I'm aware was destroyed during the 'Clydebank

Blitz' in 1941, (this being air attacks on the town of Clydebank on the

opposite bank of the Clyde, home amongst other things to John Browns

shipyard). If you go to Google maps and search Clyde Street Renfrew

the bollards for mooring ropes are still visible at the edge of the Green.

The Scania Yard visible in street view was the start of the land

 

occupied by Simons and Lobnitz shipyards in Renfrew.

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Questions about Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line in 1960's

10 December 2018   Geoff in Australia e-mails :

I was on the Ulysses which traded between the Far East,mainly Indonesia and the East Coast and Gulf of the US.I understand it was a route which belonged to the Indra Line which Holts acquired in 1915. I believe that it may have been incorporated into a round the world service later.My time was during the late 50s and ended in 1960.

Crews during my time consisted of Europeans on deck and Chinese in the engine room, and catering,on ships trading from Liverpool. The Ulysses had Malays on deck and Chinese in the engine room,I cant remember who were the catering staff.


Gunung Djati was the name of the leading Javanese Haji and Islamic missionary.

 

With regards to crewing, the Dutch arm of Blue Funnel had all Chinese crews with Dutch officers, certainly in the 1950s.

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Ellerman’s CITY OF EXETER at Plymouth in 1958    

I was quite surprised to read that CITY OF EXETER called

at Plymouth in 1958.   Was Plymouth a normal call for Ellerman

African service passenger liners?

   Jim Hesketh, Liverpool 

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12 November 2018

 

TWEED, a 1959-built 112 foot water carrier of

Furness Withy, Port of Spain, Trinidad

 James R. (Avonmouth, England) e-mails :

    Looking at your list of ships I was surprised to see

TWEED of Furness Withy, a 112 foot water tanker at

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

   Anyone have information on this ship ?

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Can anyone name this British coaster ?

 

05 November 2018

Billy Fullarton writes :

  I took this photograph in 1970s or 1980s at Ardrossan

HarbourScotland.   Can anyone name this coaster. ?

 

   I think her name ends in SOUND.

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British & Irish KILKENNY in 1935

Does anyone have details of this ship in 1935 ???

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Ben Line carried a Naval tug from Trincomali to Gan ???

     I was with Brocklebank’s and sometimes called at

Gan Island in the Indian Ocean to discharge stores for

the RAF overside to landing craft in the lagoon.

   Talking to someone he said that he was on a Ben ship

which carried a small naval tug from Trincomali in

Ceylon to Gan, around late 1960s.

   Anyone know about this ?

    J.S., (Wallasey)

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Questions about Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line in 1960's

Jim J. of Liverpool e-mails :

   Around 1966 I was on a Royal Mail or Pacific Steam ship

in Houston / New Orleans area and saw an Alfred Holt Blue

Funnel ship there.

   Can anyone enlighten me as to why a Blue Funnel would

be in the Gulf of Mexico ?

   Also in conversation someone told of Blue Funnel having

Chinese crews on deck and catering.   I had always thought

that Blueys had British crews.   Someone please tell me

what is correct.

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Deck cadets Critchley and Doherty on RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965

 22 May 2018

 Alan Rutherford e-mails :

   Interested in whereabouts of other deck cadet officers Critchley and Doherty from RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965 ?

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   Looking for information on some British ships around 1950-1954

 Ian Rae e-mails  ....  4 March 2018 @ 1221

 Great website.

I am trying to find information on some of the voyages my late brother -in-law made.
Blairdevon-this was his first trip, signed on 30 April paid off 12 June 1950.This was a fairly ancient coal burner.Dont know owner
Tahsinia-20Jun-13 Oct 1950-to
Bombay
Saxon (?) Star-28 Sep -25 April 1952-(paid off Manchester)
Camerionia9 Jun to 10 Sep 1952
Empire Halladale-a troopship-23 Oct 1952 -paid off Birkenhead 22 Jan 1953
Retainer 6 Feb-31 Oct 1953-paid off Antwerp
Cortona 15 Dec 1953-19 Jan 1954

Thereafter he sailed out of London and latterly on Manchester Liners
When I tried your search the year 1951 was missing


Regards,
Ian Rae

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Can anyone identify this USN lapel badge ?

     Dominique and her husband from Lyons (France) were on vacation in Spain and bought this lapel badge in a street market in Tarragona (near Barcelona).

   Can anyone identify the badge ?

2018-02-18 @ 1320

 

19 May 2018

Hello Douglas,

It's Bryn (Wayt) here - you helped me with the Austerland cargo vessel last year. Thanks again.

This message is about the image of the USN "Anchor pin".
There are loads on eBay just type in "US Navy Petty Officer gold tie pin" 

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First ship was CHARLTON MIRA of Charlton Steam Shipping Company, London

Bill Steel e-mails

Charlton Mira was my first ship. Built in Sunderland at Bartram's yard. Doxford 670LB4 diesel oil engine. She had two scotch boilers and steam auxiliaries. Lovely vessel but would roll on wet grass.

17 February 2018 @ 2307

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 What is the difference between Agents / General Agents and Freight Brokers ?

    Jim Harrison  (Brighton, England) e-mails :

 I am using the India Steamship Company sailing notice as a simple example, but my question actually can also relate to many other shipping companies.

   The India Company shows that intending shippers can contact the U.K. General Agents Stelp & Leighton or the U.K. Freight Brokers J. H. Wackerbarth.

   My question is : what is the difference between using Agents / General Agents and Freight Brokers ?

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   German cargo ship MILLERNTOR in 1954

 

    In January 1954 the cargo ship MILLERNTOR, registered in Hamburg, 2,787 nett tons and Master T. Goldsweer, arrived at Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, with a cargo of Iron Ore from Narvik (Norway).

 

   After unloading she left Ardrossan returning to Narvik.

 

Does anyone have any information or details of MILLERNTOR ?

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" If sufficient inducement "

 James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

   Many of your sailing notices show that a ship will go to a port “if sufficient inducement.”      What exactly is “if sufficient inducement ?”

“ If sufficient inducement “

 

23 January 2019 at 2113

 Geoff  (Australia)  e-mails :

 

James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

 “Many of your sailing notices show that a ship will go to a port “if

sufficient inducement.” What exactly is “if sufficient inducement ?


My understanding of "sufficient inducement" meant if there was

 enough cargo to be lifted to be commercially viable. ”

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Was she “ LAIRDS OAK “ or “ LAIRDSOAK ” ?

   Robert Bothwell (Glasgow) e-mails :

I have always had an affection for Burns & Laird Lines of Glasgow and refer to your entry of their coaster LAIRDS OAK in 1954.

   The Ships in Focus book shows her name as LAIRDSOAK but the accompanying photograph clearly shows the name LAIRDS OAK.

   I know it’s a bit pedantic but what was her name, LAIRDS OAK or was it LAIRDSOAK ?  


 

Harbour oilers CLYDE ENTERPRISE and CLYDE VENTURE in late 1960’s

 

   Does anyone have details of these two oilers which were working in the Clyde in late 1960’s ?

 

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Coaster BALLYCASTLE in 1953

 

In 1953 the coaster BALLYCASTLE of John Kelly, Belfast, was at Ardrossan Harbour loading a cargo of coke for Londonderry.   Does anyone have details of this ship ?

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   Carebeka's coaster RIAN in 1953

 

 In December 1953 the Carebeka’s Groningen registered coaster RIAN arrived at Ardrossan Harbour from Hamburg.

 

   The handwriting in the Harbour Log-book is not easy to read.   The master’s name could be Cloinga or Eloinga : can any Netherlands reader tell what the name is ?

 

   Also the cargo is shown as  “M of Potash” …. What is “M of Potash” ???

  


Details needed of Van Nievelt, Goudriaan's ALPHERAT in 1954

When the Blue Star Line cargo ship PARAGUAY STAR was leaving Montevideo for Buenos Aires her docking bridge fouled the housed port anchor of the Dutch cargo ship ALPHERAT.

   The docking bridge sustained displaced and buckled bridge rails and started deck plank caulking.   Repairs at Buenos Aires cost 5,850 Argentinian Pesos.

   PARAGUAY STAR. a passenger and cargo liner of 10,722 gross tons, was on passage from Liverpool for Buenos Aires and ALPHERAT is a passenger and cargo ship of Rotterdam South America Line (Rotterdam-Zuid Amerika Lijn) and operated by Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co. Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam.   ALPHERAT is well known for carrying Jewish emigrants from Rotterdam to South America.

Additional note :

Can anyone supply details of ALPHERAT ?


 

Norwegian Tanker RAILA in 1953

 

   Does anyone have details of the Tanker RAILA, registered in Oslo, which was working around the British coast in 1953 ?

 

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Elder Dempster services from USA and Canada and Calcutta to Africa.

 Fred from Formby (Merseyside, England, writes

 

“ I was surprised to read in the Elder Dempster Lines entry of 27th May 1957 that they did sailings from U.S.A. and Canada to West Africa, also Canada to South Africa and also Calcutta to West Africa.

 

Can someone tell something about these services ? ”

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CHANTALA  (Worcester Park, Surrey) writes :

British India Steam Navigation handbook for Hindustani for Navigating Officers and Deck Cadets

   In 1965 when joining BI as a Deck Cadet a necessary handbook was for issuing commands in the Hindustani Language.

   All I can remember now is “Asti aria kurro”

   Does anyone still have the book and can scan or photograph a few pages to show the commands ?

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Sailings from Glasgow Bridge Wharf in April, May and June 1968 to Rothesay and Tighnabruaich.

 

      Thank you so very much for putting in the sailings from Bridge Wharf in Glasgow that I asked for.   Anne G., Isle of Bute

  


 

British Army Tank Landing Craft LCT 4086 and her base at Cairnryan in 1954

 

   Tank Landing Craft LCT 4086 of the British Army’s Royal Army Service Corps arrived at Ardrossan Dockyard in February 1954.   Anyone have details of this vessel and of her life and also details of her base at Cairnryan (which is near Stranraer in south-west Scotland)

  


Anchor Line advertisement of 1871

    I did laugh on seeing the wonderful Handyside and Henderson address of their office in Londonderry as 96 ½ Foyle Street.

   If anyone is in Londonderry can they please, please take a photograph of that building and post it on this site.

Thank you.

Still laughing

Fred of Formby, Merseyside, England.

11 June 2018  Bryn Wayt replies that the building has been demolished and modern housing has been built on its site

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German cargo ship RUHR in 1953

 

  On 15th December 1953 the German cargo ship RUHR, registered in Hamburg and 1,725 nett tons, Captain Ekelman, brought a cargo of scrap metal from Halifax (Canada) to Ardrossan Harbour.

 

   Has anyone got any details of this ship ?

 

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British coaster J B KEE in 1957

 

 Fred of Formby (Merseyside, England) writes :

 

   I have put in a short article about J B KEE making a distress call on 4th November 1957.

 

   Anyone have details of this ship ?

 

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Which Donaldson Line ship collided with a Cunard Liner in 1960’s in Quebec or Montreal ?

 

 Bas Buma (Rotterdam) e-mails ….. translated by Google

 

   Does anyone remember in 1960’s when a Donaldson cargo ship collided with a Cunard passenger liner, maybe CARINTHIA or SYLVANIA at Quebec or Montreal?   My memory is not good now.

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At what time did Union Castle mailships leave South Africa for U.K. ?

 

 Jim Allbright (London) e-mails :

 

   I thoroughly enjoy reading your “Conducting their business in Great Waters” articles as they remind me of places and ships of long, long ago.

 

   Something which I have always pondered – Union Castle passenger liners left Southampton at 4pm on Thursdays for South Africa, --- but did they have a set time, say 4pm when sailing from, for example Cape Town or Durban, when returning to U.K. ?

 

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SUNBEAR of Saguenay Terminals.

 

   In 1962 Saguenay had chartered a general cargo ship named SUNBEAR.   Does anyone have details of this vessel ?

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Can anyone identify or help with a cargo ship AUSTERLAND around 1955-1960 ? === ship is now firmly believed to be AUSTRALIND 

Captain Bryn Wayt writes :

 My father fitted a T/V to a ship that visited the Clyde around the years 1955-60 and I accompanied my him to assist - I was young and have only a limited memory of the event.
The 'Master' invited us both to sail with him "around the world" - so my guess was it was a long-range merchant vessel. It was NOT a "liner" but more of an "ocean freighter".
The name that sticks in my limited memory bank is the "AUSTERLAND".
I've tried various sources to find her, but have not been successful.
I was born and bred in
Glasgow, but I was not acquainted with the Dock in which the ship was anchored to narrow the search.
It was there for at least a week, as the "Master" visited my father's shop and asked for a T/V to be fitted in his vessel.
It took a little time to gather the required bits and bobs to accommodate the order that's why I say a week all told in dock.
Anybody who can give me a clue where to look would be thanked in customer fashion.

James Jeffries replies :

   I saw the message from Captain Wayt and I don’t know off-hand of AUSTERLAND but the name makes me think of AUSTRALIND of the Australind Steam Shipping Company / Bethell, Gwyn & Trinder Anderson & Company, London.

    AUSTRALIND was a 7,214 gross ton tramp cargo ship and was built in 1944 by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, for Australind,  and in 1959 was sold to Argus Steam Ship Company, Liberia and renamed PORTALON.

   In 1972 she was scrapped in Santander, Spain.

However it’s an interesting problem and I’ll start looking for an AUSTERLAND

 

Billy MacAulay (Moderator and Senior Member) writes :

   I have never heard of AUSTERLAND, but as Jim says AUSTRALIND is a possibility as Trinder Anderson vessels were visitors – though not too frequently – to Glasgow - and AUSTRALIND was in Govan Drydock, Glasgow around 1954.

   But I will also look for AUSTERLAND and being a cargo ship will search at Queen’s and Prince’s Docks and surroundings.   It will take some time as there is a lot to plough through.

  

 

  


 

   Why was LADY McGOWAN IN Loch Riddon ?

 

 The small I.C.I. explosives carrying coaster LADY McGOWAN was in Loch Riddon on 29 November 1953.

 

   Loch Riddon is a small Loch situated near Tighnabruaich in the Kyles of Bute, a lonely and sparsely populated hilly area off the main area known as Firth of Clyde, Scotland.

 

   Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions as to the reason why LADY McGOWAN would be in this unusual locality ?

  


John Kelly's coaster BALLYCLARE in late 1953.

   In our entries for this ship it is difficult to read the Master's name... possibly Capt. Crab.   Anyone know if this is correct ?

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Small boat sailor writes from Inverkip :

 

 

 

   I see that motor launches P.D.1 and 8641 passed King George V Dock, Glasgow in January 1967.   Their names vaguely ring a bell in my memory but I don’t remember anything about them.

 

   Does anyone know anything of these two launches ?

 

Just a guess could P.D.1 refer to the launch being the mooring rope boat in Prince’s Dock ?

 

   Sandy

  


Mystery of CVC in Prince’s Dock area of Glasgow

   In 1958 the Clyde Shipping Company’s coaster PLADDA

 was listed as berthed in CVC in Prince’s Dock

 area in Glasgow.

   Does anyone know where CVC was ?

Jim Sloan replies : CVC was Clyde Vila Crane on the quay around berth 81 Plantation Quay, Glasgow

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Pacific Steam Navigation’s KENUTA at Puna in 1957

 

Tom Hayworth e-mails :

 

Your homepage shows KENUTA at Puna in 1957.   Where is Puna ?

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Ben Line’s Far-East coaster BENVEG in 1957

 

Leith Man e-mails

I was very surprised to see your entry for BENVEG in January 1957

for BENVEG as I had never heard of her.

 

Anyone have any more information please ?

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SPRINGFIELD QUAY, GLASGOW

Harry Cochrane e-mails :and conveniently close to the city centre. With restaurants, casino, bingo, bowling, cinema and hotel, everything you need is at The Quay.

For a good few years what was Springfield Quay in Glasgow has been redeveloped into an entertainment area with a cinema, hotel, casino and restaurants.   There was always a big sign at the entrance reading "SPRINGFIELD QUAY" but now the sign has been removed and replaced with a much smaller and more modern one saying "THE QUAY"

It's sad to have the last of the great Glasgow dockside quayside names disappear from public view.

aand conveniently close to the city centre. With restaurants, casino, bingo, bowling, cinema and hotel, everything you need is at The Quay.nd conveniently close to the city centre. With restaurants, casino, bingo, bowling, cinema and hotel, everything you need is at The Quay.


MYSTERY SHIP PORTHOLE

 From Michael Irwin (michaelj87836@gmail.com)
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I have a very short video posted on youtube of a porthole that I am trying to identify. It is more than likely WW1 era. Glass window is 14" in diameter and the entire assembly weighs 132 lbs. The name of the youtube video is Mystery Ship Porthole and I will leave a link. Thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbgNppQ8XWM

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LASHERCIA ..... A Spanish coaster in 1962

   Does anyone have information on LASHERCIA which was trading around the Irish Sea and Liverpool in 1962 ?

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

Jim Allison writes : I see from arrivals and sailings that the Clyde Navigation Trust launches GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS were busy on the River, even in the middle of the night.  What was their occupation ?

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Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland) in January 1963.

From Sean R  (Larne, Northern Ireland)

   Thanks very much for showing the ships bringing explosives from Irvine to Carrickfergus in January 1963.   After 53 years I've now found out the two ships in the photographs, CASCADE the Dutch coaster and LADY ANSTRUTHER of ICI.    Sean R.


 

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   Please use the "Contact us" button and tell the team in as much detail as possible so that we can try to provide items which are of interest to you.

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Netherlands coaster MADO in 1963

   In January 1963 the Groningen registered coaster MADO was at Irvine, Scotland, having arrived with a cargo of 200 tons of fertilizer from Rotterdam.   Does anyone have any information or details of this ship

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CARGOES FOR BEIRA BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ONLY

I see from the sailing notices (such as in SYDNEY STAR) that cargoes for Beira in East Africa are often accepted by special arrangement only.  Why by special arrangement ?

  Charlie and Misty Fennelly, New Jersey. U.S.A.

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Holland America cargo ship DUIVENDYK

Holland America cargo ship DUIVENDYK was at Glasgow from August 27 1959 to September 2 1959 loading scrap metal for Japan.   Does anyone have any information about this vessel.


 

Information needed on cargo ship KORBACH in 1958

 

KORBACH was closing for receiving cargo in Glasgow on 25 July 1958 and loading for the Great Lakes, Detroit and Chicago.    She was probably on a charter by Anchor Line or Head Line or Cunard Line.

 

Does anyone have any information on KORBACH ?


 

“Conducting their business in Great Waters” series

Just to say how much we enjoy reading your “Conducting their business in Great Waters” series.   Really good to read of BENDORAN at Zamboanga and DURBAN CASTLE at St. Helena Island and British India’s KENYA at Zanzibar. And Misty appreciates the diary of Donaldson Line's LETITIA that you included for her.  This is the only website that brings the voyages to life.   Even the kids read it and are sure learning their world geography.   Charlie and Misty Fennelly,  New Jersey. U.S.A (Misty was born in Canada and her family were Pilots on Saint Lawrence)


WHERE IS " PULO BOKOM "

On 5th January 1957 Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel CALCHAS was at Pulo Bokom.   It's not on Wikipedia.   Where is Pulo Bokom ?

"Hydatina" of Croydon, England, writes :

Pulau Bukom, also known as Pulau Bukum, is a small island belonging to Singapore that is located about five kilometres to the south of the main island of Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore. The size of Pulau Bukom is about 1.45 km².   Royal Dutch Shell Group had a refinery there which I visited a number of times on Shell U.K. Tankers.

Note : The event for CALCHAS has been amended accordingly.


MEANING OF CERTAIN SHIPPING DESCRIPTIONS
Mandy Skinner writes :
   I teach Modern Studies and Geography and my classes use this amazing website to learn of the trade and shipping business on the Clyde from the 1950's, and how the Port of Glasgow and Britain supplied to, and received goods from, every part of the world.
   However, as a non-sailor, I am mystified as to the actual meanings of some descriptions regarding ships.   Can someone please enlighten me ?
   The terms are
   
   Gross tonnage
   Net tonnage
   Deadweight tonnage
   Loading coal or oil bunkers / bunkered
   The ship was "ranging"
   On the ground
   Stevedore
   Longshoremen
   Bad spillage while unloading cargo  (I would have thought that any spillage was bad)
   Dragging her anchor
   Hopper barge
   Canting in Prince's Dock
   Shifting along the wall
   Palm oil cargo
   Shelphate
   Weatherbound / Windbound 
   Cleaning tanks  (as in the ship TULIPBANK)
   Fitting out
   Thank you,   Mandy Skinner

 

A question about Alfred Holt and the King George V Dock in Glasgow

Jim Alison e-mails :   Your event of 25th August 1958 tells that Blue Funnel's PELEUS loaded a 6-ton lift by "Holt's crane".   Did Alfred Holt have a company crane at Glasgow, or could it be the ship's own derrick that was used. ?


CLAN MACINTOSH and help needed on the origin of three launches loaded at Glasgow.

On 9th July 1958 CLAN MACINTOSH loaded 3 launches by her own gear at Glasgow.   The launches came from "Mechano / Medano.   Please have a look at the image, which has been enlarged, and see if you can throw some light on the launches.


Scottish motor coaster PIBROCH built in 1956 by Scott & Sons of Bowling

Does anyone have details of her owners and employment after being sold by Scottish Malt Distillers Company ?


CAN YOU HELP  The oilers "Invertest, Apexity and Clanity" are noted as daily supplying bunker fuel oil to vessels. Have you any images or information on these three ships. ? 

A. Manson replies: Apexity and Clanity were owned by F.T Everard later taken over by Fisher.


CAN YOU HELP   Ore ships at General Terminus Quay .....when leaving, they left Terminus Quay astern.... where were they turned, to go downriver ahead.  Did they turn in Princes Dock...or at Yorkhill Basin...or at King George V Dock ?

  A. Manson replies "Ore carriers leaving General Terminus Quay were canted at Princes Dock ; the area inside the entrance was known as the Canting Basin."


CAN YOU HELP   Glasgow fire-boat "St. Mungo"    Billy and Terry Kelly noted that Glasgow had a fire-boat named "St. Mungo" operated by Glasgow Fire Service, moored at Yorkhill Quay at the entrance to Queens Dock,  and crewed by firemen based in Yorkhill Fire Station (just across the road from Yorkhill Quay.)  Does anyone have a photograph of "St. Mungo" ?

A. Manson replies :Photographs and history the early and latter St. Mungo Fireboats can be seen by going on website "St. Mungo Fireboat"


CAN YOU HELP    Blue funnel liner "Pyrrhus" is shown as arriving on 16th July 1958 (see the image) at berth 3 King George V Dock, head South, bow 5 1/2 ...something...into berth 4.   Any idea what the 5 1/2 something is ?


Ref. "Pyrrhus Berthing. The large timber or metal doors on the dockside of the cargo sheds are referred to as Blinds. There may six or seven of these so the bow or stern of a vessel may be sited in a position relative to the blinds.


CAN YOU HELP   The coaster "Salling" arrived at KG5 on 16th July 1958 from " G.at ? " (see the image)  Can anyone hazard a guess what the place "G....at" is ?

A Manson replies "Destination of "Salling" could possibly have Ghent, Belgium."


CAN YOU HELP.   Princes Dock logbook shows these vessels arriving, but the writing is hard to read.   Can you make out the names?

          

Click on these images to enlarge them

First is maybe.... Cruzeiro Do Sul

Below it is maybe.... Templar

Further down is maybe... Kaduna ...or Kadura

Further down maybe... La Manche

Just below that ......Barbanihalis (or something)

Still further down..... Prins W J or G Frerderick

And also on that page for 28th June at 2045 arrives "Somme" at berth 65 annexe.   I had never heard of "65 annexe"     Can anyone enlighten me? 

A Manson replies "berth 65 Plantation was an Annex abutting on the West end of Mavisbank Quay."    and Kaduna was owned by Paddy Henderson, vessels trading to Burma and associated areas.

Prinz Willem 1V and Prinz W J Fredrick were owned by Dutch Company Oranje Lijn and traded to, and spent some time in the Great Lakes.


CAN YOU HELP   What is the name of this ship?  Is it Sunnarhav or Sunnanhav.  She arrived in Glasgow on 6th July 1965.  Just to allow continuity of entering details, the ship is listed in events as being "Sunnanhav" unless otherwise corrected.

A Manson replies : "Sunnanhan" could possibly have been owned by Saguenay Terminals who prefixed several of their ships names by "Sun"


CAN YOU HELP   The vessel "Mango" or "Manyo" arrived at Princes Dock from Ardrossan on 14th July 1965, draft 5' 10" forard and 12' 8" aft, which would be the draft of a coaster.  But the logbook shows her sailing on 18th July for Three Rivers (Canada) draft forard 17' 07" and aft 19' 06"   Any thoughts or information on this vessel would be welcome. 


THANKS FOR THE MEMORY   Mrs  Margaret Buckner e-mails from Canada.

"I was browsing and chanced on your website, and was astonished to discover mention of the Donaldson ships taking passengers from Princes Dock to Montreal.   I was a little girl in 1960 when my folks emigrated from Kirkintilloch to Canada on Laurentia, and it was a very rough crossing, but was calm when we passed Newfoundland.  The mention of "Laurentia" brought the memories flooding back, having been forgotten for 50 years. Thanks for bringing back the memory.


CAN YOU HELP   : This interesting little advert was in the 23rd June 1906 issue of "Largs and Millport Weekly News"   Note the early start for the days sailing, and the unusual name "Bute 4"     Any information on the firm or the vessels?   Click on the image to enlarge it to full size.

     

A Manson replies: For full history on SS Bute suggest Logging on" SS Bute at Greenock" With information regarding builders of same and SS Kyle then follow Princess Alice Disaster where all will be revealed re ultimate fate of Vessel. 


CAN YOU HELP  : The vessel "Cedric" arrived at KG5 on 10th October 1967. It's difficult to decipher where she came from.  Any suggestions?  Click on the image to enlarge it.

A Manson writes : 
The "Cedric" which arrived at KG5 dock 10th October 1967 would have come from Napier, New Zealand, where she would have loaded refrigerated cargo, e.g. lamb, butter, etc. This was a regular run for vessels belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company.

A Manson writes :

Ref. the "Cedric" The port referred to is Napier New Zealand.


CAN YOU HELP   This vessel "Stern" or "Stein" arrived KG5.   Is the name "Stern" or "Stein"    Click on the image to enlarge it.


CAN YOU HELP   : What is the name of this 1967 arrival.  Click on the image to enlarge it.


CAN YOU HELP  : Falcon Reefer arrived from USA and Newfoundland.   Which was the USA port concerned?   Click on the image to enlarge it.

A MANSON replies: Gloucester Massachusetts USA is on of America's oldest Ports.


CAN YOU HELP  : Harrison's "Statesman" in Jan 1968 at Shieldhall Riverside Quay conducted an engine test.   What is the word after the test.  Click on the image to enlarge it.

A Manson writes :

Ref. the engine test on "Statesman" at Riverside Shieldhall . The engines would have been run on slow speed. Vessels having such must be securely moored probably with insurance wires as an added precaution .


MANOEUVERING ON THE RIVER   : Jim Allison e-mails that when a vessel was moving on the river Clyde and passing the entrances to Rivers Kelvin, Cart and Leven, after heavy rainfall, the amount of water coming off these rivers would hit any passing vessel on the side and tend to push her in the opposite direction.  You needed a strong steady hand on the wheel at these points.


CAN YOU HELP  :  On 3rd May 1965 a vessel "DCV 401" arrived.  Any information on that vessel ?


THE BIG EX-BP TANKER AT PLANTATION.    : Jim Allison writes that a big ex-BP tanker which lay at Plantation for some time, around 1980, and was leaving for breaking in the far east, was towed astern downriver to Shieldhall and her stern put into KG5, and she was turned there to go downstream ahead.   He doesn't remember the name.


SEAMEN'S MISSION AT YORKHILL/SCOTSTOUN  ; Tam Thomson asks if anyone remembers the "Seamens Mission" at Yorkhill or Scotstoun in 1970s, run by pensioners/church, where seamen/retired sailors could get a hearty cooked meal at a reasonable price.

A Manson replies; 

There once was a"Flying Angel " Seamens Club in York Street Glasgow long since gone. There is still a Stella Maris Club for seamen situated at 937 Dumbarton Road Yoker Glasgow open several days a week .It is affiliated to St. Brendans Church on Kelso Street close by.

Tam Thomson replies: Much appreciated for your answer Mr Manson. I didn't know about the Flying Angel but you have made me think.  was there a seamens club beside the Clyde Shipping offices at the suspension bridge.  The stella Maris, yes that is the very one.  I had a dinner in there must be twenty years ago. the ladies had finished meals but made me one specially when i came in.  Its great that you have brought back memory and i like all your ansers to the help bit as you really know your stuff about the clyde.  Have a good new year mr Manson, and Douglas please keep up the internet site as it is great to read about the ships at Glasgow, and i hope you have a good new year to. 

A Manson replies:Re the Stella Maris Club which may stir a memory of the subscriber. It was for many years situated in Carlton Place on the South side of the Upper Clyde close to the Suspension Bridge.


MEXICAN WARSHIPS IN PRINCE'S DOCK  ; Joe Barrowman asks if anyone remembers some "Mexican ?" frigates which visited Princes Dock in early 1970s.