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What/When	Ship
News Event Thursday, May 8, 2025 @ 1450	WAVERLEY (1974 > Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd)	Own Page
WAVERLEY at Largs Pier (Firth of Clyde) and on trials in Largs Bay
Ship's location Largs Pier (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Arrived from Custom House Quay, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 693 Sailing for Trials in Largs Bay Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no passengers on board Ships agent Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
14:45   WAVERLEY had earlier arrived at Largs Pier from her overnight berth at Custom House Quay, Greenock, and was preparing to leave for trials in Largs Bay   14:51   WAVERLEY gives a wheezy blast of her whistle .... which drew the attention of people promenading on the promenade ... and begins to move astern, backing off the pier     14:52   WAVERLEY backs off from Largs Pier   15:05   LOCH SHIRA had just left Cumbrae Slip (which is just to the right side of her) and WAVERLEY passes her port side-to-port side   15:07   LOCH SHIRA had just left Cumbrae Slip for Largs and WAVERLEY crosses astern of her   15:09   WAVERLEY approaching Largs Pier   15:11   WAVERLEY arrives at Largs Pier as LOCH SHIRA leaves for Cumbrae Slip    15:23   WAVERLEY leaves Largs Pier and heads across Largs Bay and returning to Greenock
News Event Thursday, May 8, 2025 @ 1445	ALBA VENTURER (1999- Bermudan ketch 70 feet (21.33m) overall of Ocean Youth Trust, Scotland)	Own Page
ALBA VENTURER anchored off Largs Esplanade, in Largs Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Anchored off Largs Esplanade, in Largs Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Arrived from Greenock (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 58.83 tonnes Cargo carried on arrival Youth crew members
Alba Venturer Alba Venturer is a Bermudan ketch designed and built by the world class Oyster Marine Ltd in 1998/99, and launched in March 1999. Our Patrons, Curly and Barbara Mills, supported the building of a new vessel as a gift to the young people of Scotland. It has a standard Oyster 70′ hull but fitted to Ocean Youth Trust Scotland’s exact specifications for sail training. Yacht specifications Nationality: British Home Port: Greenock, Scotland Sail Number: OYTS 1 Rig: Bermudan Ketch Hull: GRP Size overall: 21.33 metres (70 feet) Beam: 5.27 metres (17.3 feet) Draught: 2.47 metres (8.13 feet) Mast Height: 25.532 metres (83.75 feet) Gross Tonnage: 58.83 tonnes Engine: 135hp Sabre Diesel Generator: Northern Lights 5.5Kw Engine Speed: 8 knots Sea Staff: 6 Crew Berths: 12 And some of the youth crew members enjoying a trip ashore at Largs
News Event Wednesday, July 20, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	USS BORIE (1944-1972 Allan M Sumner-class Destroyer DD-704 : 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) overall of United States Navy : 1984 scrapped)	Own Page
In 1966 United States Navy Destroyer USS BORIE arrives at Leith in Firth of Forth on goodwill visit
Ship's location Port of Leith (near Edinburgh, Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry United States Navy Vessel Master Part of an anti-submarine warfare group commanded by Rear Admiral Paul E. Hartmann
USS Borie wearing camouflage paint, date and location unknown. History United States Name Borie Namesake Adolph E. Borie Builder Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Laid down 29 February 1944 Launched 4 July 1944 Commissioned 21 September 1944 Decommissioned 1 July 1972 Stricken 1 July 1972 Fate To Argentina 1 July 1972 Argentina Name Hipólito Bouchard Namesake Hippolyte de Bouchard Acquired 1 July 1972 Decommissioned 1984 Stricken 1984 Identification D-26 Fate Broken up for scrap 1984 General characteristics Class & type Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Displacement 2,200 tons Length 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) Beam 40 ft (12 m) Draft 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) Propulsion 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers Speed 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) Range 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) Complement 336 Armament 6 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns 12 × 40 mm AA guns, 11 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks
News Event Wednesday, July 20, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	USS RANDOLPH (1953-1969 Essex-class Aircraft Carrier CVS-15 : 888 feet (271 m) overall of United States Navy : 1975 scrapped)	Own Page
In 1966 United States Navy Aircraft Carrier USS RANDOLPH arrives in Firth of Forth on goodwill visit
Ship's location Anchored near Inchkeith Island (Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry United States Navy Vessel Master Part of an anti-submarine warfare group commanded by Rear Admiral Paul E. Hartmann
USS Randolph underway on 25 October 1959 History United States Name Randolph Namesake Peyton Randolph Builder Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Laid down 10 May 1943 Launched 28 June 1944 Commissioned 9 October 1944 Decommissioned 25 February 1948 Recommissioned 1 July 1953 Decommissioned 13 February 1969 Reclassified CVA-15, 1 October 1952 CVS-15, 31 March 1959 Stricken 1 June 1973 Fate Scrapped, 24 May 1975 General characteristics Class & type Essex-class aircraft carrier Displacement 27,100 long tons (27,500 t) standard Length 888 feet (271 m) overall Beam 93 feet (28 m) Draft 28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m) Installed power 8 × boilers 150,000 shp (110 MW) Propulsion 4 × geared steam turbines 4 × shafts Speed 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) Complement 3448 officers and enlisted Armament 12 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 32 × Bofors 40 mm guns 46 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons Armor Belt: 4 in (102 mm) Hangar deck: 2.5 in (64 mm) Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) Conning tower: 1.5 inch Aircraft carried 90–100 aircraft
News Event Thursday, July 14, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	TRYGGHEIM (in 1966 Fish Carrier)	Own Page
Norwegian fish carrier TRYGGHEIM landed 638 cases of Norwegian herring at Peterhead (Scotland)
Arrived in berth Peterhead (North-East Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Norway Cargo carried on arrival Fish : 638 cases of Norwegian herring
News Event Friday, July 15, 1966 @ 0800		Own Page
1966 Advert for First Mates on 2-year contract to Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., Singapore
News Event Friday, July 15, 1966 @ 1700	S. A. PIONEER (1966-1972 was formerly SOUTH AFRICAN PIONEER (1957-1966) General cargo ship 491 feet long of South African Marine Corporation, Kaapstad : 1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan))	Own Page
S. A. PIONEER closes at South Wales (UK) for receiving cargo for South Africa
Ship's location Port in South Wales (UK) Port of Registry Kaapstad (pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town") Sailing for Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Lourenco Marques and Beira Ships agent F. W. Allan & Ker Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Tel. CENtral 0925 / 8
News Event Friday, July 22, 1966 @ 1700	RAVNEFJELL (1955-1967 General cargo liner 304 feet long of A/S Falkefjell / Olsen & Ugelstad, Norway : Scrapped 1985)	Own Page
RAVNEFJELL closes at Glasgow for cargo for Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Oslo (Norway) Sailing for Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago Ships agent J. C. Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow C.1. Tel. DOUglas 7101
News Event Monday, August 1, 1966 @ 1700	GEERTJE BUISMAN (1958-1970 General cargo ship 263 feet 80,17 metres long of N.V. R. Buisman's Koninklijke Fabriek van Gebrande Suikerpoeder, Zwartsluis, Netherlands)	Own Page
GEERTJE BUISMAN on time charter to Donaldson Line closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Canada
Ship's location Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Zwartsluis, Netherlands Sailing for Montreal (Province of Quebec, Canada) Toronto (Canada) and Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
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News Event Tuesday, July 19, 1966 @ 1700	LISMORIA (1948 - 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 455 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Tatwan)	Own Page
LISMORIA at Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland) closes for receiving cargo for Montreal (Canada)
Ship's location Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailing for Montreal (Province of Quebec, Canada) Gross Tonnage 8323 Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
Lismoria was built in 1945 by California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, California as the "Taos Victory" for the United States War Shipping Administration. In 1946 she was chartered by the British Ministry of Transport for service as a troopship to return British servicemen home from overseas, and transferred to British registry,managed by Furness, Withy and Co Ltd In 1947 the Americans sold "Taos Victory" to the Ministry of Transport, with Furness Withy remaining as managers In 1948 she was bought by Donaldson Line, Glasgow, and converted to a passenger/cargo ship with accommodation for 55 first-class passengers, and renamed" Lismoria" and employed on the company's UK service to Canada's East coast and St. Lawrence. In 1967 "Lismoria" was sold to Astroguarda Cia Nav. S.A., Greece, and renamed " Neon" and, later that year she was sold for demolition at shipbreakers at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
News Event Tuesday, July 19, 1966 @ 1700	INVENTOR (1964-1981 General cargo ship 150m 493 feet long with 150 ton Stulcken derrick of Charente Steamship Co / T & J Harrison, Liverpool : 1985 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
INVENTOR closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for west, south and east Africa
Ship's location Birkenhead (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailing for Lobito, Durban, Lourenco Marques, Beira and Mauritius Gross Tonnage 8,813 Ships agent Thos. & Jas. Harrison Ltd., Mersey Chambers, Old Churchyard, Liverpool, 2 Telephone CENtral 5611 Deadweght Tonnage 10,840
News Event Saturday, July 16, 1966 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	DEVONIA (1962 - 1967 an educational cruise ship carrying passengers 517 feet long of British India Line, London : 1968 scrapped La Spezia, Italy)	Own Page
DEVONIA leaves Greenock with 900 bird-watchers on a cruise to study Scottish sea-bird colonies
Ship's location Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Sailing for 7-day cruise around Scotland on a bird-watching expedition Net Tonnage 7,166 Outward cargo 900 Passengers Gross Tonnage 12,795
DEVONIA was built in 1939 as the troopship DEVONSHIRE for Bibby Line, Liverpool, and in 1962 Bibby's sold her to British India Line, London, for £175,000 for conversion to an educational cruise ship carrying 194 cabin passengers and 834 dormitory passengers. British India renamed her DEVONIA. Conversion was made by Barclay Curle, Whiteinch, Glasgow, and DEVONIA entered service with BI in Easter 1962. For 5 years she carried school parties and special interest groups to generally Scandanavian and Mediterranean ports, and, on 15th December 1967, having completed 110 educational cruises, she was sold to Cantieri Navali ‘Santa Maria’, Genoa, Italy, to be broken up. Demolition began at La Spezia, Italy, in January 1968. DEVONIA was replaced by the educational cruise ship UGANDA of British India Line,
News Event Tuesday, July 12, 1966 @ 1800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	COLINA (1960-1967 general cargo liner 294 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
COLINA left Glasgow (Scotland, UK) for Montreal (Canada)
Sailing for Montreal (the largest city of the Canadian Province of Quebec) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailed from berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Monday, July 11, 1966 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	GEERTJE BUISMAN (1958-1970 General cargo ship 263 feet 80,17 metres long of N.V. R. Buisman's Koninklijke Fabriek van Gebrande Suikerpoeder, Zwartsluis, Netherlands)	Own Page
GEERTJE BUISMAN on Donaldson Line charter from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) at Montreal (Canada)
Ship's location Montreal (the largest city of the Canadian Province of Quebec) Port of Registry Zwartsluis, Netherlands Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Wednesday, July 13, 1966 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	ALAUNIA (1960-1969 Cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line)	Own Page
ALAUNIA from Liverpool (England) at New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK
Ship's location New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived from Liverpool (England, UK)
ALAUNIA served Cunard from 1960 to 1969 then was transferred to Brocklebank Line, Liverpool, and renamed "MALANCHA." Built by W. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow(yard no. 522) as the ALAUNIA and launched on 12/5/1960, completed late 1960 for owners Cunard SS Co. Liverpool. Propulsion: 2 Steam turbines geared to a single shaft of 10000 SHP giving a speed of 17.5 knots. Renamed MALANCHA in 1969, same owners. Sold in 1971 to Soja Shipping(Liberia) Inc. Panama and renamed Humi Nasita. Sold in 1973 to Ocean Tramping Co. Ltd Mogadishu, Somalia and renamed Yungming. Sold in 1975 to Chinese Govt. Guangzhou, China and renamed Hong Qi 108. She was deleted from Lloyds Register in 1993
News Event Wednesday, July 13, 1966 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	CARINTHIA (1955-1968 Passenger / cargo liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
CARINTHIA from Liverpool (England) at Montreal (the largest city of the Canadian Province of Quebec)
Ship's location Montreal (the largest city of the Canadian Province of Quebec) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived from Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 21,947
News Event Tuesday, July 12, 1966 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	CARMANIA (1962-1973 Dual purpose Passenger liner / Cruise liner IMO 5064324 : formerly SAXONIA 1954-1963 : 608 feet 185m of Cunard Line : 117 1st class, 764 tourist class passengers)	Own Page
CARMANIA at Quebec City (pronounced KIB-BECK : the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec)
Ship's location Quebec City (pronounced KIB-BECK : the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec) Port of Registry Southampton (England, UK) Arrived from Southampton (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 21,370
News Event Wednesday, July 13, 1966 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	QUEEN MARY (1936-1940 Passenger liner 1,019.4 ft (310.7 m) of Cunard Line: 1940-1946 Troopship: 1946-1967 returned to service with Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
QUEEN MARY at Southampton (England, UK) from New York (USA)
Ship's location Southampton (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived from New York (USA)
News Event Wednesday, July 13, 1966 @ 1800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	BENARMIN (1963-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENARMIN left Aden (Yemen) for Singapore
Sailing for Singapore Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Sailed from berth Aden (Yemen) Net Tonnage 6,486 Gross Tonnage 11,362 Deadweght Tonnage 13,015
News Event Thursday, July 14, 1966 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	BENLARIG (1961-1969 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENLARIG at Hong Kong for Manila (Philippines)
Ship's location Hong Kong Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Manila (Philippines)
News Event Thursday, July 14, 1966 @ 1800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	BENLAWERS (1944-1968 General cargo ship 475 feet long of Ben Line / William Thomson Company, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENLAWERS left Penang (Malaysia) for Aden (Yemen)
Sailing for Aden (Yemen) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Penang (Malaysia) Net Tonnage 4,646 Gross Tonnage 7,804
News Event Thursday, July 14, 1966 @ 0800 DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only	BENVORLICH (1946-1971 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENVORLICH at Nagoya (Japan)
Ship's location Nagoya (Japan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Gross Tonnage 9,767
News Event Monday, July 18, 1966 @ 1700	ADMINISTRATOR (1958 - 1978 General cargo ship 489 feet long of T & J Harrison's Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
ADMINISTRATOR closes at Liverpool for receiving cargo for West Indies / Caribbean ports
Ship's location Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Sailing for Kingston, Vera Cruz, Tampico, Belize, Puerto Barrios, Puerto Matias and Degalvez Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Thos. & Jas. Harrison Ltd., Mersey Chambers, Old Churchyard, Liverpool, 2 Telephone CENtral 5611
ADMINISTRATOR was loading cargo for Kingston (Jamaica), Vera Cruz (Eastern Mexico), Tampico (Mexico), Belize (a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America), Puerto Barrios (Guatemala), Puerto Matias (Guatemala) and Degalvez.    ADMIN NOTE ABOUT DEGALVEZ: we cannot find which country that Degalvez is in.   Can anyone or an ex-Harrison help ?
News Event Thursday, July 10, 2025 @ 1310		Own Page
What puffer was in Campbeltown when the Queen visited in 1958 ?
Ship's location Campbeltown (Kintyre, Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Coal
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail 10 July 2025 From Jimmy    I was at school at Campbeltown in 1958 and lived in a farm on the road to Macrihanish.    The Queen visited the town in the summer and everyone came to see her.   After she had gone me and my pals went to the pier and looked at a puffer.   It was bringing a load of coal and the captain let us look around it and gave us all a wee bit of coal to prove to our folks that we had been on the boat.    Its a long shot but do you know what puffer it was.   Jimmy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
News Event Sunday, October 5, 2008 @ 0900 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969-2008 Passenger Liner IMO 6725418 : 963 ft (293.5 m) overall of Cunard Line, London / Trafalgar House / Carnival Corporation)	Own Page
Postcard of Liner QUEEN ELIZABETH 11 in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Southampton (England, UK) Net Tonnage 37,218 / 37,182 Gross Tonnage 65,863 / 70,327
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News Event Saturday, July 1, 1950 @ 1200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	ST NINIAN (1950-1979 Passenger / cargo ferry IMO 182025 : 285.7 feet overall of North of Scotland Orkney & Shetland Shipping Company, Aberdeen : 1991 scrapped at Guayaqui, Ecuador)	Own Page
Postcard of ST NINIAN (1950-1979) of North of Scotland Orkney & Shetland Shipping Company, Aberdeen
Port of Registry Aberdeen (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 1,232 Gross Tonnage 2,244 Deadweght Tonnage 935
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News Event Thursday, July 10, 2025 @ 0930 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ATLANTIC TWIN (2014- Oil / chemical tanker 149.6m long of Reederei TMS Atlantic Tween GmbH & Co KG ( Carl F.Peters GmbH & Co KG Hamburg as manager ) Hamburg)	Own Page
ATLANTIC TWIN discharging oil grades at the Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (Scotland)
Ship's location Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Gibraltar Arrived from Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) Net Tonnage 4,082 Cargo carried on arrival Oil grades Gross Tonnage 10,549 Deadweght Tonnage 15,212
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News Event Friday, June 16, 1967 @ 1800	CITY OF DURBAN (1954-1971 Passenger / cargo liner 541 feet overall of Ellerman Lines Ltd./ Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company, London : 1974 scrapped))	Own Page
Dinner Menu for Ellerman & Bucknall's CITY OF DURBAN on 16 June 1967
Port of Registry London (England, UK) Net Tonnage 7,523 Gross Tonnage 13,345 Deadweght Tonnage 11,400
News Event Wednesday, July 9, 2025 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	VOX ALEXIA (2022 < LNG Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger IMO 9891763 : 137.5m overall of Van Oord, Rotterdam)	Own Page
Hopper Dredger VOX ALEXIA passing Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) heading upriver for Glasgow
Ship's location Off Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) ... heading upriver for Glasgow Port of Registry Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Arrived from Spoil dumping grounds in Firth of Clyde (roughly midway between Gourock Pier and Blairmore) Sailing for Dredging area at King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board
Contributed by Robert McManus These four lovely images show hopper dredger VOX ALEXIA in the River Clyde (Scotland) off the town of Clydebank, and, having earlier dumped her load of spoil at the dumping ground at the entrance to Loch Long was now making her way upriver to resume dredging around King George V Dock at Glasgow.    The first image shows the small tug / workboat MEDWIN OWL leaving the dredger for Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, having made a moving crew change for VOX ALEXIA.
News Event Wednesday, July 9, 2025 @ 0927	ROYSTERER (in 1980s Large ocean-going tug of Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, London)	Own Page
Royal Maritime Auxiliary tugs ROLLICKER and ROYSTERER at Gourock in 1980s
Ship's location Cardwell Bay Jetty, Gourock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ E-mail from Sandra B (Gourock) 9 July 2025    The other day was walking at Cardwell Bay, Gourock and reminded of the large, powerful ocean-going Auxiliary tugs ... think their names were ROLLICKER and ROYSTERER .... which were stationed at the jetty in 1980s.     When at Gourock they seemed immobile, seemingly stationary there for weeks or months on end.    Why were they there and why Cardwell Bay.   The long spindly jetty was quite a strange place to berth an ocean going tug.    Sandra B. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LADY SOPHIA (1961-1968 General cargo ship 265 feet 80.7m overall of Downlands Shipping Inc, Monrovia : 1981 scrapped at Perama Greece)	Own Page
LADY SOPHIA outbound with general cargo for Italy passes Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock
Ship's location Outbound and passing Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Monrovia (Liberia) Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 1,271 Sailing for Genoa (Italy) Outward cargo General cargo
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ARCADIAN (1960 - 1974 General cargo liner 366 feet long of Ellerman & Papayanni Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
ARCADIAN outbound with general cargo for Cyprus passes Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock
Ship's location Outbound and passing Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Famagusta (Cyprus)
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PORT VICTOR (1948-1970 General / refridgerated cargo liner 529 feet overall of Port Line, London : 1970 scrapped)	Own Page
PORT VICTOR outbound passes Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock
Ship's location Outbound and passing Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 10,390
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LES (in 1966 general cargo coaster at Glasgow and Famagusta, Cyprus)	Own Page
LES outbound with general cargo for Cyprus passes Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock
Ship's location Passing Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Famagusta (Cyprus) Outward cargo General cargo
News Event Thursday, February 3, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LOCH SEAFORTH (1947-1973 Passenger / cargo vessel 240 feet 70m long of David MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow : Scrapped in Troon in 1973)	Own Page
LOCH SEAFORTH outbound for West Highlands passes Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock
Ship's location Passing Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 497 Sailing for West Highlands of Scotland (UK) Gross Tonnage 1,090 Outward cargo General cargo Deadweght Tonnage 976
News Event Thursday, February 3, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SPICA (in 1966 Oil Tanker in Clyde)	Own Page
Tanker SPICA outbound for Milford Haven passes Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock
Ship's location Passing Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Arrived from Dunglass Oil Terminal (near Bowling, River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Sailing for Milford Haven (Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK) Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board
News Event Thursday, February 3, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	AMERICAN PRESS (1948-1967 General cargo ship 460 feet overall of United States Line, New York : 1971 scrapped)	Own Page
AMERICAN PRESS with general cargo for New York passes Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock
Ship's location Passing Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry New York (USA) Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 9,150 Sailing for New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK ... all in one quick word Outward cargo General cargo
News Event Thursday, February 3, 1966 @ 1000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CLONLEE (1965-1973 General cargo coaster 183 feet long of Shamrock Shipping/ C.S. Brown / George Bell, Dublin = formerly ICI's CALCIUM)	Own Page
CLONLEE arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock with gypsum from Dundalk (Ireland / Eire)
Ship's location Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Dublin (Ireland / Eire) Arrived from Dundalk (County Louth, Ireland / Eire) Net Tonnage 292 Cargo carried on arrival Gypsum Gross Tonnage 643 Deadweght Tonnage 838
News Event Thursday, February 3, 1966 @ 0900 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CITY OF LICHFIELD ( 1961 - 1978 General cargo liner 433 feet long of Ellerman Line, London)	Own Page
CITY OF LICHFIELD arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock from Cardiff (South Wales, UK)
Ship's location Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London Arrived from Cardiff (South Wales, UK)
News Event Thursday, February 3, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CAPE FRANKLIN ( 1959- 1974 Ore carrier 524 feet long of Lyle Shipping Company, Glasgow : Scrapped 1988)	Own Page
CAPE FRANKLIN arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock with iron ore from Murmansk
Ship's location Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage off Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Murmansk (Russia) Gross Tonnage 11,815 Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore Deadweght Tonnage 15,500
News Event Monday, July 7, 2025 @ 1145	ALFRED (2019- Ro-ro passenger catamaran ferry 84m overall on charter to Caledonian MacBrayne from Pentland Ferries)	Own Page
Catamaran ALFRED on time charter to Caledonian MacBrayne on lay-by at Port of Ayr (Scotland)
Ship's location Berth 3 River Berth, Port of Ayr, Ayr (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Kirkwall (Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 2,991 Deadweght Tonnage 466
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News Event Wednesday, November 21, 1956 @ 1300 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ANTILLES (1953-1971 Passenger Liner of Compagnie Generale Transatlantique French Line, Le Havre	Own Page
Postcard of French Liner ANTILLES at Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean
Ship's location Guadeloupe (an overseas department and region of France in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean) Port of Registry Le Havre (France)
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News Event Sunday, July 9, 1961 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SAVE ( < 1961 Passenger / cargo liner of Compahnia Nacional)	Own Page
250 people feared dead after Portuguese Liner SAVE grounds at Mozambique (East Africa)
Ship's location Mouth of the Tinide River, Mozambique (East Africa) Port of Registry Portugal Gross Tonnage 2,037
News Event Saturday, March 21, 1936 @ 1200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	QUEEN MARY (1936-1940 Passenger liner 1,019.4 ft (310.7 m) of Cunard Line: 1940-1946 Troopship: 1946-1967 returned to service with Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Cunard Liner QUEEN MARY leaving John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK)
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News Event Monday, July 7, 2025 @ 0615	CALEDONIAN ISLES (1993- Passenger and vehicle ferry 308 feet 94m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne bid to reclaim costs for fault-prone Arran Ferry CALEDONIAN ISLES
Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Gross Tonnage 5,221
From BBC Scotland online news 7 July 2025 CalMac bid to reclaim costs for fault-prone Arran ferry Image source,Christopher Brindle Image caption, MV Caledonian Isles is now back at Greenock after new technical problems delayed its long-awaited return Calum Watson BBC News   Ferry operator CalMac is trying to recover millions of pounds of repair costs for a ship that has been out of action for 18 months - and is still not fixed. The repair bill for MV Caledonian Isles, which has been sidelined from the Arran route since January 2024, has already risen to nearly £11m. CalMac is now seeking compensation from Cammell Laird over problems discovered when the ship returned to Scotland last September, after the Merseyside firm carried out the first phase of work. The claim relates to deformation of the ship's hull, which has required months of remedial work. Cammell Laird has declined to comment. The £10.8m repair bill for the vessel is equivalent to a quarter of last year's maintenance budget for the entire CalMac fleet. The publicly-owned ferry operator confirmed to BBC Scotland News that action was under way to recover some of those repair costs following an investigation into the cause of the hull deformity. "As this is commercially sensitive and subject to legal proceedings, we cannot comment further," it said in a statement. Image source,Dan Hitchens Image caption, Caledonian Isles spent months in dry dock at Birkenhead last year   Problems with "Caley Isles", as the ship is known, began in January 2024 when annual maintenance inspections in Scotland revealed extensive steel corrosion. The 32-year-old ship was moved to the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead for a "highly complex" repair operation which required removal of the ship's engines. That meant the ferry had to spend months in a dry dock, a narrow basin which is drained, leaving the ship out of the water and supported by blocks. The work, said at the time to cost around £5m, was completed last September but when the ship sailed back to Scotland the crew noticed a gearbox problem and metal shards were discovered in a filter. Further investigation revealed that eight frames, the ribs of the ship's structural skeleton, were deformed and that more steel replacement was required. CalMac engaged a naval architect to report on the root cause of the deformation, while more repairs were carried out in Greenock, by a different ship repair firm. The ferry was due to resume sailing from Ardrossan last month, but a new fault affecting its variable pitch propellers, essential for manoeuvring in harbour, was identified during sea trials, and the ship is still out of service.   The prolonged absence of MV Caledonian Isles has added to pressures on the west coast ferry network, and had a major impact on Ardrossan where the new Arran ferry MV Glen Sannox is too big to berth safely. Glen Sannox operates instead from Troon, 15 miles down the Ayrshire coast, which involves a longer crossing to Arran and fewer daily sailings. Meanwhile, Ardrossan, normally the main gateway to Arran, has been left without ferry sailings for six months, with campaigners claiming the economy has suffered. Sailing from the port will finally resume later on Monday with the 41-year-old ferry MV Isle of Arran drafted to provide temporary cover during July while Caledonian Isles remains out of action. Why are CalMac's ships breaking down so often? The particular issues facing MV Caledonian Isles are part of a wider problem as CalMac tries to maintain services with an increasingly ageing and unreliable fleet. CalMac does not own its ships - instead it leases them from another government-owned company CMAL which is responsible for harbours and ferry procurement. But CalMac does have to pay for maintenance, which has proven costly due to delays in the provision of new vessels.   The annual repair bill has nearly trebled over the past 10 years. When MV Glen Sannox entered service in January, it was the first new large ship provided to the ferry operator by CMAL in nearly a decade. Half of CalMac's 10 major vessels have now reached or are beyond their 30-year expected service life. Aside from rust issues, there are difficulties replacing equipment which is often so old that spares have to be specially manufactured. To make up for a shortage of vessels CalMac has chartered a catamaran, MV Alfred, from Pentland Ferries at a cost of £1m per month since May 2023. By the time the charter ends in October, it will have paid out around double, external the £14.5m it cost Pentland Ferries to build the vessel. The pressures should begin to ease from next winter onwards as the first of five new major vessels currently under construction for CMAL start to arrive. Image source,CMAL Image caption, MV Isle of Islay, the first of four ships being built in Turkey, should arrive in the autumn   The first of four ships being built in Turkey, MV Isle of Islay, is on track for delivery by the end of September, about a year later than originally planned. The second Turkish ship, MV Loch Indaal, should arrive in the spring of 2026, with the other two following on at six monthly intervals. The long- delayed MV Glen Rosa is expected to be ready by the end of June next year, and is earmarked to join its sister ship MV Glen Sannox on the Arran route., external   urce,
News Event Thursday, February 3, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENARTY (1963-1981 General cargo liner 509 feet long 17.5 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENARTY at Hong Kong for Singapore
Ship's location Hong Kong Port of Registry Leith Sailing for Singapore Net Tonnage 6,152 Gross Tonnage 10,294 Deadweght Tonnage 12,619
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENDEARG (1964-1981 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENDEARG at Bangkok (Thailand) for Hong Kong
Ship's location Bangkok (Thailand) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Hong Kong
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENLARIG (1961-1969 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENLARIG at Suez (Egypt) .. the southern exit from the Suez Canal .... for Aden (Yemen)
Ship's location Suez (Egypt) .. the southern exit from the Suez Canal which leads to the Red Sea) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Aden (Yemen)
News Event Thursday, February 3, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENLOYAL (1959-1978 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : scrapped 1978)	Own Page
BENLOYAL left London (England, UK) for Suez (Egypt) .. the southern exit from the Suez Canal
Sailing for Suez (Egypt) .. the southern exit from the Suez Canal which leads to the Red Sea) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth London (England, UK)
News Event Thursday, February 3, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENMHOR (1952-1973 General cargo ship of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1973 Scrapped)	Own Page
BENMHOR left Bugo (Northern Mindanao, Phillipines) for Manila (Philippines)
Sailing for Manila (Philippines) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Bugo (Northern Mindanao, Phillipines) Gross Tonnage 7,755
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENVENUE (1948-1973 General cargo liner 475 feet long of Ben Line / William Thomson, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENVENUE at Rotterdam (Netherlands) for Hamburg (Germany)
Ship's location Rotterdam (Netherlands) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Hamburg (Germany)
News Event Friday, February 4, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CARONIA (1949-1968 Passenger Cruise liner of Cunard Line, London)	Own Page
CARONIA on cruise due at Port of Spain (on the northwest coast of the island of Trinidad)
Ship's location Port of Spain (is located on the Gulf of Paria, on the northwest coast of the island of Trinidad) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived from Cruise Gross Tonnage 34,274
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CARMANIA (1962-1973 Dual purpose Passenger liner / Cruise liner IMO 5064324 : formerly SAXONIA 1954-1963 : 608 feet 185m of Cunard Line : 117 1st class, 764 tourist class passengers)	Own Page
CARMANIA on cruise left Saint Thomas (one of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea)
Sailing for Cruise Port of Registry Southampton (England, UK) Sailed from berth Saint Thomas is one of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, Gross Tonnage 21,370
News Event Friday, February 4, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CARINTHIA (1955-1968 Passenger / cargo liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
CARINTHIA on cruise due at Liverpool 4 February
Ship's location Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived from Cruise Gross Tonnage 21,947
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SYLVANIA (1957-1968 Passenger liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
SYLVANIA on cruise left Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)
Sailing for Cruise Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) Net Tonnage 11,679 Gross Tonnage 22,017 Deadweght Tonnage 9,345
News Event Tuesday, February 1, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ALAUNIA (1960-1969 Cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line)	Own Page
ALAUNIA from New York (USA) at Liverpool (England, UK)
Ship's location Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived from New York (USA)
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PARTHIA (1963-1971 General cargo ship of Cunard Line, London)	Own Page
PARTHIA from Southampton (England, UK) at London (England, UK)
Ship's location London (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived from Southampton (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 5,586
News Event Sunday, February 6, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	MEDIA (1963-1971 General cargo ship of Cunard Line, London : 1971 sold to Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission renamed BEROONA)	Own Page
MEDIA from New York (USA) due at Liverpool 6 February
Ship's location Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived from New York (USA) Gross Tonnage 5,586
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SAXONIA (1963-1970 General cargo ship of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
SAXONIA from London (England, UK) at New York (USA)
Ship's location New York (USA) Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Arrived from London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 5,586
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SAMARIA (1964-1969 General cargo liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
SAMARIA from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) at Baltimore (Maryland, USA)
Ship's location Baltimore (Maryland, USA) Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Arrived from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)
News Event Tuesday, February 1, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LISMORIA (1948 - 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 455 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Tatwan)	Own Page
LISMORIA left Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) for Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Sailing for Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailed from berth Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) Gross Tonnage 8323
News Event Tuesday, February 1, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SANTONA (1959-1967 General cargo ship 297 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
SANTONA left Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) for Avonmouth (England, UK)
Sailing for Avonmouth (England, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailed from berth Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada)
News Event Wednesday, February 2, 1966 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LETITIA (1961-1967 cargo liner 416 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
LETITIA left Barry (South Wales, UK) for Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Sailing for Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailed from berth Barry (South Wales, UK) Gross Tonnage 4,381 Deadweght Tonnage 6,150
News Event Friday, July 4, 2025 @ 0600		Own Page
Ferguson Marine Shipyard at Port Glasgow needs urgent investment to survive
From BBC Scotland online news 4 July 2025 Shipyard needs urgent investment to survive, MSPs warn Image caption, The Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow was taken into public ownership in 2019 Published 31 minutes ago The publicly-owned Ferguson Marine shipyard needs "urgent investment" to become more competitive and survive, according to a committee of MSPs. The yard has no pipeline of work lined up beyond the ferry MV Glen Rosa, which is expected to be delivered by the middle of next year, raising concern for its future. Holyrood's public audit committee said leadership and governance failings along with the delays and cost overruns building two CalMac ferries had caused "reputational damage", despite the yard's long and proud history. The MSPs said there was no shortage of potential work, and recovery was possible but it would require investment and better oversight. The Port Glasgow shipyard recently missed out on a government-funded order for seven small CalMac ferries, seen as well-suited to its capabilities. During a visit to Ferguson's last month, committee members were told its bid was rated best on quality, but labour costs meant it lost out to a rival shipyard in Poland. The committee said the yard's inability to compete effectively in the open market was, in part, "the result of decades of under investment".   Committee convener Richard Leonard told BBC Scotland News: "When we visited the yard it was obvious that it needed more capital expenditure, but there was no shortage of work out there. "If they were able to compete for the work that's coming on stream, whether it's more smaller vessels for CalMac, or to support the North Sea renewable wind developments, or to support the Border Patrol service, there is lots of work in the pipeline, it's just not going to Ferguson's at the minute." A year ago Scottish ministers promised £14.2m of investment over two years to improve productivity, although it remains unclear how much has yet been delivered. The Labour MSP said he believed about £25m was required to modernise the shipyard effectively. "This is a yard with a distinguished past which could have a distinguished future as well," he said. He added: "There is no doubt that the yard has suffered significant reputational damage and that the workers at Ferguson Marine deserve better, the communities waiting for a new ferry deserve better and the people of Scotland deserve better." Image source,PA Media Image caption, The Glen Sannox entered service in January after a near seven year delay The report raised concerns about a number of recent issues, some of them previously highlighted by the Auditor General. They included: A decision to award two redundancy packages to two senior managers, above the £95,000 public sector threshold, without government approval. Top up salary payments made to an employee of ferries procurement body CMAL who was seconded to the yard's management. He was later redesignated as self-employed and submitted invoices totalling £144,600. In May, Ferguson Marine said the delivery date for Glen Rosa had been pushed back by another nine months and the cost of the ship had increased by up to £35m. The committee expressed "serious concern" at this and urged ministers to give "urgent clarification" about where the additional funds were coming from. Image caption, MV Glen Rosa was launched from the Ferguson slipway in April 2024 but it still requires fitting out work at the quayside The Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow was nationalised in 2019 after contracts for the two dual-fuel ships, Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa, ran into difficulties, and ferries procurement body CMAL rejected claims for extra costs. The last commercial yard on the River Clyde, which employs about 300 workers and apprentices, is now run by a government-owned company Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (FMPG). Delays and design challenges continued under public ownership with the cost of the two ships now about £460m if written-off government loans and money paid out prior to nationalisation are included. The original contract price was £97m. Glen Sannox was finally delivered to CMAL last November, nearly seven years late, and the second ship is due by the end of June 2026. While many competing explanations for the problems have been put forward, there has been broad political consensus that the workforce themselves are not to blame. One of the committee's recommendations is that workforce representatives be given a greater role in board meetings. The MSPs noted that the yard remained hopeful of securing orders for three small CalMac ferries in the second phase of the small vessels replacement programme. A report on their recent site visit also revealed that management had asked ministers to consider directly awarding a forthcoming contract for a replacement for MV Lord of the Isles, an 85m long ferry which was previously built by Ferguson's.
News Event Thursday, January 1, 1959 @ 1000		Own Page
1959 Advert by Blundell & Crompton, Ship Repairs, West India Dock Road, London, UK
News Event Thursday, July 3, 2025 @ 0007		Own Page
Why the world's Super-yachts are getting bigger and bigger
From BBC Online News 3 July 2025 Why the world's superyachts are getting bigger and bigger Image source,Amer Image caption, Superyachts are getting ever larger as buyers want more space Francesca Marchese Business reporter Published 3 July 2025, 00:07 BST Business is booming in the luxury world of superyachts, with the super-rich wanting ever bigger floating palaces. Paola Trifirò knows a thing or two about superyachts – she and her husband have owned more than a dozen over the years. The Italian couple, who have made their fortune in law, and continue to run a global legal firm, like to sail around the world in the height of luxury. Ms Trifirò describes their boats, which can be more than 50m (164ft) long, as being like floating five-star hotels. And she likes to get involved in the design process. One criterion she insists upon is that the crew have ample kitchen space, so they can cook gourmet meals for up to 15 people. Ms Trifirò explains her reasoning: "If you are used to eating well, not everywhere [in the world] are there restaurants good enough." She also says that the large size of the vessels is reassuring. "Whether it's sailing alongside humpback whales, or receiving greetings by fishermen on the Fiji islands, my boats allow me to sail… with strength and safety." Image source,Paulo Trifirò Image caption, Superyacht owner Paola Trifirò likes to pilot the boats herself But what exactly is a superyacht? While there is no official global classification, industry website and magazine Boat International describes one as "a luxury, privately-owned yacht that measures 24 metres or more in length, and is professionally crewed". The magazine says that global sales boomed after Covid. With the super rich suddenly unable to go to luxury hotels, as they were all closed during the pandemic, many switched to superyachts instead. As a result, 1,024 new superyachts were built or on order around the world in 2022, a 25% jump from 2021, and a then all-time high, according to Boat International's figures. This then increased to 1,203 in 2023, another new record. "After the pandemic people considered their super yachts as safe islands both for themselves and their relatives," says Barbara Armerio who co-owns Italian family-run superyacht builder Amer. She adds that billionaires cherished their personal space and independence even more. "They asked for bigger windows, more space outside, and to be able to touch the seawater more easily". While the overall number of superyachts being built or ordered is expected to fall slightly this year to 1,138, they are getting bigger on average, Boat International's data also shows. So far this year, 61 boats of 76m or more in length are being made, up from 55 in 2024. And in the 46m to 60m grouping, numbers have increased to 175 from 159. Meanwhile, sales of the smallest superyachts, between 24m and 27m are down to 286 from 321. "It's clear that some of those new clients the industry found in the Covid-19 years are trading up," says Ms Armerio. Boat International's editor in chief Stewart Campbell says that whatever size superyacht people buy "designers and naval architects are getting very clever at packing ever more volume into hulls, giving owners lots more space on board". As a result, today's superyacht's increasingly have everything from helipads to cinemas, gyms, beauty salons, and saunas. Image source,Getty Images Image caption, Koru, the retro-styled superyacht owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is reported to have cost more than $500m to build As you'd imagine, prices are extremely high. You can pay €36m ($41m; £30m) for a new smaller boat, up to €295m for a 105m-long vessel with all the optional extras. Half of all superyachts continue to be built in Italy, with its yards currently working on a combined length of 22,195m, or approximately 22km (13 miles), of boats. Turkey is in second place, followed by the Netherlands, the UK, Taiwan, Germany, the US and China. Back in 2023, Italian shipbuilders earned €8.3bn from making superyachts, a record high. Ms Armerio says her shipyard "produces only a few high-grade" superyachts per year, "masterpieces with unique details". She adds that Italian yacht-makers like hers are supported by a solid network of local artisans. "In Italy we find everything we need." Ms Armerio points to being able to drive to Tuscany's stone quarries from her company's base on the coast of Liguria if she needs to order marble. Image source,Barbara Armerio Image caption, Italian shipbuilder Barbara Armerio says buyers want ever more luxury Regarding the billionaires and multimillionaires who buy superyachts, Boat International says that most are from the US. Yet it points to more coming from Turkey, Indonesia and Mexico as those countries' economies grow. Meanwhile, sales to Russian buyers have fallen to due to the sanctions against the country and its elites as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. If the appeal of a superyacht wasn't immediately obvious, Ms Trifirò says they enable her to see the world and fulfil her wanderlust. And she likes to be at the controls of the boat. "My curiosity to explore new places pushes me to cruise the oceans while in the driver's seat," she says. Ms Trifirò adds that her crew is paid double what they'd likely earn on land "as it is very important to keep them happy. Our captain has worked for us for 22 years.
News Event Saturday, July 23, 1966 @ 1700 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ORSOVA (1954-1974 Passenger Liner of Orient Line / P & O Line, London)	Own Page
Advert for P & O Liner ORSOVA leaving Sydney (Australia) on a 51-day cruise around the Pacific Ocean
Ship's location Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) Port of Registry London Sailing for 51-day cruise around the Pacific Ocean
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ALARIC (1958-1972 Cargo liner of Shaw Savill & Albion Line, London)	Own Page
ALARIC left Liverpool (England, UK) for Fremantle (Western Australia)
Sailing for Fremantle (Western Australia) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth Liverpool (England, UK)
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	APAPA (1948-1968 Passenger and cargo liner 471 feet long of Elder Dempster Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
APAPA left Takoradi (Ghana) for Liverpool (England, UK)
Sailing for Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool Sailed from berth Takoradi (Ghana) Gross Tonnage 11,651
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BALLARAT (1954-1968 General cargo liner 527 feet long of P & O, London)	Own Page
BALLARAT at London (England, UK) for Brisbane (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
Ship's location London (England, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for Brisbane (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENARTY (1963-1981 General cargo liner 509 feet long 17.5 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENARTY at Singapore for Bangkok (Thailand)
Ship's location Singapore Port of Registry Leith Sailing for Bangkok (Thailand) Net Tonnage 6,152 Gross Tonnage 10,294 Deadweght Tonnage 12,619
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENAVON (1949-1970 General cargo ship 483 feet overall of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
BENAVON at Rotterdam (Netherlands) for Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium)
Ship's location Rotterdam (Netherlands) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) Gross Tonnage 8,079 Deadweght Tonnage 11,270
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENCLEUCH (1949-1972 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENCLEUCH left Masinloc (Philippines) for Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia)
Sailing for Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Masinloc (Philippines)
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENRINNES (1959-1973 General cargo ship 492 feet long of Ben Line Steamers Ltd., Edinburgh : 1973 scrapped)	Own Page
BENRINNES left Liverpool (England, UK) for Hull (England, UK)
Sailing for Hull (England, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Liverpool (England, UK) Net Tonnage 4,752 Gross Tonnage 8,008 Deadweght Tonnage 12,546
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	AMERICAN CLIPPER (1946- 1969 cargo ship 458 feet long of United States Line, New York)	Own Page
AMERICAN CLIPPER from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) at Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)
Ship's location Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) Port of Registry New York Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 4,839 Gross Tonnage 8,228 Deadweght Tonnage 9,995
News Event Tuesday, July 1, 2025 @ 1701	CONFORMITY (2020 > General cargo ship 89m overall of Faversham Ships Ltd. / Windle Shipping Co. Ltd. / Manager : Herman Lohmann Bereederungen GmbH & Co. KG)	Own Page
Faversham Ships CONFORMITY leaves Port of Ayr (Scotland) light-ship for Belfast (Northern Ireland)
Sailing for Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Port of Registry Peel (Isle of Man, UK) Sailed from berth Port-side-to and head North at Berth 14 Griffin Dock, Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 1,460 Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board Gross Tonnage 2,545 Deadweght Tonnage 3,864
Contributed by Veronika   CONFORMITY was port-side-to the berth and required to shift astern from the berth to the middle of Griffin Dock and then spin 180-degrees to starboard to point her head to the Dock entrance.     It takes immense skill and total calmness for the Pilot to complete this manoeuvre in a small Dock. Backing from the berth to the centre of Griffin Dock Now in position and preparing to turn / cant the vessel through 180-degrees to starboard Still turning Still turning to starboard to complete a 180-degree turn Passing through the entrance to Griffin Dock Leaving Griffin Dock and entering the River Ayr.    The public pedestrian pathway on the Lighthouse Pier is always busy with sightseers and anglers.   Today, with the fine weather, was no exception and the crowds gathered and were greatly impressed at watching the Pilot effortlessy pirouetting the 89meter cargo ship in the confines of Griffin Dock and bringing her past them to the River. Now turning to starboard to head for the Harbour entrance CONFORMITY is now passing the Port entrance Ayr Pilot Boat SCOTIA follows CONFORMITY from the Harbour and will collect the Pilot when the vessel reaches the fairway
News Event Tuesday, July 1, 2025 @ 1700	SPIRIT OF TASMANIA 1V (in 2024 Passenger Ferry 212m 695 feet of TT-Line, Australia)	Own Page
Australian ferry SPIRIT OF TASMANIA 1V leaves Port of Leith (near Edinburgh, Scotland) for Tasmania
Port of Registry Australia
From BBC Scotland online news 1 July 2025 Australian 'fiasco' ferry leaves Edinburgh for Tasmania Image source,Alamy Image caption, Spirit of Tasmania IV completed sea trials in the North Sea in June Published 1 July 2025 An Australian ferry forced to dock for six months in Edinburgh because it is too big to fit in a Tasmanian port has finally left Scotland. Spirit of Tasmania IV, built in Finland, arrived at the Port of Leith in December due to issues with existing infrastructure in the city of Devonport. Delays, cost overruns and other mistakes have caused a huge political row in Australia, leading to Tasmania's infrastructure minister and operator TT-Line's chairman resigning in August last year. The vessel departed the city for Hobart on Monday, where it will undergo a final "fit-out" before its future crew undergo training, the company said. It is expected to complete the 14,857 nautical mile (27,515km) journey in about six weeks. The Tasmanian government ordered the 212m-long (695 ft) vessel to leave Edinburgh, to be delivered to the island in March. But a technical issue with the liquid natural gas (LNG) fuel system in May meant its departure was further delayed. It underwent sea trials in the North Sea in June. TT-Line chief executive Chris Carbone said: "We expect the vessel will be alongside in Hobart in late-August for the final fit out of items including Tasmanian-made mattresses and table tops, cabin stores and artwork, and to undertake vessel crew training. "The training for our crew involves emergency response exercises, passenger muster simulation, firefighting drills, deployment of lifeboats and the mass evacuation systems." Australia's ferries 'stuff up' The saga, which has a number of parallels with Scotland's own difficulties procuring new ferries, has been dubbed a "fiasco" and "stuff up" by opposition politicians. Spirit of Tasmania IV is one of two vessels set to replace two 30-year-old ferries on the Bass Strait between Tasmania and the Australian mainland state of Victoria. But the LNG ships are years late and the cost of building them has soared by A$94m (£47.5m) from A$850m (£430m) when the contract was signed in 2021. It also emerged that the ships are too big to fit the harbour facilities in Devonport and the required upgrades will not be ready until 2026 or 2027. The cost of the harbour redevelopment, meanwhile, has more than quadrupled from an original estimate of A$90m (£45.5m). Image caption, The Spirit of Tasmania IV was docked in Leith for about six months The ship was initially moved to Leith from a shipyard in Finland last year due to concerns it would be damaged by pack ice over the winter months. TT-Line was paying A$47,534 (£24,031) per week to berth the ship at Forth Ports, according to figures published by the Tasmanian government. Both the ferry company TT-Line and ports firm TasPorts are state-owned, and in August 2024 the infrastructure minister, Michael Ferguson, and TT-line chairman, Mike Grainger, both resigned. Dean Winter, leader of the opposition Labor party, described it as the "biggest infrastructure stuff up" in the state's history. Image source,Getty Images Image caption, The Spirit IV will be one of the replacement vessels for the original Spirit of Tasmania when a berth upgrade in Devonport is completed It was initially reported the ship could spend up to three years in Leith before attempts were made to lease it to a European operator, but that did not work out. Mr Carbone, from TT-Line said the work to develop the new terminal at Devonport was now well under way. The vessel will travel to Hobart via Gibraltar, the Cape Verde Islands, Cape Town in South Africa and Port Louis in Mauritius. It will dock in Fremantle in Western Australia for about four days while customs paperwork is processed before making the final trip to Hobart in late-August. A spokesperson for Forth Ports said: "The Spirit of Tasmania departed Leith on Monday en-route for Australia. "We wish her well on her journey."
News Event Tuesday, July 1, 2025 @ 1835	RENEGADE in 2025 Rowing Boat of Ayr Coastal Rowing Club, South Harbour Street Slipway, Ayr, Scotland)	Own Page
RENEGADE of Ayr Coastal Rowing Club being rowed on River Ayr at Ayr Harbour
Ship's location River Ayr, at the Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
News Event Tuesday, July 1, 2025 @ 1825	WESTEWIND (2008 > General cargo ship IMO 9201970 : 88.95 mtrs overall of Royal Wagenborg Shipping Bv - Delfzijl, Netherlands / Amadeus Schiffahrt, Germany)	Own Page
WESTEWIND arriving at Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) with bulk cargo from Wismar (Germany)
Ship's location Arriving at Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Wemeldinge (Netherlands) Arrived from Wismar (Germany) having left there at 15:37 on 27 June Gross Tonnage 2,080 Cargo carried on arrival Bulk cargo of agricultural products Deadweght Tonnage 2,815
News Event Tuesday, July 1, 2025 @ 1700		Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne ship shortage causes summer Scottish west coast ferry disruption
From BBC Scotland online news 1 July 2025 Ship shortage causes summer west coast ferry disruption Image source,Christopher Brindle Image caption, MV Lord of the Isles will be one of three vessels out of actions for a period in July Published 1 July 2025 Some west coast ferry services face disruption at the height of the summer holidays as CalMac struggles with a shortage of ships. The publicly-owned operator said one of its largest vessels MV Caledonian Isles - which has been out of action for 18 months - is still not ready to return to service. Another major vessel, MV Lord of the Isles, needs work on its engines, while the chartered catamaran MV Alfred is due for annual maintenance. CalMac is redeploying several ferries across the network in a bid to maintain services, but has warned that sailings to Arran, Islay, Mull, South Uist and Colonsay will be disrupted. The reshuffle will, however, allow sailings from Ardrossan to Arran to resume next week when the 41-year-old ship MV Isle of Arran returns to the route. The North Ayrshire town has been without a ferry service for six months, since the arrival of MV Glen Sannox which is too large to fit the Ardrossan facilities, and sails instead from Troon. A CalMac spokesperson said having three major vessels out of service in July meant some disruption was unavoidable but it was taking steps to give communities as much capacity as possible. The spokesperson said : "Both MV Alfred and MV Lord of the Isles require the works they'll be off service for, and we are doing the best we can to maintain service levels and meet capacity requirements on all islands with the vessels available to us during this period. "We are grateful to local communities for their support as we've worked through a complex set of circumstances and apologise to those who will see services affected between 7 and 21 July." What sailings are affected? MV Alfred, the catamaran being leased from Pentland Ferries, will be out of service between 7 and 21 July for essential maintenance. The ferry operates between Troon and Brodick. Between 9-11 July, MV Lord of the Isles, which usually operates between Mallaig/Oban and Lochboisdale in South Uist will be off service while work to its main engines is carried out. MV Isle of Arran will operate five sailings per day from Ardrossan from Monday, apart from between 9 and 11 July when it will cover sailings to Islay. MV Caledonian Isles remains out of action and has been unable to carry passengers since January 2024 due to a series of faults. Engineers from Norway are assessing the latest sea trials with an update expected shortly. The disruption will have a knock-on effect on services to South Uist and Mull. MV Coruisk and MV Loch Frisa will operate a two-vessel service to Mull. MV Isle of Mull will operate a daily return service to South Uist via Oban, but will stop at Mull en-route to South Uist to add extra capacity.
News Event Tuesday, July 1, 2025 @ 1515	ESPRIT (2011 > General cargo ship IMO / MMSI 9479943 / 246794000 : 89.95 mtrs overall of Vertom Bereederungs Gmbh - Moormerland, Germany / Rivermaas Bv - Rhoon, Netherlands)	Own Page
ESPRIT at River Berth, Ayr, discharging bulk cargo from Rouen (France)
Ship's location Berth 4, River Berth, Port of Ayr (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Harlingen (Netherlands) Arrived from Rouen (France) having left there at 14.28 on 24 June Net Tonnage 1,598 Draught aft on arrival 6.1m Gross Tonnage 2,984 Cargo carried on arrival Bulk cargo of agricultural products Deadweght Tonnage 4,767
Contributed by Veronika
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENVALLA (1962-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENVALLA left Kaohsiung (Taiwan) for Hong Kong
Sailing for Hong Kong Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENVANNOCH (1956-1969 General cargo liner of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENVANNOCH left Port Said (Egypt) for London (England, UK)
Sailing for London (England, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Port Said (Egypt)
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CALEDONIA (1948-1965 Passenger - Cargo Liner 506 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
CALEDONIA at Karachi (Pakistan) for Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Karachi (Pakistan) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailing for Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 11252
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CALIFORNIA STAR (1958-1969 General cargo ship 474 feet long of Blue Star Line, London : 1969 scrapped))	Own Page
CALIFORNIA STAR left Hull (England, UK) for Liverpool (England, UK)
Sailing for Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Sailed from berth Hull (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 7,930
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CANOPIC (1954-1976 Refrigerated / general cargo ship 512 feet overall of Shaw Savill & Albion Line, London )	Own Page
CANOPIC left Fremantle (Western Australia) for Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Sailing for Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth Fremantle (Western Australia) Gross Tonnage 11,166
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CITY OF JOHANNESBURG (1947- 1970 General cargo ship 476 feet overall of Ellerman Hall Line / Ellerman & Bucknall : 1973 scrapped at Kaohsiung (Taiwan)	Own Page
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG at East London (South Africa) for London (England, UK)
Ship's location East London (South Africa) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailing for London (England, UK) Net Tonnage 4,831 Gross Tonnage 8,207
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CITY OF WINNIPEG (1956-1968 General cargo ship of Ellerman Lines, London : 1980 scrapped at Chittagong)	Own Page
CITY OF WINNIPEG at Hull (England, UK) for Liverpool (England, UK)
Ship's location Hull (England, UK) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Sailing for Liverpool (England, UK)
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CLAN MACINTYRE (1952-1976 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Clan Line / King Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
CLAN MACINTYRE from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) at Lourenco Marques (Mozambique)
Ship's location Lourenco Marques (Mozambique) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CLAN MATHESON (1957-1978 General cargo ship 502 feet long of Cayzer Irvine / Clan Line, Glasgow : 1978 scrapped)	Own Page
CLAN MATHESON from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) at Walvis Bay (Namibia, south-west Africa))
Ship's location Walvis Bay (Namibia) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 7,585
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	IBERIA STAR (1963-1965 Passenger/cargo liner of Blue Star Line, London)	Own Page
IBERIA STAR at Lisbon (Portugal) for Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ship's location Lisbon (Portugal) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for Buenos Aires (Argentina)
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	INDIAN SPLENDOUR (1957-1980 General cargo ship of India Steamship Company, Calcutta : 1980 scrapped)	Own Page
INDIAN SPLENDOUR from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) at Aden (a Crown Colony of UK until 1967)
Ship's location Aden (a Crown Colony of UK until 1967 : in 1967 became People's Republic of South Yemen) Port of Registry Calcutta (India) Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ORSOVA (1954-1974 Passenger Liner of Orient Line / P & O Line, London)	Own Page
ORSOVA at Suez (Egypt) probably waiting to join a northbound convoy through Suez Canal for London
Ship's location Suez (Egypt) ... probably waiting to join a northbound convoy through the Suez Canal Port of Registry London Sailing for London (England, UK)
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PORT BRISBANE ( 1949 - 1975 Cargo liner 561 feet long of Port Line, London)	Own Page
PORT BRISBANE left London (England, UK) for River Tyne (England, UK)
Sailing for River Tyne (England, UK) Port of Registry London Sailed from berth London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 11,942
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PORT MACQUARIE (1944-1968 Cargo liner of Port Line, London)	Own Page
PORT MACQUARIE left Timaru (South Island, New Zealand) for Bluff (South Island, New Zealand)
Sailing for Bluff (South Island, New Zealand) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth Timaru (a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of South Island, New Zealand)
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PYRRHUS (1949 - 1972 General cargo and passenger liner 516 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
PYRRHUS from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) at Manila (Philippines)
Ship's location Manila (Philippines) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 10,093
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	RHODESIA CASTLE (1951-1967 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London)	Own Page
RHODESIA CASTLE at Naples / Napoli (Italy) for Durban (South Africa)
Ship's location Naples / Napoli (Italy) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for Durban (South Africa)
News Event Thursday, January 9, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ROMNEY (1952-1978 General cargo ship 472 feet long of Lamport & Holt Line, Liverpool :1978 Scrapped)	Own Page
ROMNEY from Rosario (Argentina) at Liverpool (England, UK)
Ship's location Liverpool (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Arrived from Rosario (Argentina) Gross Tonnage 8,237
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SILVERPOINT (in 1964 left Cape Town for Glasgow)	Own Page
SILVERPOINT left Cape Town (South Africa) for Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Sailing for Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Cape Town (South Africa)
News Event Wednesday, January 8, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SOMALI (1948-1969 General cargo ship 524 feet long of Peninsular. & Oriental Steam Nav Co,, London: sold 1969)	Own Page
SOMALI left London (England, UK) for Kaohsiung (= pronounced Coo - shung, Taiwan)
Sailing for Kaohsiung (= pronounced Coo - shung, Taiwan) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth London (England, UK) Net Tonnage 4,389 Gross Tonnage 9,080 Deadweght Tonnage 11,100

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AT PRINCE'S DOCK, GLASGOW  ... WHAT WAS WRC   

On 25 March 1966, RAVNEFJELL at 30 Prince's Dock, Glasgow loaded 2 lifts by WRC, total 48 tons 10 hundredweights.   What was WRC ?????

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E-mail from Nelson (Liverpool)        16 June 2024

 

   I am interested in your latest Clan Line item about CLAN ROSS at Birkenhead in 1958.

  Does anyone know the address of the Cayzer Irvine and Clan Line office in Liverpool in 1958 ?

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Any information please on 

   motor launch / cruiser PIONEER at Glasgow Riverside Museum

  and

  the unknown workboat at Govan Pontoon, Glasgow

these vessels may have been involved in the construction of the new Govan Bridge in January 2024.

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CLAN MACKINNON at New York in March 1954

  Yes, Clan Line's CLAN MACKINNON arrived in New York (USA) from London in March 1954.   This is well outwith the usual Clan Line trading areas.   Any suggestions as to why CLAN MACKINNON would be in New York  ?

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Harrison Line memories : the song Matilda by Harry Belafonte

 

Contributed by Jim (Birkenhead)  28 April 2024

 

I spent many enjoyable years with Harrison Line of Liverpool.

 

One of the memories when on the West Indies run was when in the Caribbean and in the ship’s crew mess or over the ship’s loudspeakers music was played.  

Harry Belafonte was always enjoyed, and when he sang Matilda, Coconut woman  and island in the sun all over the ship the crew would accompany him, singing out loudly, especially the word Matilda .   It it was amazing to hear everyone blasting out Matilda  at the top of their voices.

 

A few years after leaving Harrison’s I was at Bidston Dock and met an old shipmate from TACTICIAN and ADVENTURER.  He was walking his dog.  It’s name was Matilda.

 

A question for everyone, for something that has puzzled me was in Belafonte's song Matilda, who was Matilda and what was her story.    Does anyone know?

 

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AHMADU BELLO  (1963-1981) of Nigerian National Line

Contributed by J. (Engineer, London)  by e-mail 22 April 2024

   Does anyone remember AHMADU BELLO (1963-1981) a general cargo ship of Nigerian National Line : a frequent visitor to London, Birkenhead, Glasgow and Tees Dock.

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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 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 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, Dublin, Ireland.  

   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 8^th 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 (Carlisle, England) 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 Clyde, Scotland)

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

 

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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.

7^th 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

Harbour, Scotland.   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 ?  

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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” ???

  

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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 ?

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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 27^th 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

  

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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)

  

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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 15^th 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 4^th 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.

  

 

  

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   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 ?

  

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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

  

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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.

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MYSTERY SHIP PORTHOLE  From Michael Irwin (michaelj87836@gmail.com) When: 16 September 2016 15:09 Can show name?  Can show email?  Can show message?  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.

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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 ?

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“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)

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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.

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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. ?

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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.

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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 ?

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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.

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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."

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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"

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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"

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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 .

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