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What/When	Ship
News Event Thursday, April 4, 2024 @ 1350		Own Page
VALENTINA approaching Greenock Ocean Terminal (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Approaching Greenock Ocean Terminal (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Containers
News Event Monday, July 22, 2024 @ 1155	WAVERLEY (1974- Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd)	Own Page
WAVERLEY repairing the belting around her paddle boxes at Custom House Quay, Greenock
Ship's location Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 693
WAVERLEY was repairing the belting around her paddle boxes.    When WAVERLEY comes into a pier, wharf, dock, etc., it is her paddle boxes which come into contact (= land against the wharf wall) with the pier.    So landing against the wall could cause seriously expensive damage to her side and hull and to protect her she has thick rubber belting fixed to her paddle boxes to absorb the pressure and shock of touching and landing on the wall.
News Event Monday, July 22, 2024 @ 1135	CARNIVAL LEGEND (2002- a 2124 passenger Spirit-class cruise liner 292 m / 958 ft of Carnival Cruise Line)	Own Page
CARNIVAL LEGEND at Cruise Pontoon, Greenock with tenders in the water
Ship's location Greenock Ocean Terminal Cruise Pontoon, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Nassau (Bahamas) Gross Tonnage 88,500
News Event Monday, July 22, 2024 @ 0918	CARNIVAL LEGEND (2002- a 2124 passenger Spirit-class cruise liner 292 m / 958 ft of Carnival Cruise Line)	Own Page
CARNIVAL LEGEND approaching and berthing at the Cruise Pontoon, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland)
Ship's location Approaching and berthing at Greenock Ocean Terminal Cruise Pontoon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Port of Registry Nassau (Bahamas) Cargo carried on arrival Passengers Gross Tonnage 88,500
News Event Thursday, April 4, 2024 @ 1249	SOUND OF SEIL (2013- roro ferry of Western Ferries, Hunters Quay, Scotland)	Own Page
SOUND OF SEIL loading and leaving McInroy's Point, Gourock for Hunter's Quay (Firth of Clyde)
Ship's location Western Ferries, McInroy's Point, Gourock (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for Hunter's Quay (Cowal Peninsula, Firth of Clyde, Southern Scottish Highlands (Scotland, UK)) Outward cargo Passengers and vehicles
News Event Thursday, April 4, 2024 @ 1243	ALICAT (2019- Passenger ferry 19m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
ALICAT approaching Gourock Pier (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) inbound with passengers from Dunoon
Ship's location Approaching Gourock Pier (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) inbound with passengers from Dunoon Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Dunoon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 73 Cargo carried on arrival Passengers Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock (Scotland, UK)
News Event Thursday, April 4, 2024 @ 1030	BUTE (2005- IMO 9319741 Passenger / Ro-ro ferry 72m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's BUTE approaches Wemyss Bay Pier from Rothesay (Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde)
Ship's location Approaching Wemyss Bay Pier (Firth of Clyde) inbound with passengers and vehicles from Rothesay Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Passengers and vehicles Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock (Scotland, UK)
News Event Thursday, April 4, 2024 @ 1015	Unidentified vessel (probably tug) passing Innellan (Firth of Clyde) at 1015 on 4 April 2024	Own Page
What vessel (probably tug) is this passing Innellan (Firth of Clyde) on 4 April 2024 ???
Ship's location Passing Innellan (on Cowal shore on western side of Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
This vessel (probably a tug) was heading outbound (= south) and passing Innellan on the Cowal (= Dunoon) side on the western shore of the Firth of Clyde.  These two images were taken from Wemyss Bay. Does anyone know which ship it is ?
News Event Monday, July 22, 2024 @ 0818	BUTE (2005- IMO 9319741 Passenger / Ro-ro ferry 72m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's BUTE leaves Wemyss Bay Pier for Rothesay (Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde)
Sailing for Rothesay (Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Wemyss Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Passengers and vehicles Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland
News Event Monday, July 22, 2024 @ 0855	CARNIVAL LEGEND (2002- a 2124 passenger Spirit-class cruise liner 292 m / 958 ft of Carnival Cruise Line)	Own Page
CARNIVAL LEGEND passing Cloch Lighthouse (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) inbound to Greenock
Ship's location Passing Cloch Lighthouse (Firth of Clyde) inbound to Greenock Ocean Terminal Cruise Pontoon Port of Registry Nassau (Bahamas) Arrived from Holyhead (Anglesey Island, North Wales, UK) on a 9-day cruise around European ports Gross Tonnage 88,500 Cargo carried on arrival Passengers
According to the weather forecast, this morning was expected to have light rain showers.    Think again.   At 09:00, when CARNIVAL LEGEND appeared in the Clyde, the sky  was completely overcast with thick, menacing, grey and black clouds, there was heavy rain which essentially obscured the liner, and also completely obscured the opposite side of the 2-mile (3.218km) wide channel and the cloud was down to sea level.    At this time any passenger on the ship, no doubt sitting down to a sumptious and amazing breakfast, and who looked out of a window, well the poor thing would have felt his / her spirits fall sharply, just like the dreadful and drenching rain outside, on seeing this watery Scottish H2O welcome.    The brave photographer, suffering extremely soggy clothes and the risk of horrible illnesses, stoutly faced the unpleasant weather and managed to take some images when CARNIVAL was occasionally visible in the murky and misty morning.   That is why these poor quality images are not exactly world-class or ever likely to win a Pulitzer prize for photography.   Although an award of a Victoria Cross for outstanding courage and fearlessness in the face of torrential rain may be appropriate.    However, dear reader, the very good news for later today is that, in an hour's time (10:00) the nasty weather will completely clear to give a beautiful, calm and pleasant day.  No need then for winter coats and jackets and umbrellas. Just suncream.      It is now late at night so tune in tomorrow to see better images of CARNIVAL LEGEND arriving at Greenock. CARNIVAL LEGEND in heavy rain Current itinerary of Carnival Legend Carnival Legend current cruise is 9 days, round-trip Europe. Prices start from USD 1039 (double occupancy rates). The itinerary starts on 19 Jul, 2024 and ends on 28 Jul, 2024. Date / Time Port 19 Jul 17:00     Departing from Dover, England hotels 21 Jul 08:00 - 17:00     Holyhead, Anglesey Island Wales 22 Jul 10:00 - 20:00     Greenock-Glasgow, Clydeport, Scotland 23 Jul 08:00 - 17:00     Belfast, Northern Ireland 24 Jul 08:00 - 17:00     Liverpool, England 25 Jul 07:30 - 17:30     Dublin, Ireland 26 Jul 08:00 - 19:00     Cobh-Cork, Ireland 28 Jul 05:00     Arriving in Dover, England hotels Carnival Legend docked in Freeport, Bahamas in March 2022 History Bahamas Name Carnival Legend Owner Carnival Corporation & plc Operator Carnival Cruise Lines Port of registry Nassau,  Bahamas[1] (2021–present) Valletta,  Malta (2014–2021) Panama City,  Panama (2002–2014) Route West Pacific, Alaska Builder Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard Helsinki, Finland Cost US$375 million Yard number 501 Way number 011207 Launched December 17, 2001 Sponsored by Dame Judi Dench Christened August 21, 2002 Completed August 14, 2002 In service August 2002–present Identification Call sign: 9HA3667 IMO number: 9224726 MMSI number: 229857000 Status In service Notes [2][3][4] General characteristics Class and type Spirit-class cruise ship Tonnage 88,500 GT Length 963 ft (294 m) Beam 105.6 ft (32.2 m) Draft 25.5 ft (7.8 m) Decks 12 decks Installed power 62,370 kW (combined) Propulsion Diesel-electric; two ABB Azipod units (17.6 MW each) Speed 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) Capacity 2,124 passengers Crew 930
News Event Tuesday, February 24, 1959 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SPARTAN (1946-1961 steam Clyde "puffer" / Re-engined 1961-1980 as motor coaster of J & J Hay Ltd / Glenlight Shipping Company : 1980- Static exhibit at Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine)	Own Page
SPARTAN on charter from J & J Hay discharging coal at Dunvegan (Isle of Skye)
Ship's location Dunvegan (village on shore of Loch Dunvegan, north-west Isle of Skye, Scotland) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived from Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK).. left Troon 17 February Arrived in berth Arrived 22 February at Dunvegan (Isle of Skye) Cargo carried on arrival Coal for account of R McLean Ships agent Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294
News Event Tuesday, February 24, 1959 @ 1500 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SKYLIGHT (1936-1967 steam engined Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock)	Own Page
At 1500 SKYLIGHT at Furnace (Loch Fyne, Scotland) loaded 110 tons of crushed granite for Glasgow
Arrived from Campbeltown (Kintyre, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth Furnace (upper reaches of Loch Fyne, Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 40 Outward cargo 110 tons of crushed granite for account of William Sim & Co. Ltd., Glasgow Gross Tonnage 90 Ships agent Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294
The cargo of crushed granite was sourced from the quarry beside the quay at Furnace.
News Event Tuesday, February 24, 1959 @ 1300 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	STARLIGHT (1937 - 1967 Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock : 1967 scrapped at Bowling))	Own Page
STARLIGHT started discharging her cargo of granite chips ai 1300 at Custom House Quay, Glasgow
Arrived from Furnace (upper reaches of Loch Fyne, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Greenock Arrived in berth Custom House Quay, Clyde Street, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 91 Cargo carried on arrival Granite chips for account of William Sim & Co. Ltd., Glasgow Ships agent Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294
The cargo of granite chips was sourced from the quarry beside the quay at Furnace.
News Event Tuesday, February 24, 1959 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LIMELIGHT (1948-1963 steam general cargo puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall, Greenock : scrapped at Dalmuir 1966)	Own Page
LIMELIGHT was discharging her cargo of bagged barley at Port Ellen (Isle of Islay, Scotland)
Ship's location Discharging her cargo of bagged barley at Port Ellen (Isle of Islay, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Greenock (UK) Sailed from berth King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 96 Cargo carried on arrival Bagged barley for SBD Co. Ltd. Deadweght Tonnage 140 Ships agent Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294
On 17 February LIMELIGHT was in King George V Dock, Glasgow and, on completing loading, shifted upriver to the nearby Queen's Dock to bunker with coal.    Next day, 18 February, at the berth 8 coaling crane she bunkered the coal and left for the long passage round the Mull of Kintyre for Port Ellen (on the south eastern corner of Isle of Islay).    But, only a few hours later, for an unknown reason she called at her owner's  (Ross & Marshall's) base downriver from Glasgow at Greenock and loaded more bunker coal.   Then resumed the long and slow 7 knot passage to Islay.    On 20th she stopped at Campbeltown and overnighted there, resuming her journey on 21st, and passing round the Mull of Kintyre with it's rough, choppy water where two tidal streams collide. Arriving at Port Ellen on Sunday 22nd there were no berths available and after two days, on 24 February, came alongside and began discharging.
News Event Tuesday, February 24, 1959 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	POLARLIGHT (1948-1974 Clyde steam puffer lighter 66 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall )	Own Page
POLARLIGHT had loaded coal at Troon and was on passage to Carbost (Isle of Skye, Scotland)
Ship's location On passage from Troon and through Crinan Canal for Carbost (Isle of Skye, Scotland) Port of Registry Greenock (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Carbost (village on south-west shore of Loch Harport on Minginish peninsula, Isle of Skye) Reg Tonnage 40 Sailed from berth Troon Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) on 20 February Outward cargo Coal (for account of E McCrae) Ships agent Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294
POLARLIGHT arrived at Carbost on 25 February but there was no berth available and had to wait until the following day to begin discharging the cargo of coal.
News Event Tuesday, February 24, 1959 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	WARLIGHT (1919-1964 Steam engined general cargo Crinan Canal size Clyde puffer 86 feet long of Light Shipping / Ross & Marshall, Greenock)	Own Page
WARLIGHT loaded bagged barley at Glasgow for Port Ellen (Isle of Islay) then bunkered coal
Ship's location King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for Port Ellen (Isle of Islay, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 60 Outward cargo Bagged barley for account of SBD Co. Ltd. Gross Tonnage 135 Vessel bunkered Bunkered coal at Queen's Dock, Glasgow Ships agent Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294
News Event Tuesday, February 24, 1959 @ 0600 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SEALIGHT (1930-1963 Steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 86 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall Ltd : 1964 scrapped at Troon))	Own Page
SEALIGHT on passage from Glasgow to Bruichladdich (Isle of Islay) : arrived Bruichladdich pm
Ship's location On passage from Glasgow to Bruichladdich (Isle of Islay, Scotland) : arrived Bruichladdich pm Port of Registry Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for Bruichladdich (Isle of Islay, Scotland) Gross Tonnage 154 Sailed from berth King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Bagged barley 110 tons 1 hundredweight for account of Bruichladdich Distillery Ships agent Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294
News Event Tuesday, February 24, 1959 @ 1300	MOONLIGHT (1952- 1966 steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 88 feet long of Ross & Marshall, Glasgow : 1970 scrapped at Troon)	Own Page
MOONLIGHT on passage from Glenarm to Glasgow : arrived and discharged then bunkered with coal
Ship's location On passage from Glenarm to Glasgow : 1300 discharging then to Queen's Dock for bunkers Port of Registry Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Glenarm (Northern Ireland, UK) Gross Tonnage 164 Arrived in berth Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 188 Cargo carried on arrival Limestone dust for account of Eglinton Limestone Co. Ltd. Vessel bunkered Bunkered with coal at Queen's Dock, Glasgow before loading at Glasgow for Bruichladdich (Islay)
News Event Tuesday, February 24, 1959 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	STORMLIGHT (1957-1973 General cargo steam / then diesel coaster 88 feet long of Light Shipping Company Ltd. / Ross & Marshall Ltd, Greenock : 15 December 1973 wrecked at Craighouse, Jura))	Own Page
STORMLIGHT loaded a cargo of coal at Troon (Firth of Clyde) for Port Ellen (Isle of Islay, Scotland)
Ship's location Troon Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Greenock (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Port Ellen (Isle of Islay, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 71 Outward cargo Coal 149 tons 11 hundredweights for account of D Johnston & Company Ltd. Gross Tonnage 166 Vessel bunkered Bunkered 10 tons 3 hundredweights of coal at Troon Harbour Deadweght Tonnage 183 Ships agent Ross & Marshall Ltd., 98 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel DOUglas 4294
News Event Thursday, July 18, 2024 @ 1000		Own Page
Lighthouse buildings for sale on uninhabited island of Copinsay in Orkney Islands (Scotland, UK)
From BBC online news 18 July 2024   Lighthouse buildings for sale on uninhabited Scottish island   Image gallerySkip image gallery IMAGE SOURCE,TOM O'BRIAN Image caption, The two-storey main building features seven bedrooms IMAGE SOURCE,TOM O'BRIAN Image caption, The listing includes 1.45 acres of land but the property requires extensive renovation IMAGE SOURCE,TOM O'BRIAN Image caption, Heating in the lighthouse keeper buildings is provided by Calor gas IMAGE SOURCE,TOM O'BRIAN Image caption, The listing includes solar panels which require fitting 1 of 4 Previous imageNext image Slide 1 of 4, A run down white two-storey building with a grass courtyard and bird bath in the centre, The two-storey main building features seven bedrooms End of image gallery IMAGE SOURCE,TOM O'BRIAN Image caption, The listing features a main building with two storeys and three outbuildings - lighthouse not included Ashleigh Keenan-Bryce BBC Scotland News Published 57 minutes ago Looking to buy a fixer-upper in a quiet area of Scotland with a great view? The uninhabited isle of Copinsay, in the Orkney islands, could be your next home for just £80,000. The lighthouse keeper buildings here are up for sale offering a "renovation opportunity of a lifetime". Alongside the two-storey main building featuring seven bedrooms, the listing features three outbuildings. Sadly, the lighthouse itself is not included. First switched on in 1915, Copinsay lighthouse is owned by the Northern lighthouse board and controlled remotely. It offers potential buyers the romance of the lighthouse keeper lifestyle, but without the hard work. Situated off the east coast of mainland Orkney, Copinsay is accessible by boat or helicopter. To make getting around the island easier, the listing also includes two quad bikes and a sailing dinghy. Estate agents K Allan Properties said the listing offers an "unparalleled lifestyle opportunity", external in a place of serene beauty and complete solitude. The property's water supply comes from a privately restored well with generator-operated electric pump, electricity provided by storage batteries and Calor gas heating. Copinsay lighthouse is operated remotely from Northern lighthouse board's headquarters in Edinburgh. K Allan Properties said: "This rare opportunity to own a piece of the Orkney Islands is a blank canvas awaiting your vision. "Make your dream of living on an uninhabited island a reality with Copinsay, where the allure of solitude meets modern convenience. Your island paradise awaits."
News Event Monday, May 28, 1962 @ 1440	NETTA CROAN (1957-1974 Deep sea fishing trawler 118 feet overall LH100 of Joe Croan / Carnie & Croan / Croan Trawlers / British United Trawlers : 1974 scrapped after fire)	Own Page
Deep sea trawler NETTA CROAN arrives at Ardrossan with her catch of 1,000 boxes of fish
Arrived from Deep sea fishing grounds Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 87 Master of vessel on arrival J Barclay Gross Tonnage 268 Draught aft on arrival 12 feet 9 inches Cargo carried on arrival 1,000 boxes of fish Ships agent Carnie & Croan (Granton, Scotland, UK)
News Event Monday, May 28, 1962 @ 0755	CALEDONIA (1934-1939 and 1946-1969 Excursion paddle steamer 230 feet 70.1 metres 14 knots of Caledonian Steam Packet Company. Gourock)	Own Page
CALEDONIA arrives at Ardrossan with passengers and general cargo from Brodick (Isle of Arran)
Arrived from Brodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 14 Winton Pier, Ardrossan Harbour, (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 623 Master of vessel on arrival A McNab Deadweght Tonnage 161 Cargo carried on arrival Passengers and general cargo Ships agent British Railways
News Event Wednesday, February 17, 1960 @ 0755	CLAN MACTAVISH ( 1949 - 1971 General cargo liner 506 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow : Scrapped 1971)	Own Page
CLAN MACTAVISH arrived at Glasgow from Mombasa (Kenya) via Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK)
Arrived from Mombasa (Kenya) via Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 6a / 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) : with her head south Gross Tonnage 8,035 Sailing for Birkenhead (England, UK) Sailed from berth 6a / 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) : with her head south Draught forward on arrival 12 feet 5 inches Draught aft on arrival 21 feet 6 inches Cargo carried on arrival 1,212 tons of general cargo Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 17 February Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Co. Ltd., King George V Dock, Glasgow S.W.1. Tel. GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1530 on 19 February Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board Heavy lifts loaded 18 February floating crane NEWSHOT loaded 1 x 9 ton tail end shaft of ship's gear onto MACTAVISH Draught forward on sailing 10 feet 3 inches Draught aft on sailing 20 feet 3 inches Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., 109 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel 041 221 7050 Telex 778133 Sailed 1210 on 20 February for Birkenhead (England, UK)
News Event Thursday, January 5, 1961 @ 0300 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	HARRY R JONES (1916-1960 Great Lakes cargo carrier 468 feet long of Interlake Steamship Company)	Own Page
HARRY R JONES being towed to Troon for demolition goes aground on rocks at Ardrossan
Ship's location Inches Rocks, Ardrossan (a short distance south of Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry USA or Canada Arrived from Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)
We are greatly indebted to John Dunlap, USA, who provides the following very interesting background on "Harry R Jones" I'm attaching a copy of my Jones Record. I've gathered the info from various sources, and keep adding as any additional info comes to light on Boatnerd, or a journal article, etc. As a unit of the Interlake fleet, Jones' main cargo would have been iron ore.   Her trade route would have been loading at an upper Great Lakes port -Allouez (Superior) Wisconsin, Ashland Wisconsin, and Marquette or Escanaba Michigan.    Her destination would be the lower Lakes -South Chicago, Ashtabula Ohio, Buffalo N.Y.    She'd get the occasional load of coal from Ashtabula, Lorain or Toledo Ohio to take back up to a head-of-the-Lakes port. Jones probably carried 7000 tons. 10,000-ton carriers were built as early as 1905.   The last wave of Lakers was built in the 70's and 80's, and they can float 60,000 tons and more, depending on the depth of the channels connecting the Lakes. When sold by Interlake, Jones was economically obsolete.   Her new owner, Cargo Carriers, was owned by Cargill Inc., and she was used mainly in the grain trade, where cargo size is not such an issue. Record of Lake Freighter Name Owner Year Builder/Hull Number D. G. Kerr i US 157696 Provident Steamship Company, 1903 Superior Shipbuilding Company, hull 509 A. B. Wolvin, Manager Dimensions Oa 468 x 52 x 28 Pittsburgh Steamship Company, Manager 1911 Engine/Hp 15-23?-36?-56 x 40, 1310ihp Interlake Steamship Company, 1913 Boilers 2 water tube @ 250psi Pickands, Mather & Company, Manager Gross/Net Tonnage 5531 / 3991 Harry R. Jones 1916 Cargo Carriers, Inc. 1955 Ferrotar Corp., Wilmington 1960 Chronology 1903 launched May 20. 1911 James H. Hoyt, D. G. Kerr i, and James H. Reed, all owned by the Provident Steamship Company, were managed by Pittsburgh Steamship Company from 1911 through 1913. 1913 purchased by Interlake at the end of the season. 1915 reconstructed with arches. 1958 damaged by grounding in the Detroit River in November. After drydocking, it was determined that repair could not be justified. She was then used for grain storage in the Buffalo harbor for about 18 months, and sold for scrap. 1960 sold for scrap, and towed out of the Seaway in the fall by James Battle and Helen McAllister. 1961 broke her tow line and grounded off the southwest coast of Scotland, at Ardrossan, on January 6. Released on February 15, and arrived at Troon on the same day. She was scrapped at Troon by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co., Ltd.
News Event Wednesday, February 15, 1961 @ 1200	HARRY R JONES (1916-1960 Great Lakes cargo carrier 468 feet long of Interlake Steamship Company)	Own Page
HARRY R JONES pulled off the rocks at Ardrossan and towed to Troon for demolition
Ship's location Inches Rocks, Ardrossan (a short distance South of Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry USA or Canada
News Event Friday, August 13, 1948 @ 1700 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are as published or our best estimate	LORD O'NEILL (1945-1950 General cargo ship of Ulster Steamship Company / Head Line / Lord Line (After 1917)	Own Page
LORD O'NEILL on charter to Anchor Line closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for New York
Ship's location Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Sailing for New York (USA) Gross Tonnage 5,688 Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Anchor Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow C.1. tel CENtral 9309
News Event Saturday, August 20, 1966 @ 1600 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	DUNERA (1937-1960 Troopship 1157 troops then 1961-1967 Educational cruise liner 517 feet long 1011 passengers of British India Steam Navigation Company, London)	Own Page
Advert for a 14-day cruise by DUNERA from Greenock to Vigo, Madeira and Oporto
Sailing for 14-day cruise to Vigo (Spain), Funchal (Madeira, Portugal) and Oporto (Portugal) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth Greenock (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 7,430 Outward cargo Passengers Gross Tonnage 12,620
News Event Sunday, July 16, 1961 @ 0130 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	Girvan Lifeboat (of Royal National Lifeboat Institution stationed at Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK)	Own Page
Girvan Lifeboat tows a disabled large motor yacht from near Ailsa Craig to Loch Ryan (Scotland)
Ship's location South of Ailsa Craig, Outer Firth of Clyde / North Channel (Scotland, UK)
News Event Wednesday, May 29, 1957 @ 0800		Own Page
Advert by British India Steam Navigation Company, London for young certificated 3rd officers
News Event Tuesday, May 28, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	KING EDGAR (1946-1959 General cargo ship 425 feet overall of King Line / Cayzer Irvine / British & Commonwealth Shipping, London : 1959 scrapped at Osaka, Japan)	Own Page
KING EDGAR left Bombay (India) for Aden (Yemen)
Sailing for Aden (Yemen) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Bombay .... now known as Mumbai (India) Gross Tonnage 7,058
Empire Gambia   Ship Number   1283   Vessel Type   Standard 'y' Type Cargo Ship   Built   Govan Yard           Slip Number   2   Launch Date   May 14, 1945           Delivered   July 10, 1945   Owner   Admiralty - Dodd thompson & Co   Weight   7058 grt   BP Length   425 feet   Breadth   56 feet   No. of Screws   Single   Speed (approx)   11 knots   Propulsion   Triple Expansion   Official No.   169444   Registered   Glasgow   Fate   Scrapped                               Completed as EMPIRE GAMBIA for the MOWT (Moller UK, managers).   1946: Purchased by King Line, renamed King Edgar.   1956: Transferred to Cayzer Management when B&C formed.   1959: Sold to Iwai and Co Ltd, Japan, for demolition and arrived Osaka 4th May 1959.   18th May 1959: Demolition commenced.
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	NEUENFELS (in 1957)	Own Page
NEUENFELS left Bushire (Iran) for Kuwait (Persian Gulf)
Sailing for Kuwait (Persian Gulf) Sailed from berth Bushire (= Bushehr, Central District of Bushehr County, Bushehr province, Iran)
News Event Saturday, November 8, 1952 @ 1700	STATESMAN (1948-1962 General cargo ship 442 feet long of T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
STATESMAN closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for Port Said, Aden and Calcutta
Ship's location Vittoria Wharf, Birkenhead (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailing for Port Said (Egypt), Aden (Yemen) and Calcutta (India) Gross Tonnage 7,259 Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Thos. & Jas. Harrison Ltd., Mersey Chambers, Old Churchyard, Liverpool, 2 Telephone CENtral 5611
News Event Wednesday, July 10, 2024 @ 1800		Own Page
Govan-Partick bridge installed over River Clyde at Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
From BBC Scotland online news   Govan-Partick bridge installed over River Clyde Image caption, The bridge is expected to open to the public in early autumn Published 10 July 2024 Two sections of a bridge over the River Clyde in Glasgow have been connected ahead of its opening later this year. The pedestrian and cycle bridge will connect Water Row, near Govan Cross, to the Riverside Museum at Pointhouse Quay. Glasgow City Council said the installation of the bridge span, which is fixed to the north bank of the river, is a key milestone in the project. The bridge arrived in the city last October after being shipped from the Netherlands. The swing section of the bridge was installed in October, and the remaining smaller fixed span on the north bank was installed this week. IMAGE SOURCE,GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL Image caption, The bridge arrived in Glasgow in October after being shipped from the Netherlands Built in Belgium, the bridge span is 6m (20ft) wide and was fabricated in two parts. The moving span, which weighs 650 tonnes (650,000kg), is 99m (324ft) long and will use the South Pier (at Water Row) as its access. The fixed span weighs 45 tonnes (45,000kg) and is 15.7m (51ft) long. Its deck will be 8m (26ft) wide - providing enough space for pedestrians and cyclists - and will offer "step-free" access for wheelchairs and buggies. Headroom of nearly 5m (15ft) above the high-water line will allow smaller vessels to pass under the bridge when it is closed. The swing bridge will take a few minutes to move to the open position and will allow larger vessels, including the Waverley paddle steamer, to pass through. IMAGE SOURCE,GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL Image caption, The bridge will restore the historic link between the two communities The council said the bridge would be economically, environmentally and socially important as it will create a link between communities, visitor attractions and institutions of national economic importance. It will also play a key part of the active travel route between the University of Glasgow's campus at Gilmorehill and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. The £29.5m project, part of the Glasgow City Region City Deal, is funded by the Scottish and UK governments. It is part of a wider plan to regenerate the Govan area, which included building 92 new social housing flats near the bridge on Water Row.
News Event Wednesday, March 8, 1961 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	USS PATRICK HENRY (1960-1984 George Washington class nuclear powered fleet ballistic submarine 116m overall SSBN-599 / nuclear attack submarine : decommissioned 1984 : recycled 1997)	Own Page
Bomb exploded on Arran after US Navy Polaris submarine PATRICK HENRY passes on way to Holy Loch
Sailing for US Navy submarine depot ship at Holy Loch (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry United States Navy
News Event Monday, May 27, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	STEEL WORKER (in 1957)	Own Page
STEEL WORKER arrived at Massawa (Eritrea, East Africa) from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)
Arrived from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) Arrived in berth Massawa (Eritrea, East Africa : essentially an Italian colony until gained independence in 1991)
News Event Monday, May 27, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENNY SKOU (1951-1966 General cargo ship 390 feet (119 metres) of Ove Skou, Kobenhaven, Denmark : 1980 scrapped in Spain)	Own Page
BENNY SKOU left Djibouti (East Africa) for Port Said (Egypt : at Mediterranean end of Suez Canal)
Sailing for Port Said (Egypt : at the northern end = the Mediterranean end, of the Suez Canal) Port of Registry Kobenhaven (Copenhagen, Denmark) Sailed from berth Djibouti, East Africa) ... see the remarks below Net Tonnage 2,402 Gross Tonnage 4,248 Deadweght Tonnage 6,950
Djibouti is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area of 23,200 km2 (8,958 sq miles)    In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established after the ruling sultans signed treaties with the French, and its railroad to Dire Dawa (and later Addis Ababa) allowed it to quickly become the port for southern Ethiopia.    French Somaliland was renamed the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967.    In 1977 the Djiboutian people voted for independence.   This officially marked the establishment of the Republic of Djibouti, named after its capital city. The new state joined the United Nations in its first year 1977.
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	AMRA (1938-1966 Passenger / general cargo liner of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1966 scrapped in Keelung, Taiwan)	Own Page
AMRA left Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) for Dar-es-Salaam (Tanganyika, East Africa)
Sailing for Dar-es-Salaam (Tanganyika, East Africa) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Sailed from berth Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) Gross Tonnage 8,314
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CALTEX DUBLIN (in 1957)	Own Page
CALTEX DUBLIN left Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) for Ras Tanura (Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia)
Sailing for Ras Tanura (Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia : located on a peninsula extending into Persian Gulf) Sailed from berth Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa)
News Event Saturday, May 25, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	OLDEKERK (in 1957)	Own Page
OLDEKERK left Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) for Aden (South Yemen)
Sailing for Aden (South Yemen : 1839-1967 a colony of Britain : 1967 British forces left : became independent) Sailed from berth Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa)
News Event Monday, May 27, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	WOODARRA (1957-1968 Cargo liner of British India Steam Navigation, London)	Own Page
WOODARRA arrived in Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) from London (England, UK)
Arrived from London (England, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) Gross Tonnage 8,753
News Event Monday, May 27, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	WARWICK CASTLE (1946-1962 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London)	Own Page
WARWICK CASTLE arrived in Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) from London (England, UK)
Arrived from London (England, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa)
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	AMRA (1938-1966 Passenger / general cargo liner of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1966 scrapped in Keelung, Taiwan)	Own Page
AMRA arrived in Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) from Bombay (India)
Arrived from Bombay (India : in 1995 the name Bombay was changed to Mumbai) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) Gross Tonnage 8,314
News Event Saturday, May 25, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	UGANDA ((1951- 1986 Passenger (700) / refrigerated cargo liner 517 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Company / P & O, London)	Own Page
UGANDA arrived in Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) from Zanzibar
Arrived from Zanzibar (in Indian Ocean : in 1964 united with Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanzania) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth Mombasa (Kenya, East Africa) Gross Tonnage 14,464
Zanzibar is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Zanzibar is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 miles) off the coast of the African mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island.   The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja.
News Event Saturday, May 25, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	TJIBADAK (in 1957)	Own Page
TJIBADAK left Tanga (Tanganyika, East Africa) for Australia
Sailing for Australia Sailed from berth Tanga (Tanganyika : in 1964 Tanganyika united with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania)
News Event Saturday, May 25, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	VILLE DE TAMATAVE (in 1957)	Own Page
VILLE DE TAMATAVE arrived in Diego Suarez (Madagascar) from Nossi Be (Madagascar)
Arrived from Nossi Be ( is an island off the northwest coast of Madagascar) .. see the remarks below Arrived in berth Diego Suarez (Madascar) .. in 1975 the city was renamed Antsiranana
Nosy Be (formerly Nossi-bé and Nosse Be) is an island off the northwest coast of Madagascar. Nosy Be is Madagascar's largest and busiest tourist resort.   It has an area of 320.02 km2 (123.56 sq miles), and its population was 109,465 according to the provisional results of the 2018 Census. Nosy Be means "big island" in the Malagasy language.   The island was called Assada during the early colonial era of the 17th century.    Nosy Be has been given several nicknames over the centuries, including "Nosy Manitra" (the scented island). The island, indeed Madascar itself, had been colonised by France from 1840 and in 1960 the country gained independence from France.   The official languages are Malagasy and French.
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LOOSDRECHT (General cargo ship ... in 1953)	Own Page
LOOSDRECHT arrived in Tanga (Tanganyika) from Dar es Salaam (Tanganyika)
Arrived from Dar es Salaam (Tanganyika) : in 1964 united with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania) Arrived in berth Tanga (Tanganyika : in 1964 Tanganyika united with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania)
News Event Friday, May 24, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	UGANDA ((1951- 1986 Passenger (700) / refrigerated cargo liner 517 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Company / P & O, London)	Own Page
UGANDA arrived in Tanga (Tanganyika) from Zanzibar
Arrived from Zanzibar (in Indian Ocean : in 1964 united with Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanzania) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth Tanga (Tanganyika : in 1964 Tanganyika united with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania) Gross Tonnage 14,464
Zanzibar is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Zanzibar is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 miles) off the coast of the African mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island.   The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja.
News Event Tuesday, May 28, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	AMRA (1938-1966 Passenger / general cargo liner of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1966 scrapped in Keelung, Taiwan)	Own Page
AMRA arrived in Zanzibar from Bombay (= now known as Mumbai, India)
Arrived from Bombay (= now known as Mumbai, India) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth Zanzibar (in Indian Ocean : in 1964 united with Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanzania) Gross Tonnage 8,314
Zanzibar is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 miles) off the coast of the African mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island.   The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja.
News Event Monday, May 27, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BRITISH TRUST (in 1954 Oil tanker of BP British Tanker Company, London)	Own Page
BRITISH TRUST left Tamatave (Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean) for Abadan (Iran, in the Persian Gulf)
Sailing for Abadan (Iran, in the Persian Gulf) Port of Registry London Sailed from berth Tamatave (also known as Toamasina, on the east coast of Madagascar in the southwestern Indian Ocean
Madagascar is located in the southwestern Indian Ocean and is separated from the African coast by the 250-mile- (400-km-) wide Mozambique Channel.
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BRAEMAR CASTLE (1952-1966 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London)	Own Page
BRAEMAR CASTLE left Beira (Sofala Province, Mozambique) for Durban (South Africa)
Sailing for Durban (South Africa) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth Beira (Sofala Province, Mozambique)
News Event Saturday, May 25, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CATHAY (in 1957)	Own Page
CATHAY left Beira (Sofala Province, Mozambique) for Bombay (= now known as Mumbai, India)
Sailing for Bombay (= now known as Mumbai, India) Sailed from berth Beira (Sofala Province, Mozambique)
News Event Monday, May 27, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	KAMPALA (1947-1971 Passenger / cargo liner of British India Steam Navigation Co., London : 1971 scrapped in Taiwan)	Own Page
KAMPALA arrived in Beira (Sofala Province, Mozambique) from Bombay (= now known as Mumbai, India)
Arrived from Bombay (= now known as Mumbai, India) Port of Registry London (UK) Arrived in berth Beira (Sofala Province, Mozambique) Gross Tonnage 10,304
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	RIDDERKERK (in 1957)	Own Page
RIDDERKERK arrived in Beira (Sofala Province, Mozambique) from Mombasa (Kenya)
Arrived from Mombasa (Kenya) Arrived in berth Beira (Sofala Province, Mozambique)
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SCULPTOR (1949-1962 General cargo ship of Thos & Jas Harrison, Liverpool)	Own Page
SCULPTOR arrived in Beira (Sofala Province, Mozambique) from Durban (South Africa)
Arrived from Durban (South Africa) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth Beira (Sofala Province, Mozambique) Gross Tonnage 7,259
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CLAN CUMMING ( 1946 - 1962 General cargo liner 486 feet long of Clan Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
CLAN CUMMING arrived in Beira Roads (Sofala Province, Mozambique) from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Beira Roads (Sofala Province, Mozambique)
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	NUDDEA (1954-1972 General cargo liner of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : Scrapped in 1972)	Own Page
NUDDEA arrived in Beira Roads (Sofala Province, Mozambique) from Mtwara (Tanganyika)
Arrived from Mtwara (Tanganyika, British East Africa : 1961 Tanganyika became independent and renamed Tanzania) Port of Registry London (UK) Arrived in berth Beira Roads (Sofala Province, Mozambique) Gross Tonnage 8,596
News Event Friday, January 27, 1961 @ 0200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	ORECREST (1958-1965 Bulk carrier / Ore carrier 427 feet overall of Crest Shipping Co. Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas : 1973 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan))	Own Page
Ore carrier ORECREST had steering trouble off Shetland Isles and required tug assistance
Ship's location North of the Shetland Isles (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Nassau (New Providence Island, Bahamas) Vessel Master F J Anderson Net Tonnage 2,696 Sailing for Port Talbot (Wales, U.K.) ... pronounced po..talbot ...they do not pronounce the rt in port Gross Tonnage 6,903 Sailed from berth Narvik (Norway) Deadweght Tonnage 9,150 Outward cargo Iron ore
News Event Monday, February 13, 1961 @ 1905		Own Page
Ferry arrives at Brodick from Fairlie after a special rail excursion to Glasgow and Edinburgh
Arrived from Fairlie (Firth of Clyde, Ayrshire, Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth Brodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Passengers Ships agent Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd., Gourock, Scotland, UK
News Event Monday, February 13, 1961 @ 0640		Own Page
Ferry leaves Brodick at 0640 for Fairlie on a special rail excursion to Glasgow and Edinburgh
Sailing for Fairlie (Firth of Clyde, Ayrshire, Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Brodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Passengers Ships agent Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd., Gourock, Scotland, UK
News Event Monday, January 30, 1961 @ 2300 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	TROON LIFEBOAT (Royal National Lifeboat Institution)	Own Page
TROON LIFEBOAT searches for four hours in outer Firth of Clyde after reports of flares off Arran
Ship's location Outer Firth of Clyde (Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Stationed at Troon Harbour, Ayrshire (Scotland, UK)
The sighting of flares had been reported to the Coastguard Station at Kildonan at the south end of Isle of Arran (Firth of Clyde)
News Event Saturday, January 14, 1961 @ 1300 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	REBECCA (in 1961 Converted lifeboat)	Own Page
Converted lifeboat REBECCA goes aground near Irvine Harbour and Troon Lifeboat attends
Ship's location Irvine Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
News Event Sunday, December 21, 1969 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENALLIGIN (1968-1972 General cargo liner (formerly Ellerman's CITY OF KHARTOUM) of Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1972 scrapped)	Own Page
BENALLIGIN left Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia) for Hong Kong
Sailing for Hong Kong Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia) Gross Tonnage 9,868
News Event Sunday, December 21, 1969 @ 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 Yokohama (Japan) for Shimizu (Japan)
Ship's location Yokohama (Japan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Shimizu (Japan)
News Event Monday, December 22, 1969 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENSTAC (1968-1982 Refrigerated / general cargo ship 531 feet long of Sir Douglas Thomson & Partners / William Thomson & Co., Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENSTAC left Moji (Japan) for Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
Sailing for Kaohsiung (Taiwan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Moji (Japan) Net Tonnage 4,186 Gross Tonnage 8,327 Deadweght Tonnage 12,100
News Event Friday, December 19, 1969 @ 0800 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 at Hull (England, UK) for Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Ship's location Hull (England, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Rotterdam (Netherlands) Gross Tonnage 7,755
News Event Monday, July 8, 2024 @ 1306	WATERWAY (2008- General cargo ship 81m overall of Baltnautic Shipping Ltd - Klaipeda, Lithuania)	Own Page
WATERWAY in Griffin Dock, Port of Ayr (Scotland, UK) from Vlaardingen (Netherlands)
Ship's location Griffin Dock, Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Kingstown (Saint Vincent And The Grenadines) Arrived from Port of Vlaardingen (Netherlands) Gross Tonnage 1,143 Deadweght Tonnage 1,454
News Event Monday, July 8, 2024 @ 1457	WILSON HAWK (2006- General cargo ship 91m overall of Wilson ASA Damsgårdsveien 135 5160 Laksevåg Norway)	Own Page
WILSON HAWK arrives at Ayr (Scotland) with agricultural products from Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium)
Arrived from Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) Port of Registry Bridgetown (Barbados) Arrived in berth Entrance to Griffin Dock, Port of Ayr (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 2,811 Cargo carried on arrival Agriprods (= Agricultural produce = probably wheat or grain) Deadweght Tonnage 4,284
News Event Monday, July 8, 2024 @ 1545	WAVERLEY (1974- Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd)	Own Page
WAVERLEY leaves Girvan on an excursion cruise around Ailsa Craig
Sailing for Excursion cruise around Ailsa Craig Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Girvan (Ayrshire, Outer Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 693 Outward cargo Passengers
News Event Monday, July 8, 2024 @ 1155	WAVERLEY (1974- Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd)	Own Page
WAVERLEY leaves Largs on cruise along Ayrshire Coast then Ayr and Girvan and around Ailsa Craig
Sailing for Excursion cruise along the Ayrshire Coast then to Ayr and Girvan and sail around Ailsa Craig Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Largs (Ayrshire, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 693 Outward cargo Passengers
News Event Tuesday, July 9, 2024 @ 1200	ALFRED (2019- Ro-ro passenger catamaran ferry 84m overall on charter to Caledonian MacBrayne from Pentland Ferries)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne announce that their charter of ferry ALFRED is being extended till March 2025
Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland Port of Registry Kirkwall (Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 2,991 Deadweght Tonnage 466
Caledonian MacBrayne announce that their charter of the catamaran ferry ALFRED, presently on the Troon – Brodick (Isle of Arran) service is being extended until March 2025.
News Event Monday, July 8, 2024 @ 1425	WAVERLEY (1974- Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd)	Own Page
WAVERLEY leaves Ayr Harbour with passengers on a cruise to Girvan and round Ailsa Craig
Sailing for Girvan (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) then round Ailsa Craig, then back to Girvan then back to Ayr Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth South Harbour Street, Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) ... with the assistance of Port of Ayr Pilot Gross Tonnage 693 Outward cargo Passengers
Toggle the table of contentsAilsa Craig  28 languages Ailsa Craig   Ailsa Craig from the southeast Location Ailsa Craig Ailsa Craig shown within South Ayrshire OS grid reference NX019997 Coordinates 55°15′07″N 05°06′59″W Physical geography Island group Firth of Clyde Area 99 ha (240 acres)[2] Area rank 150=[2] [3] Highest elevation 338 m (1,109 ft) (a Marilyn) Administration Council area South Ayrshire Country Scotland Sovereign state United Kingdom Demographics Population 0[4] References [2][5][6] WAVERLY is sailing round Ailsa Craig.   What is Ailsa Craig ? Ailsa Craig is a now-uninhabited island of 240 acres in the outer Firth of Clyde, 16 km (8 +1⁄2 miles) west of mainland Scotland, upon which granite has long been quarried to make curling stones. The island is sometimes known as "Paddy's Milestone" being approximately the halfway point of the sea journey from Belfast to Glasgow, a traditional route of emigration for many Irish labourers going to Scotland to seek work. A more fanciful story about the origin of Ailsa Craig is that long, long, long ago there were two giants who hated each other.   One lived in Glasgow and the other lived in Belfast.    One day they had a fight and the Glasgow giant picked up a huge rock and threw it at the other giant.  The rock fell into the sea between Scotland and Ireland and thus was the origin of Ailsa Craig.   The Irish giant, not to be beaten, picked up a similarly huge rock and tossed it at the Glasgow giant.   This massive rock landed at Dumbarton near Glasgow and is now known as Dumbarton Rock.  Today Ailsa Craig is a bird sanctuary, providing a home for huge numbers of gannets and an increasing number of puffins. In the summer months a small motor cruiser runs sailings from Girvan (on the Ayrshire Coast) to Ailsa Craig and, weather permitting, people can explore the island.     The Ayr Pilot Boat SCOTIA followed closely astern of WAVERLEY to take the Port Pilot from the steamer and take him to the inbound WILSON HAWK which was just outside the harbour and waiting for the Pilot to board her and guide her to berth in the dock. The cargo ship WILSON HAWK, flying the flag of Bridgetown (Barbados) and bringing agricultural produce (wheat / grain ???) from Antwerp (Belgium) was waiting outside the harbour for WAVERLEY to leave and then WILSON HAWK would enter the port.   You can see WILSON HAWK in the distance, between WAVERLEY and the Pilot Boat.
News Event Monday, July 8, 2024 @ 1335	WAVERLEY (1974- Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd)	Own Page
WAVERLEY arrives at Ayr to embark passengers on a cruise to Girvan and round Ailsa Craig
Arrived from Largs (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth South Harbour Street, Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) ... with the assistance of Port of Ayr Pilot Gross Tonnage 693 Sailing for Girvan (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) then round Ailsa Craig, then back to Girvan then back to Ayr Cargo carried on arrival Passengers Outward cargo Passengers
News Event Saturday, July 6, 2024 @ 1248	ALFRED (2019- Ro-ro passenger catamaran ferry 84m overall on charter to Caledonian MacBrayne from Pentland Ferries)	Own Page
Catamaran Ferry ALFRED on charter to Caledonian MacBrayne leaves Troon for Brodick (Isle of Arran)
Sailing for Brodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Kirkwall (Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Ferry Terminal, East Pier, Port of Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 2,991 Outward cargo Passengers and vehicles Deadweght Tonnage 466 Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock Pier, Scotland, UK
ALFRED was on a long-term charter by Caledonian MacBrayne (reputedly costing 1 million pounds sterling each month) to replace the Ardrossan - Brodick ferry CALEDONIAN ISLES which had suffered very serious engine problems and was spending many months being repaired at the Cammel Laird yard at Birkenhead, England.    At the start of the charter ALFRED was working the busy Brodick service from Ardrossan Harbour and using the Irish berth while the smaller MacBrayne ferry ISLE OF ARRAN was rostered onto the Ardrossan-Brodick run and using the usual Arran berth.    But soon the Irish berth became unsuitable (gossip says the ramp had serious mechanical failures) and the berth was declared unfit for use.       So ALFRED found herself moving along the Ayrshire Coast to the Port of Troon where she uses the ramp at the Ferry Terminal at the East Pier and daily works the (now) Troon - Brodick passenger and vehicle service.    The Brodick service is extremely busy especially during the summer months and the ISLE OF ARRAN, being smaller and with much less capacity than the usual CALEDONIAN ISLES, would have been unable to carry the large amount of summer traffic on her own.
News Event Saturday, March 25, 1961 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BRAEMAR CASTLE (1952-1966 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London)	Own Page
BRAEMAR CASTLE leaves London on a 15 days cruise to Tangier, Naples, Palma and Lisbon
Ship's location London (England, U.K.) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for 15 days cruise to Tangier, Naples, Palma and Lisbon Outward cargo Passengers
News Event Friday, January 13, 1961 @ 0800		Own Page
Advert by Shipping Agents Rennie & Watson for 1961 passenger sailings from Ardrossan to Isle of Man
News Event Saturday, March 4, 1961 @ 0200 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LASCAR (1939-1972 Steam general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 66 feet long of J & J Hay, Glasgow : 1972 scrapped at Troon)	Own Page
Clyde puffer lighter LASCAR drifting without power off Irvine is rescued by Troon Lifeboat
Ship's location Firth of Clyde off Irvine Harbour (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Reg Tonnage 50 Gross Tonnage 96 Deadweght Tonnage 140
The Coastguards who spotted the distress flares were based in the Coastguard Lookout Station at Kildonan, at the south end of Isle of Arran, about 20 miles from the drifting puffer.
News Event Saturday, March 11, 1961 @ 0830	FRAGUM (1952-1964 Coastal oil tanker 332 feet long of Shell Tankers, London :1976 scrapped at Hong Kong)	Own Page
Body of 40-year-old seaman from Shell coastal tanker FRAGUM found at Ardrossan Harbour
Ship's location Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Reg Tonnage 1,280
News Event Monday, March 13, 1961 @ 2330 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LAIRDSBANK (1936-1963 Twin-screw General cargo coaster 229 feet long of Burns & Laird Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Fire damages Burns & Laird's LAIRDSBANK berthed in Old Dock, Ardrossan Harbour
Ship's location Old Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) ... Old Dock is the Ardrossan Shipyard Basin Port of Registry Glasgow Reg Tonnage 316 Gross Tonnage 789
News Event Friday, March 24, 1961 @ 0800		Own Page
Advert for Northern Ireland and reference to the Burns & Laird overnight Glasgow to Belfast sailings
News Event Saturday, March 16, 1957 @ 2100	JEVINGTON COURT (1959-1967 General cargo ship 476 feet overall of Court Line, London : managed by Haldin & Co. : 1975 scrapped at Bombay))	Own Page
JEVINGTON COURT at Ceuta (North Africa) after an engine room fire
Ship's location Ceuta (an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast) Port of Registry London Arrived from Mobile (Alabama, USA) Net Tonnage 3,416 Sailing for Haifa (Israel) Gross Tonnage 6,248 Cargo carried on arrival Wheat
News Event Thursday, August 4, 2022 @ 1216	TIDEFORCE (2019- Tide-Class Replenishment Tanker 200.9 m (659 ft 1 in) overall and pennant number A139 of Royal Fleet Auxiliary, London) )	Own Page
Royal Fleet Auxiliary TIDEFORCE passing Kilcreggan (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Leaving B1 anchorage off Gourock (Scotland, UK) passing Kilcreggan heading for Faslane Naval Base Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Sailing for HMNB (= Her Majesty's Naval Base) Faslane (Gare Loch, Scotland, UK)
News Event Thursday, June 14, 1962 @ 0730	POINTSMAN ( 1956 - Steam Coastal tanker, speed 7 knots, 233 feet long of Helmsman Shipping Company / C Rowbotham & Sons (Management) Ltd, London)	Own Page
POINTSMAN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of fuel oil from Heysham (England, UK)
Vessel Master D Hunt Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived from Heysham (England, UK) Net Tonnage 547 Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 1,174 Draught aft on arrival 16 feet 6 inches Cargo carried on arrival Fuel Oil Ships agent T L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan
News Event Thursday, June 14, 1962 @ 0145	ONWARD PROGRESS (1959 - 1974 Products tanker 144 feet long of Fleetwood Tankers Ltd / B.A. Parkes, Fleetwood)	Own Page
ONWARD PROGRESS arrives in Ardrossan Harbour with Gas Oil from Brodick (Isle of Arran)
Vessel Master B Beavers Port of Registry Fleetwood England, U.K.) Arrived from Brodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 144 Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 345 Draught aft on arrival 11 feet Cargo carried on arrival Gas Oil
News Event Monday, November 3, 1952 @ 0800		Own Page
Advert for Bibby Line services from UK and Continent to Marseilles, Egypt, Sudan, Ceylon and Burma
Sailing for Marseilles (France), Egypt, Sudan, Ceylon and Burma Ships agent Bibby Bros & Company, Martins Bank Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool 1 (England, UK)
News Event Thursday, August 16, 1962 @ 1700 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are as published or our best estimate	SANTONA (1959-1967 General cargo ship 297 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
SANTONA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Toronto and Hamilton (both in Ontario, Canada)
Ship's location Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailing for Toronto (Ontario, Canada) and Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
News Event Saturday, August 4, 1962 @ 1700 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are as published or our best estimate	BARON INVERCLYDE (1954-1963 General cargo ship 438ft 139.2 metres long 12.5 knots of Hugh Hogarth Company, Glasgow)	Own Page
BARON INVERCLYDE closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Lisbon (Portugal)
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Ardrossan (Scotland) Sailing for Lisbon (Portugal) Gross Tonnage 7;490 Outward cargo General cargo Deadweght Tonnage 9,300 Ships agent Hugh Hogarth & Sons Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow C. 2. Tel. CENtral 6535
News Event Monday, August 6, 1962 @ 1200	ZENA (1956-1964 North-sea general cargo coaster of Scottish Nav Co Ltd (Glen & Co, Glasgow / 1961-1964 to associated company F T Everard, London : 1966 wrecked Isle of Harris, Scotland)	Own Page
ZENA closes at Prince's Dock, Glasgow for receiving general cargo for Gothenburg (Sweden)
Ship's location Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for Gothenburg (Sweden) Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Glen & Co. Ltd., 165 St Vincent Street, Glasgow C. 2.
News Event Monday, August 22, 1966 @ 0918	SCOTTISH COAST (1957-1969 Passenger cargo ship 342 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 2002 scrapped at Mumbai, India))	Own Page
Burns & Laird Lines SCOTTISH COAST leaves Ardrossan Harbour with passengers and cars for Belfast
Sailing for Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Winton Pier, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Net Tonnage 1827 Outward cargo 178 passengers and 20 cars (cars = automobiles) Gross Tonnage 3817 Draught forward on sailing 14 feet 2 inches Draught aft on sailing 15 feet 1 inch Master of vessel on sailing Captain Douglas McCormick Ships agent Burns & Laird Lines Ltd, The Harbour, Ardrossan
Wind North East, force 4,   moderate sea,   slight swell,  partly cloudy,   good visibility.
News Event Saturday, September 1, 1962 @ 1755	SUAVITY (1946 - 1970 General cargo bridge-amidships coaster 211 feet long of F T Everard, London)	Own Page
SUAVITY arrives in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank, Scotland with 1,042 tons of Clinker from London
Arrived from London (England, UK) Port of Registry London Arrived in berth 1 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) with her head west Net Tonnage 498 Sailing for Swansea (Wales, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 943 Sailed from berth 2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 1,121 Draught forward on arrival 13 feet 6 inches Draught aft on arrival 14 feet 10 inches Cargo carried on arrival Clinker 1,042 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0945 on 3 September Stevedore discharging inward cargo J F Wilson Completed discharge of inward cargo 1630 on 3 September Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board Draught forward on sailing 5 feet Draught aft on sailing 10 feet 4 inches Sailed 1846 on 3 September for Swansea (Wales, U.K.)
News Event Sunday, July 2, 1967 @ 2100	SILVERSAND (1958-1973 Bulk carrier / Ore carrier 503 feet overall of St Helens Shipping Co., London / Bishopsgate Shipping Co. Ltd., London : 1975 wrecked)	Own Page
SILVERSAND arrives at Terminus Quay, Glasgow with 15,073 tons of iron ore from Port-Cartier (Canada)
Arrived from Port-Cartier (is a city in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with stern on 7th pawl Net Tonnage 4,774 Sailing for Port Etienne (= Nouadhibou, Mauritania, West Africa) Gross Tonnage 10,887 Sailed from berth Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with stern on 7th pawl Deadweght Tonnage 15,465 Draught forward on arrival 28 feet 8 inches Draught aft on arrival 29 feet Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore 15,073 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0600 on 3 July Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, G2 8DS (Scotland, UK) Completed discharge of inward cargo 2100 on 3 July Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board Draught forward on sailing 20 feet 8 inches Draught aft on sailing 20 feet 6 inches Engine trials See the note below Vessel bunkered On 3 July bunkered 230 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE Vessel on ground Yes : draught forward 24 feet 6 inches and draught aft 23 feet 10 inches Ships agent BISCO (= British Iron and Steel Corporation (Ore) Ltd.) Sailed 0855 on 5 July for Port Etienne (= Nouadhibou, Mauritania, West Africa)
Port-Cartier is a city in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Aux-Rochers River, 63 kilometres (39 mi) southwest of Sept-Îles, Quebec. ENGINE TRIALS At 2050 on 4 July the vessel was hauled off the berth at Terminus Quay, Glasgow.   A punt was put inside = between the vessel and the quay, and a tug was in attendance aft.   Engine trials were conducted between 2105 and 2210 hours.
News Event Wednesday, April 18, 1956 @ 0800	AKKA (1942-1956 General cargo ship 442 feet overall of Grangesberg Oxelosund, Sweden : 1956 wrecked off Dunoon, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)	Own Page
Notice to Mariners warns vessels to keep clear of wreck of AKKA aground on Dunoon Bank
Ship's location Gantocks Rocks, Dunoon Bank (off Dunoon, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Sweden Net Tonnage 3,053 Gross Tonnage 5,409
An excellent account of the wrecking of AKKA is in https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/akka/
News Event Tuesday, November 24, 1942 @ 1000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate		Own Page
Skipper of Clyde Puffer Lighter in Court for illegally taking 30 tons of sand from sandbank
Ship's location Cockle Sandbank off Greenock (Scotland, UK)
This unusual matter occurred in wartime, in the middle of World War 2
News Event Saturday, July 31, 1965 @ 1625	PORT VICTOR (1948-1970 General / refridgerated cargo liner 529 feet overall of Port Line, London : 1970 scrapped)	Own Page
PORT VICTOR arrives at Glasgow with 792 tons of apples from Australian Ports via Liverpool
Arrived from Australian Ports via Liverpool Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 77 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) head west and bow 1 blind from berth 79/77 bulkhead Gross Tonnage 10,390 Sailing for London (England, UK) Sailed from berth 77 Plantation Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) head west and bow 1 blind from berth 79/77 bulkhead Draught forward on arrival 20 feet 9 inches Draught aft on arrival 23 feet 10 inches Cargo carried on arrival 792 tons of apples Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 1 August Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1350 on 3 August Outward cargo Part same inward cargo of apples Draught forward on sailing 19 feet Draught aft on sailing 23 feet 9 inches Ships agent Patrick Henderson & Co., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow C. 2. Tel CENtral 8761 Sailed 1540 on 3 August for London (England, UK)
PORT VICTOR was completed in 1942 as the aircraft carrier HMS NAIARANA for the Royal Navy, London : in 1946 transferred to Netherlands Navy renamed HNMS KAREL DOORMAN : 1948 returned to Port Line and rebuilt as PORT VICTOR : 1971 scrapped.
News Event Thursday, May 16, 1968 @ 1740	IRMGARD HORN (1959- Refrigerated and General cargo ship 207 feet long of Tiefkuhlschiffsrederi Heinr. Christian Horn, Hamburg)	Own Page
IRMGARD HORN arrives at Lancefield Quay, Glasgow with 404 tons of carrots from Famagusta (Cyprus)
Arrived from Famagusta (Northern Cyprus) Port of Registry Hamburg (West Germany) Arrived in berth 40 Lancefield Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with her head east Net Tonnage 216 Sailing for Rochester (Medway, Kent, England, UK) Gross Tonnage 497 Sailed from berth 40 Lancefield Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with her head east Deadweght Tonnage 646 Draught forward on arrival 10 feet Draught aft on arrival 12 feet Cargo carried on arrival Carrots 404 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 17 May Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1130 on 20 May Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board Draught forward on sailing 9 feet 6 inches Draught aft on sailing 10 feet 3 inches Ships agent William Corry Sailed 1420 on 20 May for Rochester (Medway, Kent, England, UK)
News Event Tuesday, July 26, 1966 @ 0830	TACTICIAN ( 1961-1979 General cargo / heavy lift liner 488 feet overall of T. & J. Harrison Line, Liverpool : 1987 scrapped in Peru)	Own Page
TACTICIAN arrives at Prince's Dock, Glasgow with 3,377 tons of general cargo from the West Indies
Arrived from West Indies Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 6 / 7 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with her head east and bow 1 blind from the top Net Tonnage 4,844 Sailing for Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 8,844 Sailed from berth 6 / 7 Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with her head east and bow 1 blind from the top Deadweght Tonnage 10,900 Draught forward on arrival 25 feet 6 inches Draught aft on arrival 26 feet Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 3,377 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0900 on 26 July Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224 Completed discharge of inward cargo 1800 on 28 July Outward cargo Part same inward cargo Draught forward on sailing 17 feet 2 inches Draught aft on sailing 23 feet 7 inches Ships agent Prentice, Service and Henderson Ltd., 68 Gordon Street, Glasgow C. 1. Sailed 1950 on 28 July for Liverpool (England, UK)
TACTICIAN was on the ground at first low water 1345 hours : draught 23 feet forward and 24 feet aft : slight list to port and vessel 8 feet off quay.
News Event Sunday, March 24, 1968 @ 1020	DALHANNA (1958-1969 Ore carrier 504 feet long of Hunting & Sons, Newcastle, England, UK))	Own Page
DALHANNA arrives at West Terminus Quay, Glasgow with 14,945 tons of Iron Ore from Narvik (Norway)
Arrived from Narvik (Norway) Port of Registry Newcastle (England, UK) Arrived in berth West Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Monrovia (Liberia, West Africa) Sailed from berth West Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Draught forward on arrival 30 feet 2 inches Draught aft on arrival 29 feet 9 inches Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore 14,945 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1430 on 24 March Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clyde Port Authority, 16 Robertson Street, Glasgow, G2 8DS (Scotland, UK) Completed discharge of inward cargo 1000 on 26 March Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board Draught forward on sailing 16 feet 10 inches Draught aft on sailing 23 feet 6 inches Ships agent BISCO (= British Iron and Steel Corporation (Ore) Ltd.) Sailed 2120 on 26 March for Monrovia (Liberia, West Africa)
News Event Wednesday, December 25, 1968 @ 0500	IRON CROWN ( 1961 - 1971 Ore carrier 518 feet long of Vallum Shipping / Common Brothers, Newcastle, England, UK)	Own Page
IRON CROWN arrives at General Terminus Quay, Glasgow with iron ore from Monrovia (Liberia)
Arrived from Monrovia (Liberia, West Africa) Port of Registry Newcastle (England, UK) Arrived in berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 11,125 Sailing for Port of Nouadhibou (Port-Étienne), Mauritania (West Africa) Deadweght Tonnage 15,900 Sailed from berth General Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Draught forward on arrival 27 feet 10 inches Draught aft on arrival 29 feet 4 inches Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore 15,100 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 1745 on 26 December Stevedore discharging inward cargo Clyde Port Authority Completed discharge of inward cargo 1635 on 27 December Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board Draught forward on sailing 18 feet Draught aft on sailing 19 feet Vessel bunkered 0900 on 26 December bunkered 300 tons of fuel oil from oiler CLYDE ENTERPRISE Ships agent BISCO (= British Iron and Steel Corporation) Sailed 0515 on 28 December for Port of Nouadhibou (Port-Étienne), Mauritania (West Africa)
News Event Saturday, March 3, 1962 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ATHLONE CASTLE (1934-1965 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London)	Own Page
Breakfast Menu for First Class Passengers on ATHLONE CASTLE at Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
Ship's location Port Elizabeth (South Africa) ..... homeward bound for Southampton (UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 25,564
News Event Wednesday, June 26, 2024 @ 1215	EEMS SKY (2008- General cargo ship 87m overall of Amasus Shipping B.V. Abel Tasmanplein 4 NL 9934 GD Delfzijl)	Own Page
EEMS SKY at Ayr, Scotland, discharging agricultural produce from Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium)
Ship's location River Berth, Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Delfzijl (The Netherlands) Arrived from Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) Gross Tonnage 1,862 Cargo carried on arrival Agriprods (= Agricultural produce) ... wheat / grain / ... ??????? Deadweght Tonnage 2,600 Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 26 June
News Event Wednesday, November 27, 1968 @ 0130	VATERLAND (1966-1988 General cargo coaster 64.7 metres 212 feet overall of Capt. Heindrich Kottermam)	Own Page
VATERLAND arrives at Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow to discharge cargo then load for Antwerp (Belgium)
Arrived from Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) via Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Hamburg, Germany Arrived in berth 57 / 59 Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow, UK) Reg Tonnage 942 Sailing for Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) Deadweght Tonnage 1300 Sailed from berth 57 / 59 Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow, UK) Draught forward on arrival 8 feet 3 inches Draught aft on arrival 10 feet 6 inches Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Commenced discharge of inward cargo 0800 on 27 November Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224 Completed discharge of inward cargo 0900 on 28 November Commened loading outward cargo 0900 on 28 November Outward cargo General cargo Stevedore loading outward cargo James Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224 Completed loading outward cargo 1600 on 29 November Draught forward on sailing 9 feet 1 inch Draught aft on sailing 12 feet 2 inches Ships agent Clyde Shipping Co. Ltd., 78 Carlton Place, Glasgow, C. 5. Telephone SOUth 2181 Sailed 1610 on 29 November for Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium)

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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.

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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.

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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

 

 14 March 2019   @ 1239

Richard Danielson e-mails

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

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

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

THANK YOU.
Richard Danielson. 

 

Admin Note :

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

 

20 March 2019  @ 1604

 

Jim Howie  (Partick, Glasgow)

 

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

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

  

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

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

12 Hopper Barges.

1 Dumb grab hopper barge.

1 Tug CLYDE.

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

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

11 passenger ferryboats.

1 60-ton floating crane NEWSHOT.

1 Diving Bell barge.

2 Divers’ motor boats.

1 Oil Separating Barge PLOVER

3 motor launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS.

1 Hydrographic Survey launch CRANNOG.

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

Jim Howie.

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Looking for images / photos of BALLYGALLY HEAD of 1950s

 23 January 2019  1011

Joseph McGurk Jr. e-mails

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

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

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

he sailed on her

   Thank you, regards Joseph mc gurk jr

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Renfrew Harbour, Firth of Clyde, around 1980

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

 

   Does anyone have any idea what the other ships are ?

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The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937

 6th  January 2019.

   James Barrowman (Brighton, England) e-mails :

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

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

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

   Thanks, Jim Barrowman.

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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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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