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What/When	Ship
News Event Saturday, September 3, 1955 @ 0900	SAXONIA (1954- 1963 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Passenger programme for 3 September 1955 on SAXONIA on passage from Montreal to UK
Ship's location On passage from Montreal (Canada) for Greenock and Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Outward cargo Passengers Gross Tonnage 21,617
News Event Tuesday, October 1, 1963 @ 1000 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	AIMEE LYKES (around 1963 in Cape Town, South Africa)	Own Page
AIMEE LYKES at Cape Town (South Africa)
Ship's location Cape Town (South Africa) Port of Registry USA
Image contributed by Crabtree
News Event Friday, January 1, 1960 @ 1000 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	CANBERRA (1961-1997 Passenger liner 820 feet (250 m) of P & O Line, London : 1997-8 Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan)	Own Page
1960 Advert with liner CANBERRA fitted with Weir (Cathcart, Glasgow) power plant auxiliaries
Port of Registry London (England, U.K.)
News Event Thursday, August 1, 1974 @ 1000		Own Page
Ellermans Company Magazine "ON SHORE AND AFLOAT" August 1974 : change of ships' names
News Event Tuesday, November 10, 1959 @ 1813 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ALSATIA (1951-1963 General cargo liner 503 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Cunard Line's ALSATIA leaves Glasgow with general cargo and three giant bottles for New York (USA)
Arrived from New York (USA) via London (England) and Le Havre (France) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 4 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with her head west Net Tonnage 4,098 Sailing for New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK ... all in one quick word Gross Tonnage 7,242 Sailed from berth 4 Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) with her head west Deadweght Tonnage 10,750 Draught forward on arrival 18 feet 10 inches Draught aft on arrival 22 feet 6 inches Cargo carried on arrival 2½ tons of general cargo inwards (general cargo outwards) Commenced discharge of inward cargo 5 November at 1400 hours Stevedore discharging inward cargo James Spencer & Co. (Stevedores) Ltd., 165 Finnieston Street, Glasgow, C. 3. Tel.. 041-221-5224 Completed discharge of inward cargo 5 November at 1430 hours Commened loading outward cargo 5 November at 1400 hours Outward cargo 1,989 tons of general cargo Draught forward on sailing 22 feet 4 inches Draught aft on sailing 26 feet 2 inches Ships agent Anchor Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow C.1. tel CENtral 9309 Sailed 1813 on 10 November for New York (USA) ... Americans pronounce it as NOO YORK
News Event Friday, May 15, 1959 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CIRCASSIA ( 1937 - 1966 Passenger and cargo liner 483 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Children from Copland Road School, Glasgow visit Anchor Line's CIRCASSIA at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow
Ship's location Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Vessel Master Captain J McGill Brown
News Event Tuesday, November 1, 1949 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CAMERONIA (1921-1940 Passenger liner 678 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow: 1940-1948 Troopship: 1948-1953 Emigrant ship from U.K. to Australia: sold 1953)	Own Page
Image of three Barnes family children sailing on Anchor Line's CAMERONIA from Glasgow to Australia
Ship's location Central Railway Station, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Vessel Master Captain George Brown Kelly Gross Tonnage 16,280 Sailing for Sydney (Australia) Sailed from berth King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Passengers Ships agent Anchor Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow C.1. tel CENtral 9309
News Event Tuesday, January 14, 2025 @ 1017	GUIDE US (in 2025 Inshore fishing boat GK77 at Greenock)	Own Page
GUIDE US arriving at James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Arriving at James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Arrived from Fishing in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK) Sailing for The Cut, James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Fish
News Event Tuesday, January 14, 2025 @ 0942	ROVER (1964- IMO 305194 : Motor 80-passenger tender 19.8m overall of Clyde Marine Services Ltd., Greenock)	Own Page
ROVER at the Pontoon in James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Pontoon in James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Greenock (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 23 Gross Tonnage 48
News Event Tuesday, January 14, 2025 @ 1009	CORUISK (2003- Ro-ro ferry 65m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
CORUISK leaves James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland) for trials in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK)
Sailing for Trials in the Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailed from berth Dales Marine Services, James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland) .. assisted by tug CMS WRESTLER Gross Tonnage 1,559 Outward cargo Light ship = no passengers or vehicles on board Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland
News Event Tuesday, January 14, 2025 @ 1527	BUTE (2005- IMO 9319741 Passenger / Ro-ro ferry 72m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
BUTE arriving at Wemyss Bay (Scotland, UK) with passengers and vehicles from Rothesay, Isle of Bute
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
News Event Tuesday, January 14, 2025 @ 1412	RIX MUNTE (2018- General cargo ship IMO 9191254, MMSI 255806119 : 99.90m overall of Rix Shipmanagement Sia - Riga, Latvia)	Own Page
RIX MUNTE passes Custom House Quay, Greenock (Scotland) outbound for Copenhagen (Denmark)
Ship's location Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Madeira (Portugal) Sailing for Copenhagen (= Kobenhavn, Denmark) Gross Tonnage 2,997 Sailed from berth Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Refuse --- derived fuel
News Event Tuesday, July 1, 2014 @ 1200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	DISCOVERY (Museum ship at Dundee)	Own Page
THIS ITEM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ..... Museum ship DISCOVERY at Dundee (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Dundee (Scotland, UK)
News Event Sunday, January 12, 2025 @ 1830	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's new ferry GLEN SANNOX prepares to start her passenger service ... Part 1 of 5
Ship's location Ferry Terminal, Port of Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
From BBC Scotland online news 12 January 2025   Scotland's ferries saga ship to finally set sail Calum Watson BBC News Published 2 hours ago The ship at the centre of Scotland's long-running ferries saga is scheduled to make its first passenger voyage before dawn on Monday. MV Glen Sannox is due to leave Troon harbour in South Ayrshire, bound for the Isle of Arran, on its first sailing at 06:30. But a yellow alert, external, issued by Caledonian MacBrayne on Sunday, said it may be subject to delay or cancellation due to high winds. The ship - which was meant to be delivered almost seven years ago - completed a return test sailing on Sunday and is the first new large vessel to join the UK's largest ferry fleet in nearly a decade. With a capacity for 127 cars and 852 passengers, Glen Sannox will help relieve pressures on the state-owned operator which has struggled in recent years to maintain services with ageing and increasingly unreliable vessels. Image caption, The Glen Sannox completed a test sailing on Sunday ahead of its first passenger crossing on Monday The orders for the dual-fuel ships Glen Sannox and its sister vessel Glen Rosa, were placed with the Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow nearly a decade ago. But acrimonious disputes over the design challenges and claims for extra costs saw the shipyard fall into administration and nationalised in 2019. The ships have ended up costing more than four times the £97m contract price and sparked arguably the longest running political row of the devolution era. CalMac chief executive Duncan Mackison said staff had worked hard to complete sea trials and crew familiarisation for the first gas-powered ferry built in the UK. "We are excited to welcome people on board and look forward to seeing a vessel which will bring great benefit to Arran enter service for the local community," he said. Image gallerySkip image gallery Image caption, A look inside the finished Glen Sannox - starting with the bridge Image caption, The forward observation lounge Image caption, One of the interior passenger seating areas Image caption, A lounge area on the boat Image caption, The external observation deck 1 of 5 Previous image
News Event Sunday, January 12, 2025 @ 1830	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's new ferry GLEN SANNOX prepares to start her passenger service ... Part 2 of 5
Ship's location Ferry Terminal, Port of Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Named after an Arran beauty spot, Glen Sannox will make three return sailings from Troon to the island's main town of Brodick each day. An identical vessel, Glen Rosa - still under construction at the Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow - is due to join it on the route at the end of the year, although it was reported at the weekend that a new six-month delay will be announced shortly., external On Sunday Glen Sannox carried passengers and vehicles on her maiden voyage after completing a test run. Mr Mackison said: "A massive effort has gone into getting MV Glen Sannox to this stage, and everyone at CalMac is excited to have her in the fleet and serving Arran." For residents on the island the arrival of the new ship should bring relief after years of transport uncertainty. Image caption, Mike Dobson, from Arran Cancer Support, says the uncertainty has taken a toll on the mental health of those needing regular mainland medical treatment Mike Dobson, chairman of Arran Cancer Support, said it had been particularly difficult for those needing hospital treatment on the mainland. "An ageing ferry fleet with lots of technical or weather-related problems has made it more difficult for people to feel that they are going to get there," he told BBC News. "It's meant more cancellations of appointments and that bears a certain weight on people and affects their mental health." Sheila Gilmore, from Visit Arran, said businesses had also been badly affected, but she was optimistic visitor numbers will now start to recover. "We are very hopeful, it's been a long struggle to get here but we have to look forward and put what is in the past behind us," she said.
News Event Sunday, January 12, 2025 @ 1830	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's new ferry GLEN SANNOX prepares to start her passenger service ... Part 3 of 5
Ship's location Ferry Terminal, Port of Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Scotland's entire west coast ferry network should also benefit as the average age of the fleet falls and new capacity allows vessels to be redeployed.     Scotland's ferries saga   For SNP politicians there will be hope the arrival of Glen Sannox heralds the end of Scotland's long-running ferries controversy, although reports of new delays for Glen Rosa mean that may be premature. The contract to build the two ships was awarded to Ferguson's in 2015, a year after it went bust. It was rescued by an investment firm led by Jim McColl, an economic adviser to the then First Minister Alex Salmond. While a decade of decline had left the Clyde's last commercial shipyard with just 76 staff when it went into administration, the businessman delivered millions of pounds of investment and rapid expansion. But construction of the dual-fuel ships soon faltered as the firm grappled with complex design challenges while trying to hit production milestones and modernising run-down facilities. Claims for extra costs led to a bitter standoff between the yard's management and state-owned ferries procurement body Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL). Image source,
News Event Sunday, January 12, 2025 @ 1830	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's new ferry GLEN SANNOX prepares to start her passenger service ... Part 4 of 5
Ship's location Ferry Terminal, Port of Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Image source,PA Media Image caption, Glen Sannox was launched with much fanfare in 2017, but the ship was far from finished Glen Sannox was launched by former first minister Nicola Sturgeon on a blustery day in November 2017, but behind the scenes a bigger political storm was brewing. It later emerged the ship was far from finished - windows were painted on, temporary funnels were made of plywood and, more importantly, huge amounts of engineering and electrical work were still required inside. The yard's managers blamed CMAL, claiming a poorly-developed concept design, late decision-making and interference had led to unforeseen complications. CMAL said the firm had simply underestimated the complexity of the task entrusted to it and made poor management decisions. The deadlock eventually saw Ferguson's run out of money and fall back into administration in 2019, with the shipyard nationalised, saving 350 jobs. Problems continued under new "turnaround director" Tim Hair who was paid nearly £2m before a permanent chief executive was appointed in 2022. Opposition parties, meanwhile, claimed the crisis had its roots in political opportunism and incompetence by Scottish ministers. Under new boss David Tydeman, the ships' construction eventually made progress but with more huge cost increases and repeated delays. He was sacked by the Ferguson board last March, and the ship was finally delivered to CMAL, after several more short delays, in November.
News Event Sunday, January 12, 2025 @ 1830	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's new ferry GLEN SANNOX prepares to start her passenger service ... Part 5 of 5
Ship's location Ferry Terminal, Port of Troon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Gas-powered ships Glen Sannox is the first dual fuel ferry built in the UK capable of running on both marine gas oil (MGO), a form of diesel, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). When running on gas the ship's engines are quieter and emit far lower levels of exhaust pollutants known as NOx and SOx. The climate change credentials of LNG, however, are questionable as the engines also release methane, which is a greenhouse gas far more potent than CO2. The LNG fuel also has to be imported from Qatar and trucked up to Scotland from a terminal in Kent. 'Green' ferry emits more CO2 than old diesel ship Future of Ardrossan harbour still in limbo Despite being a high-sided vessel Glen Sannox is highly manoeuvrable and should be better able to cope with stormy weather conditions off Scotland's west coast. But the size of the ship means it is currently unable to berth at Ardrossan, the closest mainland port to Arran, unless agreement is reached on a multi-million harbour redevelopment. In addition to Glen Rosa, four other large CalMac ships are being built by a large shipyard in Turkey - though they are also delayed, by about six months. The first of those ships, MV Isle of Islay, should be delivered in the spring, with the others following on about four months apart.
News Event Tuesday, November 13, 1962 @ 1900 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	MALAITA (1933-1965 Passenger / general cargo vessel 328 feet overall of Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd, Sydney : Scrapped 1971)	Own Page
MALAITA leaves Sydney (Australia) for Papua and New Guinea via Queensland (Australia) ports
Ship's location 7 Walsh Bay, Sydney (Australia) Port of Registry Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) Sailing for Papua and New Guinea via Queensland (Australia) ports Net Tonnage 1,883 Outward cargo Passengers and general cargo Gross Tonnage 3,310 Ships agent Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd., 5 Bridge Street, Sydney (Australia) Tel 80547
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News Event Friday, January 10, 2025 @ 1030 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	FRANK ( 2008 - Chemical / Oil Products Tanker IMO: 9371787 : 148m overall of Frank Shipping Inc, Dubai, UAE)	Own Page
FRANK discharging oil grades at Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Gibraltar Arrived from Rotterdam Vondeling (Netherlands) Gross Tonnage 11,711 Cargo carried on arrival Oil grades Deadweght Tonnage 17,998
Image contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Wednesday, November 14, 1962 @ 1900	ORIANA (1961-1986 Passenger liner 804 feet long of P & O-Orient Lines / P & O Steam Navigation Company, London))	Own Page
ORIANA advert for her departure from Sydney (Australia) for North America
Ship's location Passenger Terminal, Sydney Cove, Sydney (Australia) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for North America Outward cargo Passengers Ships agent P & O - Orient Lines, Passenger Booking Office, 2 Spring Street, Sydney (Australia) Tel. 20-532
News Event Thursday, January 9, 2025 @ 1500		Own Page
Repair plan for Titan crane at James Watt Dock, Greenock after safety concerns .... PART 1 OF 2
Ship's location James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland, UK)
From BBC Scotland online news 9 January 2025   Repair plan for iconic crane after safety alert Image caption, The James Watt Dock crane has been part of Greenock's skyline since 1917 Calum Watson BBC News Published 9 January 2025 Updated 8 hours ago Urgent repairs have been ordered on a giant Clydeside crane after fears the 107-year-old structure could be crumbling. A safety exclusion zone was ordered beneath the Titan crane at Greenock's James Watt Dock in mid-December after reports of "material" landing on a boat in the nearby marina during high winds. Heritage campaigners and local politicians have voiced concern that the category A-listed crane - one of only four surviving Titans on the Clyde - is not being properly maintained. The crane's owners say an inspection found no parts were missing but remedial works will begin in the coming weeks to allow the exclusion zone to be lifted. Image source,Inverclyde Heritage Network Image caption, The crane was used for fitting out ships when Greenock was a shipbuilding town The Greenock Titan Crane was built in 1917 by Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd - one of the leading Glasgow engineering firms of the 19th and 20th Centuries. The company built some of the UK's most famous steel structures, including the second Tay Bridge, the Forth Bridge and Tower Bridge in London. The giant cantilever crane at Greenock stands 150ft (48m) tall and was once rated to lift 150 tonnes - the equivalent of about 30 adult elephants. In Inverclyde's shipbuilding heyday it was used for lifting the heaviest objects into ships, particularly engines which were often made by the nearby Kincaid works.     Image source,Transient Places Image caption, The James Watt Dock Titan crane, photographed some years ago. Images courtesy of Transient Places. , externalAll images are copyrighted. Image source,Transient Places Image source,Transient Places Image source,Transient Places
News Event Thursday, January 9, 2025 @ 1500		Own Page
Repair plan for Titan crane at James Watt Dock, Greenock after safety concerns .... PART 2 OF 2
Ship's location James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Image source,Transient Places Image caption, The James Watt Dock Titan crane, photographed some years ago. Images courtesy of Transient Places. , externalAll images are copyrighted. Image source,Transient Places Image source,Transient Places Image source,Transient Places 1 of 4 Previous imageNext image Slide 1 of 4, A blue painted crane photographed at night. The crane is constructed of giant latticed girders., The James Watt Dock Titan crane, photographed some years ago. Images courtesy of Transient Places. All images are copyrighted. End of image gallery The crane's category A listing means it is considered to be of national or international significance for its architecture or history. Elliott McElvie, from Inverclyde Heritage Network, said he feared the crane might be allowed to deteriorate to such an extent that it has to be demolished. Three smaller cranes beside the town's Inchgreen dry dock suffered a similar fate in 2017, external when the owner, Peel, decided to blow them up. "Greenock and Port Glasgow used to have a number of Arrol cranes in the shipyards but they're all gone," Mr McElvie said. "The Titan is the only one that's left and it's sad to see it fall into a state of disrepair where the paint's peeling off it and we're getting reports that it's unsafe." More stories from Glasgow & West Scotland More stories from Scotland Local politicians from the three largest parties have united in calls for action to preserve the crane. It is owned by James Watt Dock LLP - a joint venture between subsidiaries of the Peel Group and publicly-funded urban regeneration firm Riverside Inverclyde. Recently-elected local MP Martin McCluskey wrote to the owners asking for details on the condition of the crane and plans for its preservation. "The water in Inverclyde is one of our biggest assets whether that's industry or tourism," he told BBC Scotland News. "We have a growing cruise ship market - we need to be thinking about all of these things on how we cater for a growing market for tourism. "It could easily be a tourist attraction, although that would require a lot more investment and thought."   Repair plan Brian Lavelette, property director for Peel Waters and a member of the James Watt Dock board, said a survey was ordered immediately after the first reports of falling debris 17 December. "Our contractors were able to safely access the crane and observed that they could see no part of the crane missing," he said in a new update. "We have invested hundreds of thousands of pounds over recent years towards the maintenance on the crane and as part of our ongoing commitment to its upkeep we have approved a full works proposal provided by specialist contractors with works due in the next couple of weeks. "Once these works are completed and subject to a further survey which is satisfactory to all parties, the intention is to remove the exclusion zone and withdraw the Notice to Mariners." Where are the other Titans? Image source,Getty Images Image caption, Glasgow's Finnieston Crane is the probably the best knows of the Titan cranes, becoming an iconic image of the city. The best known Titan is the Finnieston crane in central Glasgow, which has become an emblem of the city's industrial past. A few miles downriver, the Clydebank Titan crane - at the site of the former John Brown shipyard - has been turned into an award-winning visitor attraction with lift access but it is currently closed. A fourth giant cantilever crane stands at Whiteinch in Glasgow at the site of Barclay Curle shipyard while a fifth Titan in Govan was demolished in 2007 to allow development of the BAE Systems shipyard, In the east of the country, the Rosyth Titans were taken down in the 1990s. More than 40 similar cranes were manufactured worldwide, most of them designed by Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd. One Titan, built by Scottish firms in 1907, still stands in the Japanese city of Nagasaki having survived the second wartime use of an atomic bomb in 1945.
News Event Tuesday, August 6, 2024 @ 0657	BUTE (2005- IMO 9319741 Passenger / Ro-ro ferry 72m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
BUTE arriving at Wemyss Bay (Scotland, UK) with passengers and vehicles from Rothesay, Isle of Bute
Ship's location Arriving at Wemyss Bay (Scotland, UK) 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
News Event Saturday, August 3, 2024 @ 1305	HEBRIDEAN ISLES (1985- 2024 Ro-ro ferry 85m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's HEBRIDEAN ISLES at West Pier, Port of Troon (Ayrshire, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location West Pier, Port of Troon (Ayrshire, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland Gross Tonnage 3,040
News Event Thursday, January 9, 2025 @ 1229	EEMS DART (2002- General cargo ship IMO 9195640, MMSI 236453000 : 88.6m overall of Amasus Shipping Abel Tasmanplein 4 9934 GD Delfzijl Netherlands )	Own Page
EEMS DART at Port of Ayr, Scotland, discharging dry bulk cargo from Antwerpen (Antwerp, Belgium)
Ship's location Berth 5 Entrance to Griffin Dock, Port of Ayr (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Gibraltar Arrived from Antwerpen (Antwerp, Belgium) Cargo carried on arrival Dry bulk cargo
News Event Thursday, January 9, 2025 @ 1209	CEG COSMOS (1983- IMO 8303173 General cargo ship 63.21m long of Fehn Ship Management GmbH & Co. Ltd., Leer, Germany)	Own Page
CEG COSMOS at Port of Ayr, Scotland, discharging logs from Campbeltown (Kintyre, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Berth 4, River Berth, Port of Ayr (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Riga (Latvia) Arrived from Campbeltown (Kintyre, Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 460 Cargo carried on arrival Logs Gross Tonnage 1,139
News Event Tuesday, August 6, 2024 @ 1350	BRO NISSUM (2013- Oil / Chemical Tanker IMO: 9340623 : 144.18m overall of Maersk Tankers, Copenhagen, Denmark)	Own Page
BRO NISSUM passing Greenock outbound for Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Ship's location Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Lemvig (Midtjylland Region, Jutland peninsula, west Denmark) Arrived from Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 12,105 Sailing for Amsterdam (Netherlands) Deadweght Tonnage 16,654 Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board
Passing liner JEWEL OF THE SEAS at the Cruise Pontoon, Greenock
News Event Friday, April 2, 1954 @ 1700 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	DURBAN CASTLE (1938-1962 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London)	Own Page
DURBAN CASTLE left Cape Town (South Africa) for Saint Helena (an island in the South Atlantic Ocean)
Sailing for Saint Helena (a British Overseas Territory, is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth Cape Town (South Africa) Gross Tonnage 17,382
Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory, is a volcanic and tropical island, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, some 1,874 km (1,165 miles) west of the mainland of the continent of Africa,  Map of Saint Helena Location of Saint Helena in the southern Atlantic
News Event Tuesday, January 7, 2025 @ 1534		Own Page
Ardrossan Harbour redevelopment plan is in limbo, says Caledonian MacBrayne boss
Ship's location Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
From BBC Scotland Online News 7 January 2025 Lifeline harbour plan in limbo, says ferries boss Image gallerySkip image gallery Image source,Transport Scotland Image caption, Visualisations of the new Ardrossan harbour were released years ago but the redevelopment has stalled Image source,Transport Scotland Image source,Transport Scotland 1 of 3 Previous imageNext image Slide 1 of 3, A visualisation of a large harbour with two large ships moored beside a park with a marina in the background, Visualisations of the new Ardrossan harbour were released years ago but the redevelopment has stalled End of image gallery Published 7 January 2025, 16:34 GMT Updated 1 hour ago The fate of a lifeline port remains in limbo seven years after a major upgrade was promised, according to the boss of Scotland's ferries agency. Ardrossan harbour faces an uncertain future because two new ferries due to be deployed on CalMac's Arran route are too big to fit. Kevin Hobbs, chief executive of government-owned ferries and harbours body CMAL, told MSPs that talks with the port's private owner about funding remained "in the middle of nowhere". MV Glen Sannox, which enters service next week, will initially sail from Troon but will be restricted to three daily return crossings because of the extra journey time. Ardrossan will then be left with no scheduled CalMac sailings at all for two months until the old Arran vessel, MV Caledonian Isles, returns from repairs in March. The Ardrossan Harbour Project was given the go-ahead in 2018 by then transport minister Humza Yousaf who promised the North Ayrshire town would remain the main gateway to Arran. But Transport Scotland paused the project in 2023 following concerns about rising costs, and said a new business case would be developed. The existing facilities at Ardrossan are deemed too difficult for the new larger ships to berth at safely. 00:51 Media caption, The Arran berth at Ardrossan involves a notorious "handbrake turn" - negotiated here by Caledonian Isles - which is deemed too risky for the new ferries     Mr Hobbs told Holyrood's net zero, energy and transport committee , externalthe situation with Ardrossan was "frustrating", but that it was out of CMAL's control as the "lifeline harbour" was in private hands. He said no progress could be made until there was agreement on funding from three partners - Peel Ports, Transport Scotland and North Ayrshire Council. Asked where those negotiations stood, he replied: "In the middle of nowhere I think at the moment." He added: "Let's just say those amounts of money are ebbing and flowing between the three parties, which makes it very tricky." Image caption, Kevin Hobbs said plans for the Ardrossan redevelopment were "in the middle of nowhere" Glen Sannox and its sister ship Glen Rosa, due for delivery in the autumn, will also have to rely on road tankers for their liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling because no dedicated facilities have yet been constructed. CMAL awarded a contract to build the LNG storage and fast refuelling station to a Danish company in 2020 - but Mr Hobbs said construction could not begin until a firm decision was taken on where the new ferries would be based. He said he expected a minister to make an announcement on the Ardrossan project in the coming months. CalMac said operating out of Troon would inevitably result in fewer daily sailings because of the longer journey but that it would continue to work with partners to secure Ardrossan's redevelopment. A spokesperson for Ardrossan Harbour, owned by Peel Ports, said the uncertainty was "devastating for the people and businesses of Arran and Ardrossan". They added: "Peel Ports remains fully committed to the original Port redevelopment programme and is ready to begin the public procurement process once the ministerial taskforce approves the revised business case." Transport Scotland said a revised business case was almost complete but it needed to be supported by financial contributions from each of the main partners. A spokesperson said: "It is vital that these packages and legal agreements are clearly defined, affordable and ensure value for the public purse."   'Odd' payment arrangement Mr Hobbs and CMAL vessels director Jim Anderson also revealed to the committee that Glen Sannox was 90 tonnes heavier than specified when handed over by the Ferguson shipyard in November. That might result in a reduction in cargo payload when carrying freight - but this would not affect car or passenger capacity on the Arran route, they said. Mr Anderson said the achieved payload was "more than adequate for the needs, not just for that route, but for other routes". The issue of cargo payload was a source of tension between CMAL and the shipyard's former owners who said the original specification was unachievable. Kevin Hobbs was also questioned by committee convener Edward Mountain about payment arrangements for a former CMAL employee who until last year was seconded to the Ferguson shipyard. Senior technical manager Andy Crossan was engaged as project director for the new ferries in February 2022 by former Ferguson boss David Tydeman, who hoped it would mend the long-broken relationship between the shipyard and its customer.   Image caption, Andy Crossan was seconded from CMAL as project director for the new ferries being built at Ferguson shipyard Last month, the auditor general revealed, external that, in addition to his CMAL salary, Mr Crossan was given an uplift of £36,000 by Ferguson's, later rising to £54,000. The arrangement then changed again so that he was employed as a freelance consultant, and he subsequently invoiced the shipyard for nearly £145,000. Mr Hobbs said he was aware of initial financial arrangement with the CMAL employee but did not know it had been changed. He said the first he knew of it was after Mr Tydeman left the company, and he was approached by the shipyard's new chief financial officer. "I was surprised - and other emotions," he told the committee. "Let's just say I wasn't very happy." The shipyard ended the arrangement and Mr Crossan, who was turning 67, then retired, he said. Mr Hobbs agreed with the convener that it was "odd" for changes to the remuneration deal to be made without anyone at CMAL knowing about it. "I haven't got a crystal ball, and if someone doesn't come along, which is what the contract said, if there's any variations it needs to be exposed - and it wasn't," he said.
News Event Saturday, February 10, 1968 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ORSOVA (1954-1974 Passenger Liner of Orient Line / P & O Line, London)	Own Page
ORSOVA scheduled to leave Sydney for Southampton (England) via many ports
Ship's location Sydney (Australia) Port of Registry London Sailing for South Africa, South America, West and North Africa, Portugal and finishing at Southampton (England) Outward cargo Passengers Ships agent P & O Lines of Australia Pty. Ltd., Sydney (Australia)
News Event Thursday, January 2, 2025 @ 1245	ISLE OF ARRAN (1984- Passenger and vehicle ferry 84.9m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Maiden voyage commeration plaque on Caledonian MacBrayne's ISLE OF ARRAN
Ship's location In passenger lounge of Caledonian MacBrayne's ISLE OF ARRAN Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock Pier, (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 3,296
The plaque reads Presented by Scottish Television Plc to M.V. ISLE OF ARRAN to commemorate her maiden voyage when Miss Edith Macarthur of "Take the High Road" officially opened the service Brodick Pier     16th April 1984
News Event Thursday, January 2, 2025 @ 1158	ISLE OF ARRAN (1984- Passenger and vehicle ferry 84.9m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's ISLE OF ARRAN arriving at Ardrossan Harbour from Brodick (Isle of Arran)
Ship's location Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Brodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 3,296 Cargo carried on arrival Passengers and vehicles Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock Pier, (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Thursday, January 2, 2025 @ 1155		Own Page
Unstable Quay notice and fence at Irish Berth, Eglinton Tidal Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Irish Berth, Eglinton Tidal Dock, Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
News Event Thursday, January 2, 2025 @ 1315	ELISABETH SCHULTE (2010- Oil / Chemical tanker IMO 9439840 : 145.15m overall of Manager: Bernhard Schulte Ltd., Limassol, Cyprus Owner: Cooildarry Shipping, Cyprus)	Own Page
ELISABETH SCHULTE anchored in Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran) awaiting a berth at Finnart
Ship's location Brodick Bay (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Douglas (Isle of Man, UK) Sailing for Finnart Oil Terminal (Loch Long, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 11,246
Harbour Event Thursday, January 2, 2025 @ 1459		Own Page
In 1950s this derelict building was Burns & Laird Lines freight office and shed at Ardrossan Harbour
Ship's location "Burns Berth" 8 Eglinton Tidal Basin, Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK)
News Event Thursday, January 2, 2025 @ 1517	ISLE OF ARRAN (1984- Passenger and vehicle ferry 84.9m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
ISLE OF ARRAN leaves Ardrossan Harbour for Brodick (Isle of Arran)
Sailing for Brodick (Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Arran Berth, Ardrossan Harbour (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 3,296 Outward cargo Passengers and vehicles Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland
News Event Tuesday, February 14, 1961 @ 1200 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 at Gibraltar for Beira (Mozambique)
Ship's location Gibraltar Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for Beira (Mozambique : was an overseas colony of Portugal : in 1975 the country became independent) Gross Tonnage 14,464
News Event Tuesday, December 31, 2024 @ 1446	NJORD VIKING (2011- Supply vessel / Anchor Handling / Tug : IMO 9423827 : 85.2m overall of Manager: Viking Supply Ships, Frederiksberg, Denmark : Owner: Viking Supply Ships, Stenungsund, Sweden)	Own Page
Offshore multi-purpose vessel NJORD VIKING at Montrose (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Montrose ( town in Angus, East Scotland, UK, situated 28 miles (45 kilometres) north of Dundee) Port of Registry Mandal (Norway) Gross Tonnage 6,357 Deadweght Tonnage 4,416
Contributed by Debbie Boyd This first image is, from left to right : NJORD VIKING then PACIFIC DISPATCH then ATLANTIC KESTREL
News Event Tuesday, December 31, 2024 @ 1447	PACIFIC DISPATCH (2014- Offshore Supply Vessel / Anchor Handling Vessel IMO: 9456214 : 92m overall of Swire Pacific Offshore - Nicosia, Cyprus)	Own Page
Offshore multi-purpose vessel PACIFIC DISPATCH at Montrose (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Montrose ( town in Angus, East Scotland, UK, situated 28 miles (45 kilometres) north of Dundee) Port of Registry UK Gross Tonnage 6,641 Deadweght Tonnage 4,517
Contributed by Debbie Boyd This first image is, from left to right : NJORD VIKING then PACIFIC DISPATCH then ATLANTIC KESTREL
News Event Tuesday, December 31, 2024 @ 1448	ATLANTIC KESTREL (2012- Tug / Supply Vessel / Anchor Handling Vessel : IMO: 9557446 : 85.2m overall of Atlantic Towing Ltd., Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Own Page
Offshore multi-purpose vessel ATLANTIC KESTREL at Montrose (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Montrose ( town in Angus, East Scotland, UK, situated 28 miles (45 kilometres) north of Dundee) Port of Registry Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada) Net Tonnage 1,856 Gross Tonnage 6,186 Deadweght Tonnage 4,500
Contributed by Debbie Boyd This first image is, from left to right : NJORD VIKING then PACIFIC DISPATCH then ATLANTIC KESTREL
News Event Friday, June 22, 1962 @ 1450	MANXMAN (1955-1982 Passenger Ferry 325 feet overall of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Ltd., Douglas)	Own Page
MANXMAN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with passengers from Douglas (Isle of Man, UK)
Vessel Master W McMeiken Port of Registry Douglas ( Isle of Man ) Arrived from Douglas (Isle of Man, UK) Arrived in berth 11 Bunkering Berth, South Montgomerie Pier, Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK) Draught aft on arrival 12 feet 6 inches Cargo carried on arrival Passengers Ships agent Rennie & Watson, 73 Robertson Street, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Sunday, February 20, 1955 @ 0800 The date shown is as timetabled and the time shown is our best estimste	CITY OF BATH (1952-1969 General cargo ship 464 feet long of Ellerman & Bucknall Line, London : 1972 scrapped at Castellon, Spain)	Own Page
CITY OF BATH expected to arrive at Madras then leave eastbound for Calcutta (India)
Ship's location Madras (= since 1996 renamed as Chennai : Tamil Nadu, India) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for Eastbound for Calcutta (India) Net Tonnage 3,663 Gross Tonnage 6.869 Deadweght Tonnage 10,446
The city of Madras was officially renamed Chennai on July 17, 1996 by the state government of Tamil Nadu. The name change was part of a nationwide trend to use less Anglicized names and to remove the last vestiges of British colonialism in the state.    From Indian Express (Madras Edition) 16 February 1955
News Event Monday, December 30, 2024 @ 0700	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
'Green' ferry GLEN SANNOX emits more CO2 than old diesel ship CALEDONIAN ISLES ...... PART 1 of 3
Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
From BBC Scotland online news 30 December 2024 'Green' ferry emits more CO2 than old diesel ship   Image source,PA Media Image caption, Glen Sannox brings greater car capacity to the Arran route but a bigger carbon footprint Calum Watson BBC News Scotland Published 5 hours ago The carbon footprint of a long-delayed new "green" ferry will be far larger than the 31-year-old diesel ship that usually serves the route between the Scottish mainland and the island of Arran. An emissions analysis by CalMac has calculated MV Glen Sannox will emit 10,391 equivalent tonnes of CO2 a year compared with 7,732 for MV Caledonian Isles. The dual-fuel ferry has more car capacity but requires larger engines which also emit methane, a greenhouse gas with a far greater global warming effect than CO2. Ferries procurement agency CMAL, which owns the ship, said the comparison was "inaccurate" as Glen Sannox is a larger vessel. The size of Glen Sannox is a factor in its carbon footprint, but so too is the liquified natural gas (LNG) fuel which is less climate-friendly than previously claimed. One expert on transport emissions told BBC News that if the "upstream" carbon cost of importing LNG from Qatar is included in the emissions calculation, it might be better to run the new ship on diesel. Prof Tristan Smith, from University College London's Energy Institute, said: "In a best case scenario there's a negligible benefit of using LNG, and at worst there would be a deterioration." Why was Glen Sannox so hard to build? Published 21 November Were Scotland's new gas-powered ferries a bad choice? Published 20 April Glen Sannox is the first ferry ever built in the UK capable of running on both LNG and marine gas oil (MGO), a low-sulphur type of diesel. At its launch in 2017, then first minister Nicola Sturgeon said it would contribute to "Scotland's world-leading climate change goals". But the LNG technology also added complexity. The Ferguson shipyard had to overcome many engineering and regulatory challenges before the ship was delivered last month, years late and over budget. The size of the ship also means it cannot berth at the usual mainland harbour at Ardrossan until a major redevelopment takes place. When it enters service next month, Glen Sannox will bring a significant increase in car capacity. It can carry 127 cars compared to about 90 for Caledonian Isles. Air pollutants, known as NOx and SOx, will be also reduced, while its power and manoeuvrability should mean fewer weather-related cancellations. But in terms of greenhouse emissions, the CalMac analysis - seen by BBC News - reveals the benefits of the LNG technology are quite small. Once methane emissions are factored in, the benefit of running the ship on LNG rather than MGO-only is less than 9%. And the increased fuel consumption of the heavier ship means its overall carbon footprint is about 35% larger than Caledonian Isles, which is due to return to the Arran route in March following repairs. Why is the ship's carbon footprint so big? The carbon emissions have nothing to do with the design and construction of Glen Sannox by the Ferguson shipyard - the yard simply built the ship it was asked for. Instead they are due to decisions taken by ferries procurement agency CMAL, ferry operator CalMac and Transport Scotland before the contract was put out to tender. The old ferry, Caledonian Isles, was designed to carry 110 cars, but modern cars are so much wider, it can now only fit about 90. Image source,Christopher Brindle Image caption, The former main Arran vessel Caledonian Isles will operate alongside Glen Sannox until the second LNG vessel Glen Rosa comes into service Glen Sannox was specified to carry 127 modern cars, or 16 HGVs, and to have a higher top speed (although this is not necessary for Arran sailings) resulting in a far heavier ship which requires bigger engines. When running on LNG, CO2 emissions are up to 25% lower - but this is almost entirely offset by the larger engine size and higher fuel consumption.
News Event Monday, December 30, 2024 @ 0700	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
'Green' ferry GLEN SANNOX emits more CO2 than old diesel ship CALEDONIAN ISLES ...... PART 2 of 3
Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
A second reason is methane. The LNG fuel mostly consists of methane, a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential (GWP) 28 times more potent than CO2 over a 100-year time span. A small proportion of methane always passes through the engines unburnt, and is released up the funnels - something known as "methane slip". CalMac has calculated that methane slip adds the equivalent of more than 1,800 tonnes of CO2 per year. Image caption, Glen Sannox has a huge cryogenic fuel tank in the centre of the ship which stores the LNG at minus 162C There is also no local supply of LNG in Scotland, so the gas has to be brought up from a terminal in Kent using diesel road tankers. This 445-mile road journey adds the equivalent of 140 tonnes of CO2 per year, compared to 19 tonnes for transporting MGO. Ferries procurement agency CMAL, which owns Glen Sannox and its sister ship Glen Rosa, began proposing LNG as a lower emissions ferry fuel as long ago as 2012. In a statement it said LNG was considered "the best option" at the time, and was always intended as a "transition fuel". A CMAL spokesperson added: "Due to the difference in vessel size, propulsion power and expected sailing time, it is inaccurate to draw direct comparisons between the emissions of older vessels and MV Glen Sannox. "The latter is a much newer vessel which is bigger and more powerful than the former, reflecting increased demand on ferry services." Ferry operator CalMac said passenger and vehicle numbers on the Arran route had increased significantly over the past 30 years. "More power is needed for the size of the vessel that can meet that demand, particularly carrying cars, and it should offer greater resilience against adverse weather," a spokesperson said. "As a first in class vessel, we will learn more and more about MV Glen Sannox and her fuel consumption as we sail her." Would it be better to run the ship on diesel? CalMac's emissions analysis, carried out at the start of the year at the request of Scottish ministers, almost certainly underestimates the ship's carbon footprint. The figures are based on ideal engine running conditions which minimise methane slip - and CalMac acknowledges that in real-life operations, emissions are likely to be higher. The analysis also does not factor in so-called "blowdown" emissions of methane which occur every time the ship switches from LNG to running on MGO. Any methane left in the engine crankcase and fuel lines is automatically flushed into the atmosphere - and CalMac has yet to establish how much will be released. The report also only considers the carbon cost of transporting fuel from the LNG terminal in Kent - no allowance is made for "upstream emissions" involved in extracting the gas in Qatar and transporting it to the UK. CalMac argues this is reasonable as it has no control over where the fuel is sourced. But environmentalists and some academics argue that a fuller "well to wake" comparison of fuels would give a more realistic picture of the climate impacts. "Upstream emissions are really important - especially if you are importing gas from Qatar or the US," said Prof Smith. "The point of whether the upstream should or shouldn't be included is irrelevant – it's rearranging deck chairs on the deck of the Titanic at a point when we should be going to zero emissions."
News Event Monday, December 30, 2024 @ 0700	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
'Green' ferry GLEN SANNOX emits more CO2 than old diesel ship CALEDONIAN ISLES ..... PART 3 of 3
Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
How can Scotland's ferries become greener? It is possible to run Glen Sannox on biogas, which is produced from organic waste such as manure or by-products from the whisky industry. Since the carbon dioxide released when burning bio-methane originates in the atmosphere rather than underground, it is considered carbon neutral. However, building such a plant in Scotland would require major capital investment and would also involve facilities for supercooling the gas to turn it into a liquid. If a biogas facility were to be developed, one option would be to repurpose the Grangemouth oil refinery where hundreds of jobs are currently under threat. Four more large CalMac ferries under construction in Turkey will have conventional MGO engines with some limited battery power for manoeuvring in harbour. But they have a deeper draught (the amount of hull below the waterline) and lower cargo requirements - meaning a more fuel-efficient hull shape has been possible. CMAL says they have also been designed with the possibility of retrofitting them for potential future fuels such as ammonia. An alternative option would be to consider catamarans, which are far more fuel-efficient than single-hulled ships. The chartered catamaran Alfred, which can carry 98 cars and cost only £14.5m to build, has been operating successfully on the Arran route for the past 20 months. Image source,Christopher Brindle Image caption, Catamarans such as MV Alfred as generally more fuel-efficient than single-hulled ships Its owner describes it as the most environmentally-friendly large ferry in Scotland because of its low fuel consumption. CalMac believes advances in battery technology mean about 90% of its routes could potentially be serviced by all-electric ferries, rising to 100% if fast charging were available. Prof Smith says this is the most climate-friendly option at the present time - although it would require significant upgrades to electricity infrastructure. "Many other countries are putting battery electric vessels into routes similar to those serviced by these vessels," he said. "And that's a solution which if charged with renewable electricity would be zero emissions at the point of operation. "So it's a far more sustainable and viable investment in the long-run, and hopefully we will see more of those in the future."
News Event Sunday, August 1, 1965 @ 1000		Own Page
1965 Advert by William Sloan, Glasgow for their cargo service between Glasgow, Bristol and Belfast
News Event Saturday, December 28, 2024 @ 1800	ISLE OF MULL (1988- Roro ferry 90m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's ISLE OF MULL cuts passenger numbers from 900 to 45 after safety failure
Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 4,719
From BBC Scotland online news 28 December 2024 CalMac cuts passenger numbers over safety failure Image source,Getty Images Image caption, The MV Isle of Mull is due back on the Lochboisdale to Oban route on 5 January Published 2 hours ago Ferry operator CalMac has been forced to cut passengers numbers on its MV Isle of Mull vessel to just 45 after it failed a safety check. Problems were identified with the ship's evacuation system during its annual overhaul. CalMac has confirmed passenger numbers must be temporarily limited to reflect the spaces available on its lifeboats. However, difficulties in finding replacement parts for the evacuation system mean the restriction could be in place for "several months". The MV Isle of Mull - which can carry about 900 passengers - is due back on the Lochboisdale to Oban route on Sunday 5 January. Glen Sannox begins passenger service on 13 January Published 20 December CalMac warns of service changes to cover ferry repairs Published 1 October A spokesperson for the operator said: "During the routine inspection of the deployed system, the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) identified an issue with the embarkation slide, resulting in the slide failing the inspection. "Due to the failure, the starboard side MES system was removed for OEM inspection and, unfortunately, failed with the same issue with the glue used in the slide construction. "The MES is inspected during overhauls and the annual inspection completed the previous year (2023) had not identified this as a potential issue." They added: "Working with the OEM and after an extensive worldwide search, it has become evident that there is no like-for-like replacement available. Obsolescence combined with the design changes in the replacement systems mean that we do not have a compatible evacuation slide to embark passengers onto the life rafts in an emergency. "It is possible that this could take several months to complete. Time will then be required to install and test the system before returning the vessel to a normal Passengers On Board figure." More problems for CalMac's ageing fleet CalMac says passenger bookings on the Lochboisdale route very rarely exceed 45 passengers per sailing at this time of year. At the time the restrictions were brought in, there were no bookings exceeding the 45 passengers per sailing limit. The issues are the latest in a series of technical problems to hit CalMac's ageing ferry fleet. In October, the operator was forced into making temporary changes to some of its services due to ongoing disruption caused by repairs to the MV Caledonian Isles. It had been due to return to its Arran route on 23 September after eight months of maintenance work, but will not now return until March. Projects to build new ferries have also been hit by delays. They include Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa which were originally due for delivery in 2018 but have faced repeated design and construction challenges. It was announced earlier this month that the Glen Sannox will begin timetabled sailings on 13 January. CalMac confirmed the vessel will enter official passenger service on the Arran route after successful tests and crew familiarisation over the past month. Glen Sannox will run on the busiest route on the CalMac network, operating between Troon to Brodick.
News Event Sunday, September 4, 1955 @ 1015	SAXONIA (1954- 1963 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Passenger programme 4 Sept 1955 for SAXONIA on passage from Montreal to Greenock and Liverpool
Ship's location On passage from Montreal (Canada) for Greenock and Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 21,617
Harbour Event Wednesday, November 5, 1958 @ 1440		Own Page
Clyde Navigation Trust Boatmen towing a punt from Kingston Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Friday, November 28, 1958 @ 1115		Own Page
Clyde Navigation Trust Diver arrives at 17 Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow to pick up a channel iron
Ship's location Berth 17 Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Friday, November 28, 1958 @ 1150		Own Page
Clyde Navigation Trust Diver finds channel iron at berth 17 Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow
Ship's location Berth 17 Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Friday, December 5, 1958 @ 0845		Own Page
Clyde Navigation Trust Diver arrives at berth 3 Kingston Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location Berth 3 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Friday, December 5, 1958 @ 1610		Own Page
Clyde Navigation Trust Diver leaves berth 9 Kingston Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location Berth 9 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Thursday, March 19, 1959 @ 1320		Own Page
Clyde Navigation Trust Diver arrives at berth 6 Kingston Dock, Glasgow to recover a drum of tar
Arrived in berth Berth 6 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Tuesday, May 10, 1960 @ 1100	LOCH ARD (1955-1971 General cargo coaster 184 feet long of David MacBrayne, Glasgow : 1985 scrapped)	Own Page
Boatmen and Barclay Curle's punt arrive at LOCH ARD in Kingston Dock, Glasgow to repair belting
Arrived from Stobcross Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth Alongside LOCH ARD at Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Reg Tonnage 237 Gross Tonnage 611
Harbour Event Tuesday, May 10, 1960 @ 1415	LOCH ARD (1955-1971 General cargo coaster 184 feet long of David MacBrayne, Glasgow : 1985 scrapped)	Own Page
Boatmen and Barclay Curle's punt leave LOCH ARD in Kingston Dock for Prince's Dock, Glasgow
Sailing for Prince's Dock, Glasgow Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailed from berth Alongside LOCH ARD at Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Reg Tonnage 237 Gross Tonnage 611
Harbour Event Tuesday, August 16, 1960 @ 0820		Own Page
Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow returns to use after centre jack trouble
Ship's location Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Tuesday, August 16, 1960 @ 0600 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate		Own Page
Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow goes off use due to centre jack trouble
Ship's location Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Thursday, August 4, 1960 @ 1135 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate		Own Page
Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow returns to use after boiler trouble
Ship's location Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Thursday, August 4, 1960 @ 0600 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate		Own Page
Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow goes off use due to boiler trouble
Ship's location Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Thursday, March 19, 1959 @ 1200		Own Page
Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow goes off use for repairs
Ship's location Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Harbour Event Friday, February 27, 1959 @ 1440		Own Page
Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow returns to use after repairs
Ship's location Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Saturday, February 14, 1959 @ 1800		Own Page
Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow goes out of use for repairs
Ship's location Swinging Bridge at entrance to Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Wednesday, September 7, 1955 @ 1000	SAXONIA (1954- 1963 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Passenger programme 7 Sept 1955 for SAXONIA on passage from Montreal to Greenock and Liverpool
Sailing for On passage from Montreal (Canada) to Greenock (Scotland) and Liverpool (England) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 21,617
News Event Friday, December 20, 2024 @ 1004	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
GLEN SANNOX to begin Troon - Brodick passenger service on 13 January 2025
Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
From BBC Scotland online news 20 December 2024   Glen Sannox begins passenger service on 13 January Image source,Christopher Brindle Image caption, The Glen Sannox has faced delays and escalating costs Published 20 December 2024, 10:04 GMT The long-delayed ferry MV Glen Sannox will begin timetabled sailings on 13 January, CalMac has announced. The ferry operator confirmed the vessel would enter official passenger service on the Arran route after successful tests and crew familiarisation over the past month. Glen Sannox will run on the busiest route on the CalMac network, operating between Troon to Brodick. It had been scheduled for delivery in 2018 but endured considerable delays due to major challenges in design and construction, in what became a long-running political row. Costs on the ferry increased from an initial contract price of £97m to more than £400m, £45m of which were government loans never fully recovered. A soft launch of the ship is expected in the week of 6 January, with occasional sailing once or twice a day, before the full passenger timetable launches the following week. Image caption, The Scottish government's transport secretary Fiona Hyslop has welcomed the news Scottish government Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop said confirmation of the Glen Sannox's arrival was "welcome news". She added: "This new vessel will support the people of Arran and wider ferry network. "She will deliver increased capacity on the busiest route on the Clyde and Hebrides network, and we can all now look forward to her bringing benefits to our island communities and ferry users." Duncan Mackison, CalMac's CEO, said: "The feedback from our crew has been that the vessel is performing well, and there is real excitement across CalMac about getting her into service and serving Arran." 'Understandable concern' CalMac also confirmed that MV Caledonian Isles, which operates from Ardrossan to Brodick, should return to service in time for the next summer timetable, on 28 March 2025. The vessel has re-entered drydock for several weeks of steel renewal works, which will be followed by realignment work and sea trials. Mr Mackison added: "There has been understandable concern about the future of MV Caledonian Isles but her future prognosis is good and we are increasingly confident she will return to serve Arran in time for our busy summer period." Plans are for Arran to have a two-vessel service to Brodick, with MV Glen Sannox from Troon and MV Caledonian Isles from Ardrossan, starting on 28 March 2025. Since the Glen Sannox was launched the Ferguson Marine shipyard where it was built has faced administration, nationalisation and years of delays as it struggled with complex engineering challenges to complete the dual-fuel ship.
News Event Wednesday, August 10, 1960 @ 0910	SAINT KENTIGERN (1938 - General cargo coaster 236 feet long of J & A Gardner, Glasgow)	Own Page
SAINT KENTIGERN arrives at Windmillcroft Quay Glasgow with granite chips from Bonawe
Arrived from Bonawe (Loch Etive, West Highlands of Scotland) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 23 Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 152 Cargo carried on arrival Granite chips Gross Tonnage 249 Ships agent J & A Gardner, Clyde Street, Glasgow Deadweght Tonnage 310
News Event Wednesday, August 10, 1960 @ 0740	ROBERT MIDDLETON (1938 - 1974 Coastal store carrier 220 feet overall of Royal Fleet Auxiliary : pennant no A241 : Scrapped 1983)	Own Page
ROBERT MIDDLETON arrives at Springfield Quay, Glasgow wuth Naval stores from Belfast
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Port of Registry Admiralty, London Arrived in berth 33 Springfield Quay (Glasgow) Reg Tonnage 582 Draught forward on arrival 7 feet 7 inches Gross Tonnage 1125 Draught aft on arrival 14 feet Cargo carried on arrival Naval stores 65 tons Ships agent Davidson, Park and Speed Ltd., 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C. 2. Telephone CENtral 9591
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News Event Tuesday, August 9, 1960 @ 2200	MAARSBERGEN ( 1958 - 1968 general cargo coaster 226 feet long of N V Zuid Hollandsche Scheepv, Rotterdam)	Own Page
MAARSBERGEN arrives at Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow from Antwerp (Belgium) via Belfast
Arrived from Antwerp (Belgium) via Belfast Port of Registry Rotterdam Arrived in berth 57 Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow, UK) Net Tonnage 274 Draught forward on arrival 8 feet 6 inches Deadweght Tonnage 1050 Draught aft on arrival 9 feet 8 inches Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent Clyde Shipping Co. Ltd., 78 Carlton Place, Glasgow, C. 5. Telephone SOUth 2181
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News Event Tuesday, August 9, 1960 @ 1500	LINDISFARNE (1960 - 1975 ore carrier of Bamburgh Shipping Co. (W A Souters) Newcastle)	Own Page
LINDISFARNE arrives at Terminus Quay, Glasgow with iron ore from Seven Islands (= Sept Iles, Canada)
Arrived from Seven Islands (= Sept Iles, Canada) Port of Registry Newcastle Arrived in berth West Terminus, Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Draught forward on arrival 29 feet 8 inches Draught aft on arrival 30 feet Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore Ships agent BISCO (= British Iron and Steel Corporation)
News Event Tuesday, August 9, 1960 @ 1025	LOCHBROOM (1948-1972 General cargo coaster 151 feet long of David MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow : 1974 stranded in Mediterranean))	Own Page
LOCHBROOM arrives in Kingston Dock, Glasgow with general cargo from West Highlands
Arrived from West Highlands of Scotland (UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 4 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 130 Draught forward on arrival 6 feet 9 inches Gross Tonnage 413 Draught aft on arrival 10 feet 2 inches Deadweght Tonnage 535 Cargo carried on arrival Part general cargo Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., Clyde House, 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 9231
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News Event Monday, August 8, 1960 @ 2245	TAY ( 1958-1965 General cargo coaster 234 feet long of William Sloan Line)	Own Page
TAY arrives at Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow from Cardiff and Swansea via Dublin and Belfast
Arrived from Cardiff and Swansea via Dublin and Belfast Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 19 Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) .... with her head west Draught forward on arrival 5 feet 3 inches Draught aft on arrival 12 feet Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent William Sloan & Co. Ltd, 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 4621
News Event Monday, August 8, 1960 @ 2110	MIRA (in 1960 General cargo ship)	Own Page
MIRA arrives at Springfield Quay, Glasgow with both inwards and outwards cargo
Arrived from Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 29 / 31 Springfield Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Draught forward on arrival 11 feet 4 inches Draught aft on arrival 14 feet 9 inches Cargo carried on arrival General cargo (both inwards and outwards) Draught aft ,
News Event Monday, August 8, 1960 @ 0045	REMA (1958-1963 General cargo coaster 46m overall of NV Shipping Company 'Gruno' , Groningen, Netherlands Owner: Shipping company Brinkman , Groningen, Netherlands : 1985 scrapped)	Own Page
REMA arrives in Kingston Dock, Glasgow with a cargo of soda ash from Winnington (Cheshire, England)
Arrived from Winnington (a suburb of Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK) Port of Registry Groningen (Netherlands) Arrived in berth 11 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 173 Draught forward on arrival 9 feet 4 inches Gross Tonnage 376 Draught aft on arrival 10 feet 6 inches Deadweght Tonnage 435 Cargo carried on arrival Soda Ash
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News Event Sunday, August 7, 1960 @ 1150	LOCHDUNVEGAN (1950-1973 General cargo coaster 190 feet long of David MacBrayne, Glasgow)	Own Page
LOCHDUNVEGAN arrives in Kingston Dock, Glasgow with general cargo from West Highlands of Scotland
Arrived from West Highlands of Scotland (UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 7 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 222 Draught forward on arrival 6 feet Draught aft on arrival 10 feet 3 inches Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., Clyde House, 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 9231
News Event Sunday, August 7, 1960 @ 1330	PENNYWORTH (1958-1973 An ore carrier 505 feet overall of R S Dalgliesh, Newcastle : 1983 scrapped at Spezia, Italy)	Own Page
PENNYWORTH arrives at Terminus Quay, Glasgow with iron ore from Seven Islands (= Sept Iles, Canada)
Arrived from Seven Islands (= Sept Iles, Canada) Port of Registry Newcastle (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Draught forward on arrival 28 feet 9 inches Draught aft on arrival 28 feet 6 inches Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore Ships agent BISCO (= British Iron and Steel Corporation)
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News Event Thursday, December 19, 2024 @ 1128		Own Page
Spanish Shipbuilder Navantia takes over Harland & Wolff business in Belfast and Scotland
From BBC Scotland online news 19 December 2024   Hundreds of Harland & Wolff jobs saved in Scotland   Image source,Getty Images Image caption, The yard at Methil has been used for testing and manufacturing wind turbine components Published 19 December 2024, 11:28 GMT Updated 2 hours ago A buy-out of shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has secured the future of 350 jobs in Scotland, the UK government has said. The Belfast-based company, which owns fabrication yards in Arnish in Lewis and Methil in Fife, was placed into administration in September. It has been taken over by Spain's state-owned shipbuilder, Navantia, in a deal backed by the UK government and involving 1,000 UK jobs in total. Trade unions have welcomed the move, but warned new orders were needed to keep the yards busy. Image source,David Dixon/Geograph Image caption, Arnish near Stornoway was established in the 1970s Scottish Secretary Ian Murray said skilled Scottish jobs in communities in the Western Isles and Fife had been secured. He added: "Navantia's investment will not only secure the future of all four UK yards, but also encourage future support for UK shipbuilding and fabrication - a vital cornerstone of our defence and clean energy sectors." Matt Roberts, national officer with the GMB union, said the buy-out was a positive step to retaining manufacturing in the UK. "Without a steady drum beat of work these yards will continue to struggle. GMB will continue the fight to ensure that does not happen," he said. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said the union had been working "day and night" to secure the interests of the workers at Harland & Wolff. She said: "After countless meetings with government, the employer, and prospective buyers, we now have a good news story offering real hope for the future. Unite will always do whatever it takes to fight for workers' interests." The Scottish yards were owned by BiFab before being taken over by Harland & Wolff. Work at the sites have included contracts to make wind farm turbine components. Arnish near Stornoway was founded in 1974 with backing from Norwegian company Olsen's. Contracts in the early days included constructing a large barge. The yard was also later used for repurposing rigs for the North Sea oil and gas industry. Methil has a long history of shipbuilding. In 2013 the yard was used for testing what was at the time the world's largest and most powerful installed wind turbine. Both yards have frequently experienced risks of closure and job losses and are important employers in their areas. Image source,Getty Images Image caption, A total of 350 jobs have been saved across the two Scottish sites Western Isles SNP MSP Alasdair Allan said the buy-out was "great news" for workers at Arnish, their families and the wider economy of the Western Isles. He said: "It's certainly a welcome announcement as people prepares for the Christmas break. "Navantia appear to have a strong record in the maritime industry with strong financial backing and a plan for the future." Western Isles Labour MP Torcuil Crichton said: "There are over 150 jobs at the yard, from apprentices to journeymen, and losing those jobs and that wage bill would have been a major blow to the economy." Donald Crichton, a senior islands councillor, said he was delighted for employees and their families. He added: "The past months have been a stressful time for all connected with the yard and they are to be commended for their continued professionalism and resilience." The deal to sell the assets of the former Harland & Wolff group to Spain's state-owned shipbuilder Navantia comes with a sweetener from the UK government. To ensure all four yards are taken on, with jobs guaranteed for at least two years and three for Belfast, the Ministry of Defence renegotiated the contract it had already signed with Navantia, to build three large support ships for the Royal Navy, most of that work to be sub-contracted to Harland & Wolff in Belfast. So while it's seen as a new type of working relationship with European neighbours post-Brexit, and presented as an example of the Labour government's industrial strategy to support and grow key sectors -and it may be a bit both - the deal appears to owe more to necessity, pragmatism and politics than to strategy. It's claimed that Navantia did not initially want to take on the Scottish yards, because they're not core to its shipbuilding business. For half a century, they have been in steel fabrication, and their job now is to make themselves useful to their new owners, making parts of ships for assembly in Belfast, and winning business from the offshore energy sector. In Methil and Stornoway, they have seen boom and bust in employment, as orders and owners have come and gone. Unions now want to see these yards becoming sustained and successful, rather than merely surviving. That requires a change of mindset for UK shipbuilding and fabrication: to rely less on one-off or short-run orders, or on the Ministry of Defence, and to compete efficiently by producing multiple copies of structures as if on assembly lines. They're already doing that in building 30 barges for transporting waste on the River Thames. New ownership brings in Spanish expertise, as a successful state-owned exporter, to embed that approach and to fabricate a more reliable future.
News Event Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 1700 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	GLENLEE (1992- a 3-masted barque 245.34 feet (74.83 m) long and a static floating museum ship at Riverside Museum, Glasgow)	Own Page
GLENLEE being towed up River Clyde and nearing Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Ship's location River Clyde (Scotland, UK) heading upriver to Riverside Museum, Glasgow Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board Ships agent Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Contributed by Robert McManus GLENLEE returning to Glasgow after refit and paint job at Garvel, Greenock.    I think it was on 8th Sept 2010.   Assisted by 3 tugs BATTLER, BEAVER BAY not sure of the third tug.
News Event Friday, August 5, 1960 @ 0630	LOCH CARRON (1951-1977 General cargo coaster 203 feet long of David MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow)	Own Page
LOCH CARRON arrives in Kingston Dock, Glasgow with general cargo from West Highlands of Scotland
Arrived from West Highlands of Scotland (UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 4 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Reg Tonnage 233 Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., Clyde House, 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 9231
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News Event Thursday, August 4, 1960 @ 2330	REDCAR (1956-1971 Ore / Bulk Carrier : Official Number 187304 : 505 feet overall of North Yorkshire Shipping Co. Ltd. (Bolton S.S. Co. Ltd.), Middlesbrough : 1978 scrapped at La Spezia, Italy))	Own Page
REDCAR arrives at Terminus Quay, Glasgow, with a cargo of iron ore from Narvik (Norway)
Arrived from Narvik (Norway) Port of Registry Middlesbrough (England, UK) Arrived in berth Terminus Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 5,437 Draught forward on arrival 28 feet 7 inches Gross Tonnage 10,746 Draught aft on arrival 28 feet 5 inches Deadweght Tonnage 15,244 Cargo carried on arrival Iron Ore Ships agent BISCO (= British Iron and Steel Corporation)
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News Event Thursday, August 4, 1960 @ 1910	PRASE ( 1938 - ? General cargo coaster of Wm Robertson's Gem Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
PRASE arrives in Kingston Dock, Glasgow with a cargo of limestone from Llanddulas (Wales, UK)
Arrived from Llanddulas (Wales, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 5 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 374 Draught forward on arrival 10 feet 5 inches Draught aft on arrival 12 feet Cargo carried on arrival Limestone Ships agent William Robertson Ltd., 45 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1. Telephone CENtral 9402 and 2413
News Event Wednesday, August 3, 1960 @ 0635	AMBULANT (1959-1962 and 1962-1964 General cargo coaster 60.34m 198 feet long of Carebeka N.V., Groningen, Netherlands Owner: Willem Koerts & Hendrik Koerts, Zuidbroek, Netherlands ))	Own Page
AMBULANT arrives at Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow with both in-and-out general cargo
Arrived from Antwerp and Ghent via Belfast Port of Registry Zuidbroek (Netherlands) Arrived in berth 59 / 63 Mavisbank Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 244 Cargo carried on arrival General cargo (both inwards and outwards) Gross Tonnage 474 Ships agent Clyde Shipping Co. Ltd., 78 Carlton Place, Glasgow, C. 5. Telephone SOUth 2181 Deadweght Tonnage 1,056
News Event Tuesday, August 2, 1960 @ 1250	SAINT KENTIGERN (1938 - General cargo coaster 236 feet long of J & A Gardner, Glasgow)	Own Page
SAINT KENTIGERN arrives at Windmillcroft Quay Glasgow from Custom House Quay, Glasgow
Arrived from Custom House Quay, Clyde Street, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 33 Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 152 Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board Gross Tonnage 249 Ships agent J & A Gardner, Clyde Street, Glasgow Deadweght Tonnage 310
News Event Tuesday, August 2, 1960 @ 1010	LOCHBROOM (1948-1972 General cargo coaster 151 feet long of David MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow : 1974 stranded in Mediterranean))	Own Page
LOCHBROOM arrives in Kingston Dock, Glasgow with general cargo and livestock from West Highlands
Arrived from West Highlands of Scotland (UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 4 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 130 Draught forward on arrival 6 feet 10 inches Gross Tonnage 413 Draught aft on arrival 10 feet Deadweght Tonnage 535 Cargo carried on arrival General cargo and livestock Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., Clyde House, 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 9231
News Event Tuesday, August 2, 1960 @ 0105	FORTH (1959-1962 General cargo coaster of William Sloan & Company, Glasgow)	Own Page
FORTH arrives at Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow from Cardiff and Swansea via Dublin and Belfast
Arrived from Cardiff and Swansea via Dublin and Belfast Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 19 Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) .... with her head west Gross Tonnage 869 Draught forward on arrival 7 feet Draught aft on arrival 10 feet 10 inches Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent William Sloan & Co. Ltd, 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 4621
News Event Sunday, July 31, 1960 @ 1945	LOCHDUNVEGAN (1950-1973 General cargo coaster 190 feet long of David MacBrayne, Glasgow)	Own Page
LOCHDUNVEGAN arrives in Kingston Dock, Glasgow with general cargo from the West Highlands
Arrived from West Highlands of Scotland (UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 7 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 222 Draught forward on arrival 7 feet 6 inches Draught aft on arrival 10 feet 4 inches Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., Clyde House, 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 9231
News Event Sunday, July 31, 1960 @ 0630	FRUIN ( 1958-1963 General cargo coaster of William Sloan Company, Glasgow)	Own Page
William Sloan's FRUIN arrives at 19 Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow with general cargo from Bristol
Arrived from Bristol (England, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 19 Windmillcroft Quay, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) .... with her head west Gross Tonnage 906 Draught forward on arrival 8 feet 3 inches Draught aft on arrival 12 feet 8 inches Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent William Sloan & Co. Ltd, 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 4621
News Event Saturday, July 30, 1960 @ 0600	LOCH ARD (1955-1971 General cargo coaster 184 feet long of David MacBrayne, Glasgow : 1985 scrapped)	Own Page
LOCH ARD arrives in Kingston Dock, Glasgow with general cargo from the West Highlands of Scotland
Arrived from West Highlands of Scotland (UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth 6 Kingston Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Reg Tonnage 237 Draught forward on arrival 6 feet 3 inches Gross Tonnage 611 Draught aft on arrival 10 feet 9 inches Cargo carried on arrival General cargo Ships agent David MacBrayne Ltd., Clyde House, 44 Robertson Street, Glasgow, C.2. Telephone CENtral 9231
News Event Sunday, September 5, 2021 @ 1200 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	QUEEN ELIZABETH (2010- Vista-class Passenger cruise liner 294 metres 965 feet overall of Cunard Line / Carnival PLC, Southampton)	Own Page
QUEEN ELIZABETH at the Cruise Pontoon, Greenock Ocean Terminal (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Cruise Pontoon, Greenock Ocean Terminal (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry 2010-2011 Southampton (England) : 2011 - Hamilton (Bermuda) Arrived from Southampton (England, UK) Net Tonnage 50,157 Sailing for Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 90,901 Cargo carried on arrival Passengers Deadweght Tonnage 7.685 Outward cargo Passengers
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News Event Tuesday, December 17, 2024 @ 1100	RUBIKON 78 (2024- Oil / Chemical Tanker IMO 9312078 : 144.05m overall of Manager: Harren Tankers Chartering Gmbh & Co Kg - Bremen, Germany : Owner: Rubikon Shipping Co Doo - Belgrade, Serbia)	Own Page
RUBIKON 78 at Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with oil grades from Mongstad (Norway)
Ship's location Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Madeira (Portugal) Arrived from Mongstad (Norway) Gross Tonnage 11,935 Cargo carried on arrival Oil grades Deadweght Tonnage 16,642
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News Event Thursday, July 10, 2014 @ 1200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	WAVERLEY (1974- Excursion paddle steamer 240 feet long of Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd)	Own Page
WAVERLEY passing Dunoon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Passing Dunoon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Cargo carried on arrival Passengers Gross Tonnage 693
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News Event Thursday, December 12, 2024 @ 1850	H.M.S. TRIUMPH (1991 - 2025 Trafalgar Class attack submarine of Royal Navy, London, UK)	Own Page
Royal Navy submarine H.M.S. TRIUMPH leaves Faslane, Clyde, for decommissioning
Ship's location His Magesty's Naval Base, Faslane (Gare Loch, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Admiralty (London, UK) Master of vessel on sailing Commander Aaron Williams
From BBC Scotland online news 12 December 2024 UK's last Trafalgar submarine makes final voyage   Image source,Royal Navy Image caption, Commander of the Submarine Flotilla, Commodore Paul Dunn OBE, salutes HMS Triumph as she leaves HMNB Clyde. Published 3 hours ago The Royal Navy's last Trafalgar-Class attack submarine has completed its final voyage from Scotland to be decommissioned. HMS Triumph sailed from HM Naval Base Clyde, at Faslane in Argyll, to HMNB Devonport in Plymouth to retire after more than 20 years in service. It was the last remaining of seven Trafalgar Class attack submarines deployed in operations around the world including Australia, Afghanistan and Libya. Clyde tugboats fired water cannons to send off the submarine and its 110-strong crew on Tuesday, before being welcomed by waving well-wishers as it sailed into Plymouth Sound. Image source,Royal Navy Image caption, HMS Triumph is given a send off by Clyde tugboats firing their water cannons HMS Triumph arrived flying a decommissioning pennant as it was escorted by tugboats and vessels from Devonport. Commander Aaron Williams, HMS Triumph's commanding officer, said the Royal Navy would reflect on the legacy of HMS Triumph "with immense pride". He added: "The submarine has served not just as a vessel, but as a symbol of commitment, courage, and camaraderie. "While this chapter of HMS Triumph's story ends, her spirit will endure in the memories of all who served aboard her, and in the gratitude of the nation she helped protect." Image source,Royal Navy Image caption, HMS Triumph sails down Gare Loch on a sunny winter day after leaving Clyde base HMS Triumph was laid down in Barrow shipyard in February 1987 and commissioned less than five years later in October 1991. The submarine deployed to Australia in 1993, travelling 41,000 miles submerged without support, which at the time was the longest solo deployment by a Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine. The vessel later served in Afghanistan, launching Tomahawk missiles at targets, and was later deployed to Libya – again firing her weaponry at positions from the Mediterranean Sea. Image source,Royal Navy Image caption, A warm welcome for the submarine from onlookers in Plymouth Sound Royal Navy director of submarines, Rear Admiral Andy Perks, said the farewell stirred emotions of both "pride and sadness". He added: "The last of the Cold War submarines, these vessels have helped keep our country safe for over 30 years." Triumph will be officially decommissioned in a ceremony in 2025 as the baton is fully passed to Astute-Class attack submarines. Five vessels - HMS Astute, HMS Ambush, HMS Artful, HMS Audacious and HMS Anson - are all currently in service and operating from HM Naval Base Clyde. A further two boats are under construction at BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness. Image source,Royal Navy Image caption, Triumph arrives at Devonport where it will be officially decommissioned next year
News Event Monday, May 7, 1962 @ 0815	SKYLIGHT (1936-1967 steam engined Clyde puffer lighter Crinan Canal type 66 feet long of Light Shipping Company / Ross & Marshall Ltd., Greenock)	Own Page
SKYLIGHT arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load drums of Shelphate for Lamlash (Isle of Arran)
Vessel Master H McDougall Port of Registry Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Greenock (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 40 Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, UK Gross Tonnage 90 Draught aft on arrival 6 feet Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board Ships agent R. L. Alpine & Co. Ltd., Winton Buildings, Ardrossan (Scotland, UK) Tel. Ardrossan 65 / 66
News Event Monday, May 7, 1962 @ 1215	MALCOLM CROAN ( In 1962 Deep-sea fishing trawler A444 of Joe Croan Fishing, Granton, Edinburgh)	Own Page
Deep sea trawler MALCOLM CROAN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with 925 boxes of fish
Arrived from Deep sea fishing grounds Port of Registry Aberdeen (Scotland, UK) Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland, UK) Reg Tonnage 77 Master of vessel on arrival A Wood Draught aft on arrival 13 feet 6 inches Cargo carried on arrival 925 boxes of fish Ships agent Carnie & Croan (Granton, Scotland, UK)
News Event Sunday, February 19, 1961 @ 1000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SCALDIS (in 1961 Tug at Antwerp, Belgium)	Own Page
Two crewmen missing after tug SCALDIS capsized and sank at mouth of River Scheldt
Ship's location Mouth of River Scheldt (the water route to Antwerp, Belgium) Port of Registry Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) Gross Tonnage 401
News Event Thursday, August 4, 1966 @ 1900 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	QUEEN MARY (1936-1940 Passenger liner 1,019.4 ft (310.7 m) of Cunard Line: 1940-1946 Troopship: 1946-1967 returned to service with Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
QUEEN MARY left Dry-dock in Southampton with passengers after propeller repair and bottom scraping
Ship's location Dry-dock in Southampton (England, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK)
News Event Friday, August 5, 1966 @ 1700	LAURENTIA (1947 - 1967 Passenger/cargo liner 455 feet long with Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 Scrapped in Valencia, Spain)	Own Page
LAURENTIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal (Province of Quebec, Canada)
Ship's location Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailing for Montreal (Canada) Gross Tonnage 8249 Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
News Event Friday, August 5, 1966 @ 1700	PRINS WILLEM V (1956- General / refrigerated cargo ship 305 feet overall of Maatschappij Zeetransport / Oranje Lijn, Rotterdam)	Own Page
PRINS WILLEM V closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal and the Great Lakes
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Rotterdam (Netherlands) Sailing for Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Milwaukee and Chicago Net Tonnage 1,166 Ships agent J. C. Peacock & Co. Ltd., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow C.1. Tel. DOUglas 7101 Gross Tonnage 1,976 Deadweght Tonnage 3,320
News Event Friday, August 12, 1966 @ 1700	BOOKER VANGUARD (1963-1979 General cargo ship 403 feet overall of Booker Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
BOOKER VANGUARD closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Antigua, St Kitts and Demerara
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailing for Antigua, St Kitts and Demerara Ships agent P Henderson & Co. (Agencies) Ltd., 95 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2.
News Event Wednesday, August 6, 1975 @ 1030 This is the date and time of the postmark on the reverse side of the postcard	KING GEORGE V (1926-1975 Excursion Passenger steamer 260 feet long of David MacBrayne / Caledonian MacBrayne)	Own Page
Postcard of steamer KING GEORGE V at Iona Sound, at Isle of Iona (Western Isles of Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Iona Sound, at Isle of Iona (Western Isles of Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Gross Tonnage 985
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AT PRINCE'S DOCK, GLASGOW  ... WHAT WAS WRC   

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

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E-mail from Nelson (Liverpool)        16 June 2024

 

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

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

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Any information please on 

   motor launch / cruiser PIONEER at Glasgow Riverside Museum

  and

  the unknown workboat at Govan Pontoon, Glasgow

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

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CLAN MACKINNON at New York in March 1954

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

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Harrison Line memories : the song Matilda by Harry Belafonte

 

Contributed by Jim (Birkenhead)  28 April 2024

 

I spent many enjoyable years with Harrison Line of Liverpool.

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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AHMADU BELLO  (1963-1981) of Nigerian National Line

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

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

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Walter Runciman / Moor Line’s CRAGMOOR

 

E-mail received 26 August 2022

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

 Name is not shown, by request.

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

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Does anyone remember Hogarth’s BARON FORBES which was

scrapped in 1953

and

Tracing a discharge book left aboard in 1959.

 E-mail 13 November 2020

From Murdo MacPherson

 Does anybody remember the rent boat BARON FORBES an old

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

in 1953,  forecastle accommodation one trip was enough

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

in 1959 got any ideas how I can trace it

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Isthmian Steamship Lines of USA

E-mail October 10  2020 

 From Bobby Ford  (USA)

Do you have anything about Isthmian Steamship Lines,

or anyone remember them, who did freighter service

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

   Any memories of the "STEEL" boats  ?

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

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

do not want  -  on this website.

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

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

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

stories, images or items to put in the website ?

 Thank you.  11 August 2020

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

10th August 2020    E-mail from a viewer. 

Cunard Lines ASCANIA  (1911-1918)

 I am wondering if you might have more information and pictures

on the Vessel Ascania - Shipping line Cunard 1911-1918

Master - SGS Mihal.

This is a ship that my grandfather travelled from Southampton,

England to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1914.

Please any information would help.

Thank You

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

Port of Registry Admiralty (Royal Navy, London)

Where did the Royal Navy families stay in Rothesay ?   E-mail 03 June 2020 from Helen G (Glasgow)      As a young girl in 1960s my parents and I often visited my aunt in Rothesay …(Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde,)    It was exciting to see a big Royal Navy ship, I remember her name was MAIDSTONE, and she was anchored in the bay.    There was always submarines about her and sailors in uniform in the town.    My aunt used to tell that some sailors and their families stayed in “Navy Houses” in Rothesay.   Does anyone know where the houses were ?  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

 

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

 

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

   Dad always used to tell of sailing down the Clyde from

Glasgow on excursion steamers and there was a musical

band aboard which played Scottish tunes to entertain

passengers.

   A favourite song was something about the Clyde.   I know

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

song and the band ?

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Lightship ALBATROSS built at Robbs Shipyard, Leith in 1927

E-Mail from a viewer   31 May 2020

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

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Cruise ships may be laid up in the Clyde

 

22 May 2020

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From Jimmy Johnston (Paisley)

 

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

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e-mail from Tommy Robertson   (Dumbarton)

21 May 2020

 

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

 

Does anyone know the name of the Alfred Holt Blue Funnel

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

  She was definitely a Blue Funnel job but had the Elder

Dempster buff funnel.

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Paddle Steamers at Pusser River, Chalna, Bangladesh

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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Why was Irish Lights Tender IERNE registered in Liverpool ?

 19 March 2020 @ 1057

J R of Birkenhead e-mails :

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

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

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

A viewer e-mails 

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

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

Can anyone help ?

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Stewardesses and Nurse on Burns & Lairds IRISH COAST in 1966

 2019-12-29

By e-mail

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

Mary D.

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Old Mississippi – type passenger steamer in Sydney (Australia)

Jim Middleton (London) e-mails

29 December 2019

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

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

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

   Thanks, JM.

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CLAN FRASER and a rope across the dock at Glasgow

 4 November 2019

Jim McGoogan e-mails :

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

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

 

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

A reader asks for any information on Glasgow shipping line Maclay and Mcintyre and ship pictures of DOMIRA 2 and LYNFIELD.    Can anyone help ? 14 September 2019 ====================================================================

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Where is the “Chapman Anchorage” ???

   Robbie Keen (Carlisle, England) emails:

 I see in the entry for BENWYVIS that she

was in “Chapman Anchorage.”   Where is

Chapman Anchorage and what would she

 be doing there ???

Robbie.  31 August 2019

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Teak fronts on the front of ship's bridges

By Eric S.     8th July 2019

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

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

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

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

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

All comments are welcome.

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Can anyone identify this cap badge ?

Samms of Nantwich e-mails:    07 July 2019

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

 

anyone identify the cap badge ? 

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

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

    There was a programme on television the other evening

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

Atlantic man and never ventured to the Far East.

   I wondered what difficulties would be experienced by

ships during the Monsoon season’s heavy rainfall and

swollen rivers and storms.

    And also, I can only think of maybe 3 shipping

companies which regularly traded to the area – Calcutta,

Chalna, Chittagong, Rangoon.   What other companies

were there ?

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Where did this ship come from in Sweden ???

Haltst…….. ?????

January 2020 and Bryn Wayt e-mails

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

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

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

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

From Alan and Jean, (Fairlie, Firth of Clyde, Scotland)

20 May 2019  @ 1540

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

at Tail-of-the Bank.

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

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

bringing stores for the Holy Loch vessels, and the stores

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

lighters and small coasters.

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

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

and blue bands.

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

could be MARSHFIELD or MARSHLAND ….. or something like

that, was obviously a WW2 type but always immaculate

 and a frequent caller.

   Does anyone else remember these ships calling at

the Clyde ?

 

Alan and Jean.

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

 

 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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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.

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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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