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News EventTuesday, January 23, 1962 @ 0600 |
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Ross & Marshall daily "Clyde Puffer" diary for 23 January 1962 |
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News EventWednesday, July 1, 1942 @ 0000The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate |
TARANTIA (1942-1948 General cargo ship 444 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow : 1948-1959 Chartered to Elder Dempster Line, Liverpool) |
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Master's report of visit by Anchor Lines TARANTIA to the Seychelles during World War 2 |
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News EventWednesday, May 9, 1928 @ 0000 |
CRAGMOOR (1947-1962 General cargo ship 445 feet long of Walter Runciman / Moor Line, Newcastle: 1966 wrecked near Calcutta) |
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Chief Officer's Log Book for CRAGMOOR from Montevideo and arriving Buenos Aires |
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News EventMonday, July 1, 1946 @ 1200The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate |
FLYING SERPENT (1911-1947 Tug 115 feet long of Clyse Shipping Company, Glasgow) |
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What do you think the Master, Pilot and crewmen at the bow of the tanker are saying just now ? |
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News EventWednesday, March 24, 1954 @ 1000DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
BRITISH SWORDFISH (in 1954 Oil Tanker of BP British Tanker Company, London) |
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BP tanker BRITISH SWORDFISH passes Aden on passage to Mena al Ahmadi (Kuwait) |
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News EventTuesday, March 23, 1954 @ 1000DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
BRITISH GENERAL (in 1954 Oil Tanker of BP British Tanker Company, London) |
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BP tanker BRITISH GENERAL passes Aden on passage to Mena al Ahmadi (Kuwait) |
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News EventSunday, March 21, 1954 @ 1000DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
BRITISH ADVENTURE (in 1954 Oil tanker of BP British Tanker Company, London) |
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BP tanker BRITISH ADVENTURE passes Aden on passage to Mena al Ahmadi (Kuwait) |
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News EventSaturday, March 20, 1954 @ 1100DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
BRITISH TRUST (in 1954 Oil tanker of BP British Tanker Company, London) |
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BP tanker BRITISH TRUST passes Aden on passage to Karachi (Pakistan) |
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News EventSaturday, March 20, 1954 @ 1000DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
BRITISH CROWN (in 1954 Oil Tanker of BP British Tanker Company, London) |
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BP tanker BRITISH CROWN passes Aden on passage to Mena al Ahmadi (Kuwait) |
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News EventThursday, March 25, 1954 @ 1900DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
MATHURA (1920-1956 General cargo ship of T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool) |
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Brocklebank's MATHURA leaves Chalna for Calcutta |
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News EventSaturday, March 27, 1954 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
CHYEBASSA (1942-1969 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1969 scrapped in Hong Kong) |
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British India's CHYEBASSA arrives at Sydney from Brisbane (Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 22, 1954 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
LISELOTTE ESSBERGER (1951-1963 Oil tanker of Atlantic-Tank-Rederei (John T. Essberger), Hamburg : 1977 scrapped) |
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LISELOTTE ESSBERGER arrives at Aruba from Barranquilla (Colombia) |
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News EventSaturday, March 27, 1954 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
FLAMENCO (1950-1966 Cargo Liner of Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool) |
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Pacific Steam's FLAMENCO arrives at Callao (Peru) from San Antonio (Texas, USA) |
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News EventFriday, March 26, 1954 @ 0800DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
SALAMANCA (1948-1967 General cargo ship of Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool) |
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Pacific Steam's SALAMANCA arrives at Callao (Peru) from Valparaiso (Chile) |
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News EventFriday, December 15, 1961 @ 0655 |
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (1954-1971 General and refrigerated cargo liner 501 feet long of Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., London : Scrapped 1974) |
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Furness Withy's PACIFIC NORTHWEST arrives in Glasgow from Pacific Coast of North America via Dublin |
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News EventFriday, March 26, 1954 @ 1900DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
UMARIA (1946-1964 General cargo ship 443 feet 135m overall of British India Steam Navigation, London ;1965 Scrapped at Hong Kong) |
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British India's UMARIA leaves Karachi (Pakistan) for Bombay (India) |
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News EventFriday, March 26, 1954 @ 1900DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
IKAUNA (1941-1958 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, London) |
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British India's IKAUNA leaves Karachi (Pakistan) for Okha (India) |
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News EventSaturday, March 27, 1954 @ 0700DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
DWARKA (1947-1982 Passenger / cargo liner of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London : 1982 scrapped at Karachi) |
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British India's DWARKA arrives at Karachi (Pakistan) from Bombay (India) |
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News EventFriday, March 26, 1954 @ 0700DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
CALEDONIA (1948-1965 Passenger - Cargo Liner 506 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow) |
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Anchor Line liner CALEDONIA arrives at Karachi (Pakistan) from Bombay (India) |
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News EventFriday, March 26, 1954 @ 1900DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
CHUPRA (1944-1971 General cargo ship 466 feet overall of British India Steam Navigation, London : 1971 scrapped at Hong Kong) |
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CHUPRA left Basrah (Iraq) for Bahrein |
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News EventFriday, March 26, 1954 @ 0700DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
KENYA CASTLE (1951-1967 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London) |
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KENYA CASTLE arrived at Port Sudan (Sudan) from London |
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News EventFriday, March 26, 1954 @ 0700DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
LEICESTERSHIRE (1948-1965 Passenger / cargo ship of Bibby Line, Liverpool) |
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LEICESTERSHIRE arrived at Port Sudan (Sudan) from Beira (Mozambique) |
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News EventSaturday, March 27, 1954 @ 0700DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
CHESHIRE (1927-1939 Bibby Line, Liverpool :1939-1943 Armed Merchant Cruiser : 1943-1949 Troopship : 1949-1957 Australian Emigrant ship: 1957 scrapped) |
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CHESHIRE arrived at Mombasa Roads (Kenya) from Suez |
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News EventSaturday, March 27, 1954 @ 1900DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
MOLENKERK (1947-1963 General cargo ship 139m overall of N.V. Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands) |
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MOLENKERK left Tanga (Tanganyika) for Mombasa (Kenya) |
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News EventSunday, March 28, 1954 @ 0700DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
MEERKERK (1947-1965 General cargo ship of N.V. Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Mij., The Hague) |
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MEERKERK arrived at Zanzibar (Tanzaniya) from Hamburg (Germany) |
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News EventSaturday, March 27, 1954 @ 0700DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
ISIPINGO (1934-1964 Passenger / General cargo ship 435 feet long of Andrew Weir Ltd., London) |
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ISIPINGO arrived at Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya) from Calcutta (India) |
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News EventSaturday, March 27, 1954 @ 0700DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
AFRICAN CRESCENT (in 1954 General cargo freighter) |
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AFRICAN CRESCENT arrived at Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya) from Charleston (USA) |
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News EventFriday, March 26, 1954 @ 0700DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is unknown : the time shown is our best estimate |
PACHUMBA (1945-1961 General cargo ship 448 feet 136.45m long of British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd, London :1970 scrapped) |
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British India's PACHUMBA arrived at Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzaniya) from Tanga (Tanzaniya) |
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News EventFriday, September 1, 1972 @ 0800 |
CITY OF OTTAWA (in 1972 Ellerman Lines, London) |
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Personnel on Ellerman's CITY OF OTTAWA on 1st September 1972 |
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News EventTuesday, June 1, 1971 @ 1800 |
FAIRSTAR (1964- 1988 Passenger liner - formerly OXFORDSHIRE - of Fairline Shipping Corp, part of the Vlasov Group - Sitmar Line ) |
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FAIRSTAR Welcome Dinner menu |
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News EventSaturday, February 4, 2023 @ 1035 |
FRI OCEAN (2006- General cargo ship 89m long of Kopervik Ship Management, Kopervik, Norway) |
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FRI OCEAN at Ayr (Scotland) with a cargo of Soda Ash from Gdansk (Poland) |
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News EventTuesday, November 1, 1955 @ 0800 |
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United States Lines sailing notice for November 1955 from UK and Dublin to USA ports |
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News EventSunday, May 9, 1971 @ 1100 |
CENTAUR (1964- 1975 Passenger / cargo ship 481 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel / Ocean Transport & Trading Company, Liverpool) |
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Blue Funnel's CENTAUR on passage from Singapore to Fremantle : ticket, menus and certificates |
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News EventWednesday, February 1, 2023 @ 1101 |
SKAGENBANK (2005- General cargo ship 90m long of Royal Wagenborg, Delfzijl, Netherlands) |
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Royal Wagenborg's SKAGENBANK at Ayr discharging malted barley from Halmstad, Sweden |
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It was a cold winter's morning, heavily overcast and the rain was soon to come. |
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News EventMonday, April 27, 1987 @ 0600The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate |
ARREBO (1965-1993 Coastal general cargo ship : 1999 wrecked) |
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ARREBO collides with Hook Railway Bridge on River Ouse, near Goole (England) |
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News EventWednesday, April 22, 1987 @ 1200The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate |
JOSEPH LYKES (19960-1996 Cargo / Container ship of Lykes Lines in 1987) |
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JOSEPH LYKES surveyed in dry dock at Avondale La. after damage at Gatun Lock, Panama Canal |
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News EventThursday, April 2, 1987 @ 0800 |
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News EventMonday, January 30, 2023 @ 1014 |
THIRLBY (1958-1981 Oil tanker 559 feet 171m long of Ropner Shipping Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool : 1954 scrapped Aliaga, Spain) |
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Ropner's tanker THIRLBY at Ardrossan around 1974 |
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BY E-MAIL Interested in your really good website. Was at Ardrossan Harbour around 1974 on Ropner’s tanker THIRLBY when she was on long term charter to Shell. A. (Middlesbrough, England) Name withheld by request. |
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News EventThursday, January 26, 2023 @ 1515 |
ELBTEAM (2021- Container ship 141m overall of Usc Barnkrug Gmbh & Co Kg - Drochtersen, Germany) |
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ELBTEAM off Kilcreggan, Firth of Clyde, outbound with containers for Portbury, England |
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News EventThursday, January 26, 2023 @ 1220 |
NACC ITACA (2017- Cement carrier 120m overall of Haminford Shipping, Panama, Managed by Navigest Trust Services & Shipmanagement, Geneva, Switzerland) |
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NACC ITACA passing Custom House Quay, Greenock outbound on passage to Arzew, Algeria |
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News EventThursday, January 26, 2023 @ 1506 |
WILSON AMSTERDAM (2009- General cargo ship 88m long of Wilson ASA Damsgårdsveien 135 5160 Laksevåg Norway ) |
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WILSON AMSTERDAM passing Custom House Quay, Greenock heading upriver to Clydebank |
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News EventTuesday, October 31, 1961 @ 1900 |
CALEDONIA STAR (1961 - 1971 cargo liner 458 feet long of Blue Star Line, London |
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CALEDONIA STAR arrives at Stobcross Quay, Glasgow from Liverpool |
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News EventMonday, October 30, 1961 @ 0715 |
ANDANIA (1960-1969 Refrigerated / General cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line) |
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ANDANIA arrives at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow from London (UK) via Le Havre (France) and New York |
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News EventMonday, October 30, 1961 @ 0025 |
RUDOLF KARSTENS ( 1956-1966 General cargo coaster 48.65 metres 160 feet long of German owners) |
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RUDOLF KARSTENS arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow with a cargo of steel from Port Talbot (Wales) |
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News EventSaturday, October 28, 1961 @ 1605 |
GARTWOOD (1946-1966 General cargo ship 295 feet long of Constantine Line, Middlesbrough, England) |
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GARTWOOD arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow with cargo from Tunis (Tunisia) via Belfast and Dublin |
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News EventFriday, October 27, 1961 @ 0345 |
FLORISTAN ( 1944-1963 General cargo liner of F C Strick Line, London) |
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FLORISTAN arrives at Yorkhill Basin, Glasgow to wait for Kelvin Dry Dock (Meadowside, Glasgow) |
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News EventFriday, October 27, 1961 @ 0030 |
CRANE (1937-1964 General cargo coastal ship 223 feet long of General Steam Navigation Company, London) |
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CRANE arrives at Queen's Dock, Glasgow with general cargo from Tonnay Charente (France) via Bristol |
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News EventTuesday, October 24, 1961 @ 1120 |
ASTRONOMER (1951-1970 General cargo Liner 12 knots speed of Charente Steamship / T & J Harrison Line, Liverpool) |
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ASTRONOMER arrives at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow to load cargo for Cape Town |
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News EventThursday, May 3, 1962 @ 0715 |
LADY ROSLIN (1958-1982 Explosives carrier 174 feet long of I.C.I. Nobel Division, Irvine) |
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LADY ROSLIN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to bunker with fuel oil |
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The I.C.I. explosives manufacturing factory at Ardeer, Ayrshire, Scotland, was situated near to the Port of Irvine. The I.C.I. ships which carried the explosives were based at Irvine but, because of the danger when bunkering with fuel oil, the vessels went to the nearby Ardrossan Harbour to load their oil bunkers. And that is why LADY ROSLIN called at Ardrossan Harbour to bunker with fuel oil. |
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News EventThursday, May 3, 1962 @ 0355 |
SAINT BEDAN (1937-1964 General cargo coaster 157 feet long owned by J & A Gardner, Glasgow) |
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SAINT BEDAN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of scrap metal from Belfast |
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News EventThursday, May 3, 1962 @ 0615 |
GUNDULA (1954-1966 General cargo ship 68m long of Gloria Reederei Grapel & Co., Hamburg : 1972 sank after leaking off Cyprus) |
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GUNDULA arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load a cargo of steel plates for Savona (Italy) |
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News EventSaturday, May 1, 1971 @ 1200The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate |
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A youtube film about the construction of the Erskine Bridge, near Glasgow, around 1970. Construction of the Erskine Bridge in 1970’s In the early 1970’s a very large road bridge was constructed to span the River Clyde, joining the County of Dunbartonshire on the north bank and the County of Renfrewshire on the south bank. It is called "The Erskine Bridge" A 22 minute long professionally made film, in colour, recorded the construction of the bridge, and also the surrounding areas and businesses and, shows the shipping and river traffic on the Clyde. Yes, being produced in 1970 the film is quite dated, but, nevertheless, is well worth watching. You will find it on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dytx7z1yEg |
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News EventWednesday, November 22, 1961 @ 1030 |
COLORADO STAR ( 1957 - 1972 Cargo liner 466 feet long of Blue Star Line, London) |
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COLORADO STAR arrives in Glasgow to load 8 passengers and 1,869 tons of general cargo for Vancouver |
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News EventSunday, February 26, 1967 @ 1105 |
TREMEADOW (1957 - 1973 General cargo ship 472 feet long of Hain Steamship Company / P & O : 1980 scrapped) |
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TREMEADOW arrives in Glasgow to load general cargo for Calcutta (India) |
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News EventThursday, February 2, 1961 @ 1600The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate |
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SEVEN SEAS arrives at Circular Quay, Sydney from New Zealand |
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News EventMonday, April 3, 1961 @ 1700The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate |
WATERMAN (1951- Passenger liner / Emigrant ship of Kon. Rotterdamsche Lloyd) |
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WATERMAN leaves Sydney for Wellington, Tahiti, Balboa, New York, Southampton and Rotterdam |
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News EventThursday, February 2, 1967 @ 1200 |
MAHOUT (1963-1978 General cargo ship 481 feet long of Thos & Jno Brocklebank, Liverpool :1982 bombed by Iraqi aircraft while 25 miles from Bandar Khomeini and beached as Constructive total loss) |
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Brocklebank's MAHOUT (1963-1978) on 4.5 month charter to Fearnley & Eger of Norway |
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News EventSunday, January 22, 2023 @ 1700 |
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Please help to make this website better. We want to improve this website to make it more interesting and informative for you, the reader. So, please tell us what you want to see : maybe more of this, or less of that, or something completely new. It’s up to you to tell us. We have visitors to this site from all over the world. They tell us about things from their countries, and this website is happy to include items from outwith the U.K. You will be surprised how many countries visit this site each day. And we welcome any items which you can e-mail for inclusion to this site. They don’t need to be associated with Glasgow and the Clyde. Anywhere in the world is welcome. As long as it has something to do with ships and the sea. A suggestion was recently made that readers could become correspondents for their areas, submitting stories, images, information, whatever, for the present or the past. Would you be willing to be a correspondent for your area ? Please e-mail any replies to Douglas at ShipsoftheClyde1@btinternet.com |
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News EventTuesday, July 27, 1965 @ 0800 |
CILICIA (1938-40 Anchor Line passenger/cargo ship : 1940-44 Armed Merchant Cruiser : 1944-46 Troopship : 1946 Returned to owners : 1966-80 training ship / Hostel in Rotterdam : 1980 scrapped Bilbao) |
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Newspaper cutting July 1965 : Anchor Line to end their passenger service to India |
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News EventMonday, July 24, 1967 @ 1700The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate |
MONTEREY (1952-1971 Passenger liner of Matson Lines, USA) |
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Matson Lines reduce fares on MONTEREY sailing from Sydney northbound to Honolulu and San Francisco |
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News EventTuesday, July 2, 1957 @ 0900 |
LANARKSHIRE (1940-1959 General cargo ship 482 feet long of Scottish Shire Line / Cayzer, Irvine : scrapped 1963) |
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LANARKSHIRE arrives at Glasgow to discharge, then drydock then load for Durban (South Africa) |
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News EventThursday, July 14, 1983 @ 1200The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate |
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News EventThursday, June 15, 2000 @ 1200The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate |
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News EventFriday, July 5, 1985 @ 1200 |
JUNGFRAU (1954- a 700 passenger excursion ferry of BLS Navigationon on Lake Thun, Switzerland) |
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Postcard of excursion vessel JUNGFRAU at Oberhofen (Lake Thun, Switzerland) |
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News EventFriday, January 20, 2023 @ 1017 |
PATAGONIA (2006- Chemical / Oil tanker 144m long of Harren & Partner Schiffahrts GmbH & Co KG ms "Patagonia" , Germany) |
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PATAGONIA passing Container Terminal, Greenock outward bound for Mongstad (Norway) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
VENTURA (in 1966) |
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VENTURA in dock at 18 Victoria Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
VENTOUX (in 1966) |
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VENTOUX in dock at 31 South Wharf (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
VARANGFJELL (in 1966) |
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VARANGFJELL in dock at 6 Yarraville Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
TRAFALGAR (in 1966) |
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TRAFALGAR in dock at 22 Victoria Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
TOWNSVILLE STAR (1957-1980 Refrigerated / general cargo liner 516 feet long of Salient Shipping (Bermuda) Ltd. Hamilton, Bermuda / Blue Star Line, London) |
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TOWNSVILLE STAR in dock at 21 Victoria Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
TJILUWAH (1951- Passenger / cargo ship of Royal Interocean Lines : 1980 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) |
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TJILUWAH in dock at 14 Victoria Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
THORSCAPE (1954- General cargo ship of Norse Oriental Line, Norway) |
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THORSCAPE in dock at Inner East Princes Pier (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
THERMOPYLAE (in 1966) |
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THERMOPYLAE in dock at 7 Victoria Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
PAPAROA (in 1966) |
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PAPAROA in dock at B Appleton Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
NURNBURG (in 1966) |
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NURNBURG in dock at C Appleton Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
NICETO DE LARRINAGA (1959-1973 General cargo ship 491 feet long of Larrinaga Steamship Company, Liverpool) |
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NICETO DE LARRINAGA in dock at 32 South Wharf (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
NESTOR ( 1952 - 1968 General cargo liner 490 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) |
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NESTOR in dock at 16 Victoria Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
KWEILIN (in 1966) |
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KWEILIN in dock at 10 Victoria Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
KLOOSTERKERK (in 1966) |
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KLOOSTERKERK in dock at Inner West Princes Pier (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
HELENUS ( 1949 - 1972 Passenger/cargo liner 523 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool) |
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HELENUS in dock at D Appleton Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
CLAN GRAHAM (1962-1981 General cargo liner 496 feet long of Clan Line / King Line / Cayzer Irvine, Glasgow) |
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CLAN GRAHAM in dock at 24 Victoria Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventMonday, March 14, 1966 @ 0000 |
CHAKRATA (1951-1973 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company, London : 1973 Scrapped) |
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CHAKRATA in dock at D Appleton Dock (Melbourne, Australia) |
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News EventSaturday, June 22, 1957 @ 0730 |
NELEUS ( 1953 - 1971 General cargo ship 489 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : scrapped China 1974) |
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NELEUS arrives in King George V Dock, Glasgow to load general cargo for Australian ports via Hamburg |
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News EventWednesday, August 1, 1956 @ 1200The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate |
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1956 Advertising poster by British India Line for 100 years of service |
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News EventSunday, July 20, 1980 @ 1100The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate |
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Painting of Turnberry Lighthouse and Ailsa Craig (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) |
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This lovely watercolour painting of South Ayrshire (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) shows the Turnberry Point Lighthouse, the Trump Turnberry Resort golf course, and, in the distance, the island of Ailsa Craig. The lighthouse was built in 1873 and is now unmanned. it’s lantern is 29 metres (95 feet) above high water and there are 76 circular steps from the bottom to the top. The lighthouse and associated buildings are part of the Trump Organization Golf Resort at Turnberry (yes = the former U.S. President Donald Trump) and the golf course has a world-wide reputation and the Hotel is of the highest standard and is visited by many top celebrities and very important people. Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited 1,114 feet (about 300m) high island of volcanic rock and granite in the outer reaches of the Firth of Clyde.
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News EventFriday, June 22, 1962 @ 1000The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate |
SEALIGHT (1930-1963 Steam engined general cargo Clyde puffer lighter 86 feet long of Light Shipping Co. / Ross & Marshall Ltd : 1964 scrapped at Troon)) |
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SEALIGHT broke down and anchored near Cumbrae (Firth of Clyde) and then towed to Ardrossan Harbour |
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SEALIGHT had just finished an almost two weeks of repair and maintenance at the Ross & Marshall yard in Greenock, and the previous day (21 June) raised steam in her 2-Cylinder compound steam engine. Early on 22nd June SEALIGHT left Greenock for Troon to load 150 tons 18 hundredweights of coal for N. Beaton coal merchants of Portree (Isle of Skye). Probably around 1000hrs the vessel broke down off the Cumbraes (Firth of Clyde). The weather was bad, and the master anchored the vessel for safety. The Company daily diary records the breakdown as “bottom ends heated up”. The master attracted the attention of CALANUS, the Cumbrae-based research vessel of the University of Glasgow, and CALANUS towed SEALIGHT to the relatively-nearby Ardrossan Harbour, arriving there at 1520hrs. CALANUS left Ardrossan for Cumbrae at 1615hrs and the crew of SEALIGHT repaired the breakdown and the puffer left Ardrossan at 0700hrs the next morning (23 June) to finish her two hour passage to Troon. |
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News EventFriday, June 22, 1962 @ 0700The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate |
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Ross & Marshall daily "Clyde Puffer" diary for 22 June 1962 |
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News EventWednesday, January 18, 2023 @ 1248 |
BUTE (Vehicle / passenger ferry of Caledonian Steam Packet Company / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) |
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BUTE arriving at Wemyss Bay (Firth of Clyde) with passengers and vehicles from Rothesay |
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News EventTuesday, January 17, 2023 @ 1502 |
LOCH SHIRA (2007- roro ferry 176.84 feet long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) |
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LOCH SHIRA at Dales Marine Services Drydock, Troon for annual maintenance |
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News EventTuesday, January 17, 2023 @ 1448 |
HEBRIDEAN ISLES (1985- Ro-ro ferry 85m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) |
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HEBRIDEAN ISLES at Arran Ferry Terminal, Troon, Firth of Clyde, Scotland |
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News EventWednesday, January 18, 2023 @ 1435 |
SVITZER MILFORD (2004- Shiphandling tug IMO 9292876 of Svitzer Marine, Middlesbrough, UK) |
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SVITZER MILFORD passing Custom House Quay, Greenock on her way to Great Harbour, Greenock |
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Tug SVITZER MILFORD and tugs ANGLEGARTH and SVITZER WARDEN had been assisting tanker ALASKA to berth at Finnart Oil Terminal, Loch Long, Firth of Clyde, and SVITZER MILFORD was now returning to her base at Great Harbour, Greenock. |
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News EventWednesday, January 18, 2023 @ 1421 |
NORDIC HAMBURG (2010- Container ship 152m long of Nordic Hamburg Schiffahrts, Hamburg) |
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NORDIC HAMBURG leaves Greenock Container Terminal, Greenock with containers for Dublin |
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News EventFriday, March 1, 1963 @ 0800The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate |
BULIMBA (1959-1971 General cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, London) |
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Poster for BULIMBA (1959-1971) of British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London |
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News EventMonday, July 8, 1963 @ 1700The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate |
CHUSAN (1950-1973 Passenger liner of P & O Line, London : Scrapped 1973) |
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P & O - Orient liner CHUSAN leaves Melbourne (Australia) on a cruise around the South Pacific |
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News EventTuesday, February 19, 1963 @ 1700The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate |
ORCADES (1948-1962 Passenger liner of Orient Line, then 1962-1973 of P & O Line, London) |
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P & O - Orient liner ORCADES leaves Sydney (Australia) on cruise to Wellington and Picton |
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News EventSaturday, September 28, 1963 @ 1000 |
ALERT (1961-1981 H.M.Telegraph Ship 417 feet long 14 knots of H M Postmaster General, London) ) |
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ALERT arrived at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank from Cable Ship Base at Faslane (Firth of Clyde) |
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Faroes : a group of 21 basalt islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands: a self-governing community within the kingdom of Denmark |
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News EventTuesday, March 16, 1976 @ 1800 |
EDINBURGH CASTLE (1947-1976 Passenger liner of Union Castle Line, London) |
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EDINBURGH CASTLE (1947-1976) dinner menu 16 March 1976 |
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News EventFriday, June 16, 1967 @ 1800 |
CITY OF DURBAN (1954-1971 Passenger / cargo liner of Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company, London) |
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Ellerman's CITY OF DURBAN dinner menu 16 June 1967 |
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News EventMonday, May 21, 1973 @ 1300 |
GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989 Passenger / vehicle ferry 256 feet long of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, / Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) |
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1973 leaflet for Clyde (Scotland) cruising on excursion vessel GLEN SANNOX (1957-1989) |
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News EventTuesday, May 29, 1962 @ 2335 |
GRIETJE ( 1960-1963 General cargo coaster 130 feet long of Boersma Shipping, Netherlands) |
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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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Information needed on Cunard Line's ASCANIA (1911-1918)
10th August 2020 E-mail from a viewer.
Cunard Lines ASCANIA (1911-1918)
I am wondering if you might have more information and pictures
on the Vessel Ascania - Shipping line Cunard 1911-1918
Master - SGS Mihal.
This is a ship that my grandfather travelled from Southampton,
England to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1914.
Please any information would help.
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Where did the Royal Navy families from H.M.S.MAIDSTONE stay in Rothesay ? |
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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 ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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
1353
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 8th January 1964 says a rope was put across King George V Dock, Glasgow while the ship was making an engine trial.
Why put a rope across the dock and where would the rope be attached to the ship and also attached to the dock ?
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Glasgow shipping line Maclay and Mcintyre and ship pictures of DOMIRA 2 and LYNFIELD. |
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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 ==================================================================== |
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.
7th January 2019
J.S. (Pollokshaws, Glasgow) replies :
The River Clyde runs generally east to west through
the centre of Glasgow and essentially divides the city
into two halves, the “North Side” and the “South Side.”
In the past and even today people talk of coming
from or living in the South Side.
Up to around 1970’s passenger excursion steamers
and cross-channel to Ireland steamers left Broomielaw,
Anderston Quay and Lancefield Quay on the North Side
and in the summer months left Bridge Wharf on the
South Side (hence S.S.) on excursions “Doon the Watter”
= Down the Water = sailing down the River Clyde to
Clyde piers such as Dunoon and Rothesay and
Tighnabruaich.
The advert mentions the steamer calling at Govan
Wharf and Renfrew to pick up passengers.
Today Govan Wharf is only recognisable by a derelict
and ruined few baulks of timber. It was situated on the
South Bank essentially between the Govan Drydocks
(now also derelict) and the Bae Shipyard (formerly Fairfields
yard) and beside the playing field between Wanlock Street
and Dunvegan Street, Govan. Up to the 1960s the
small Govan Passenger Ferry used to ply from near
Govan Wharf across the river to the east end of Meadowside
Quay
It was news to me that excursion steamers stopped
at Renfrew. I have no idea where the stop was located.
Perhaps someone can help.
Ref The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937.
12 January 2019 Robert Orr replies :
The steamer berth at Renfrew was on the river bank at 'The Green' in
Renfrew and as far as I'm aware was destroyed during the 'Clydebank
Blitz' in 1941, (this being air attacks on the town of Clydebank on the
opposite bank of the Clyde, home amongst other things to John Browns
shipyard). If you go to Google maps and search Clyde Street Renfrew
the bollards for mooring ropes are still visible at the edge of the Green.
The Scania Yard visible in street view was the start of the land
occupied by Simons and Lobnitz shipyards in Renfrew.
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Questions about Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line in 1960's
10 December 2018 Geoff in Australia e-mails :
I was on the Ulysses which traded between the Far East,mainly Indonesia and the East Coast and Gulf of the US.I understand it was a route which belonged to the Indra Line which Holts acquired in 1915. I believe that it may have been incorporated into a round the world service later.My time was during the late 50s and ended in 1960.
Crews during my time consisted of Europeans on deck and Chinese in the engine room, and catering,on ships trading from Liverpool. The Ulysses had Malays on deck and Chinese in the engine room,I cant remember who were the catering staff.
Gunung Djati was the name of the leading Javanese Haji and Islamic missionary.
With regards to crewing, the Dutch arm of Blue Funnel had all Chinese crews with Dutch officers, certainly in the 1950s.
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Ellerman’s CITY OF EXETER at Plymouth in 1958
I was quite surprised to read that CITY OF EXETER called
at Plymouth in 1958. Was Plymouth a normal call for Ellerman
African service passenger liners?
Jim Hesketh, Liverpool
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12 November 2018
TWEED, a 1959-built 112 foot water carrier of
Furness Withy, Port of Spain, Trinidad
James R. (Avonmouth, England) e-mails :
Looking at your list of ships I was surprised to see
TWEED of Furness Withy, a 112 foot water tanker at
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
Anyone have information on this ship ?
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Can anyone name this British coaster ?
05 November 2018
Billy Fullarton writes :
I took this photograph in 1970s or 1980s at Ardrossan
Harbour, Scotland. Can anyone name this coaster. ?
I think her name ends in SOUND.
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British & Irish KILKENNY in 1935
Does anyone have details of this ship in 1935 ???
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Ben Line carried a Naval tug from Trincomali to Gan ???
I was with Brocklebank’s and sometimes called at
Gan Island in the Indian Ocean to discharge stores for
the RAF overside to landing craft in the lagoon.
Talking to someone he said that he was on a Ben ship
which carried a small naval tug from Trincomali in
Ceylon to Gan, around late 1960s.
Anyone know about this ?
J.S., (Wallasey)
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Questions about Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line in 1960's
Jim J. of Liverpool e-mails :
Around 1966 I was on a Royal Mail or Pacific Steam ship
in Houston / New Orleans area and saw an Alfred Holt Blue
Funnel ship there.
Can anyone enlighten me as to why a Blue Funnel would
be in the Gulf of Mexico ?
Also in conversation someone told of Blue Funnel having
Chinese crews on deck and catering. I had always thought
that Blueys had British crews. Someone please tell me
what is correct.
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Deck cadets Critchley and Doherty on RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965
22 May 2018
Alan Rutherford e-mails :
Interested in whereabouts of other deck cadet officers Critchley and Doherty from RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965 ?
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Looking for information on some British ships around 1950-1954
Ian Rae e-mails .... 4 March 2018 @ 1221
Great website.
I am trying to find information on some of the voyages my late brother -in-law made.
Blairdevon-this was his first trip, signed on 30 April paid off 12 June 1950.This was a fairly ancient coal burner.Dont know owner
Tahsinia-20Jun-13 Oct 1950-to Bombay
Saxon (?) Star-28 Sep -25 April 1952-(paid off Manchester)
Camerionia9 Jun to 10 Sep 1952
Empire Halladale-a troopship-23 Oct 1952 -paid off Birkenhead 22 Jan 1953
Retainer 6 Feb-31 Oct 1953-paid off Antwerp
Cortona 15 Dec 1953-19 Jan 1954
Thereafter he sailed out of London and latterly on Manchester Liners
When I tried your search the year 1951 was missing
Regards,
Ian Rae
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Can anyone identify this USN lapel badge ?
Dominique and her husband from Lyons (France) were on vacation in Spain and bought this lapel badge in a street market in Tarragona (near Barcelona).
Can anyone identify the badge ?
2018-02-18 @ 1320
19 May 2018
Hello Douglas,
It's Bryn (Wayt) here - you helped me with the Austerland cargo vessel last year. Thanks again.
This message is about the image of the USN "Anchor pin".
There are loads on eBay just type in "US Navy Petty Officer gold tie pin"
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First ship was CHARLTON MIRA of Charlton Steam Shipping Company, London
Bill Steel e-mails
Charlton Mira was my first ship. Built in Sunderland at Bartram's yard. Doxford 670LB4 diesel oil engine. She had two scotch boilers and steam auxiliaries. Lovely vessel but would roll on wet grass.
17 February 2018 @ 2307
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What is the difference between Agents / General Agents and Freight Brokers ?
Jim Harrison (Brighton, England) e-mails :
I am using the India Steamship Company sailing notice as a simple example, but my question actually can also relate to many other shipping companies.
The India Company shows that intending shippers can contact the U.K. General Agents Stelp & Leighton or the U.K. Freight Brokers J. H. Wackerbarth.
My question is : what is the difference between using Agents / General Agents and Freight Brokers ?
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German cargo ship MILLERNTOR in 1954
In January 1954 the cargo ship MILLERNTOR, registered in Hamburg, 2,787 nett tons and Master T. Goldsweer, arrived at Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, with a cargo of Iron Ore from Narvik (Norway).
After unloading she left Ardrossan returning to Narvik.
Does anyone have any information or details of MILLERNTOR ?
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" If sufficient inducement "
James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –
Many of your sailing notices show that a ship will go to a port “if sufficient inducement.” What exactly is “if sufficient inducement ?”
“ If sufficient inducement “
23 January 2019 at 2113
Geoff (Australia) e-mails :
James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –
“Many of your sailing notices show that a ship will go to a port “if
sufficient inducement.” What exactly is “if sufficient inducement ? “
My understanding of "sufficient inducement" meant if there was
enough cargo to be lifted to be commercially viable. ”
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Was she “ LAIRDS OAK “ or “ LAIRDSOAK ” ?
Robert Bothwell (Glasgow) e-mails :
I have always had an affection for Burns & Laird Lines of Glasgow and refer to your entry of their coaster LAIRDS OAK in 1954.
The Ships in Focus book shows her name as LAIRDSOAK but the accompanying photograph clearly shows the name LAIRDS OAK.
I know it’s a bit pedantic but what was her name, LAIRDS OAK or was it LAIRDSOAK ?
Harbour oilers CLYDE ENTERPRISE and CLYDE VENTURE in late 1960’s
Does anyone have details of these two oilers which were working in the Clyde in late 1960’s ?
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Coaster BALLYCASTLE in 1953
In 1953 the coaster BALLYCASTLE of John Kelly, Belfast, was at Ardrossan Harbour loading a cargo of coke for Londonderry. Does anyone have details of this ship ?
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Carebeka's coaster RIAN in 1953
In December 1953 the Carebeka’s Groningen registered coaster RIAN arrived at Ardrossan Harbour from Hamburg.
The handwriting in the Harbour Log-book is not easy to read. The master’s name could be Cloinga or Eloinga : can any Netherlands reader tell what the name is ?
Also the cargo is shown as “M of Potash” …. What is “M of Potash” ???
Details needed of Van Nievelt, Goudriaan's ALPHERAT in 1954
When the Blue Star Line cargo ship PARAGUAY STAR was leaving Montevideo for Buenos Aires her docking bridge fouled the housed port anchor of the Dutch cargo ship ALPHERAT.
The docking bridge sustained displaced and buckled bridge rails and started deck plank caulking. Repairs at Buenos Aires cost 5,850 Argentinian Pesos.
PARAGUAY STAR. a passenger and cargo liner of 10,722 gross tons, was on passage from Liverpool for Buenos Aires and ALPHERAT is a passenger and cargo ship of Rotterdam South America Line (Rotterdam-Zuid Amerika Lijn) and operated by Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co. Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam. ALPHERAT is well known for carrying Jewish emigrants from Rotterdam to South America.
Additional note :
Can anyone supply details of ALPHERAT ?
Norwegian Tanker RAILA in 1953
Does anyone have details of the Tanker RAILA, registered in Oslo, which was working around the British coast in 1953 ?
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Elder Dempster services from USA and Canada and Calcutta to Africa.
Fred from Formby (Merseyside, England, writes
“ I was surprised to read in the Elder Dempster Lines entry of 27th May 1957 that they did sailings from U.S.A. and Canada to West Africa, also Canada to South Africa and also Calcutta to West Africa.
Can someone tell something about these services ? ”
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CHANTALA (Worcester Park, Surrey) writes :
British India Steam Navigation handbook for Hindustani for Navigating Officers and Deck Cadets
In 1965 when joining BI as a Deck Cadet a necessary handbook was for issuing commands in the Hindustani Language.
All I can remember now is “Asti aria kurro”
Does anyone still have the book and can scan or photograph a few pages to show the commands ?
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Sailings from Glasgow Bridge Wharf in April, May and June 1968 to Rothesay and Tighnabruaich.
Thank you so very much for putting in the sailings from Bridge Wharf in Glasgow that I asked for. Anne G., Isle of Bute
British Army Tank Landing Craft LCT 4086 and her base at Cairnryan in 1954
Tank Landing Craft LCT 4086 of the British Army’s Royal Army Service Corps arrived at Ardrossan Dockyard in February 1954. Anyone have details of this vessel and of her life and also details of her base at Cairnryan (which is near Stranraer in south-west Scotland)
Anchor Line advertisement of 1871
I did laugh on seeing the wonderful Handyside and Henderson address of their office in Londonderry as 96 ½ Foyle Street.
If anyone is in Londonderry can they please, please take a photograph of that building and post it on this site.
Thank you.
Still laughing
Fred of Formby, Merseyside, England.
11 June 2018 Bryn Wayt replies that the building has been demolished and modern housing has been built on its site
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German cargo ship RUHR in 1953
On 15th December 1953 the German cargo ship RUHR, registered in Hamburg and 1,725 nett tons, Captain Ekelman, brought a cargo of scrap metal from Halifax (Canada) to Ardrossan Harbour.
Has anyone got any details of this ship ?
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British coaster J B KEE in 1957
Fred of Formby (Merseyside, England) writes :
I have put in a short article about J B KEE making a distress call on 4th November 1957.
Anyone have details of this ship ?
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Which Donaldson Line ship collided with a Cunard Liner in 1960’s in Quebec or Montreal ?
Bas Buma (Rotterdam) e-mails ….. translated by Google
Does anyone remember in 1960’s when a Donaldson cargo ship collided with a Cunard passenger liner, maybe CARINTHIA or SYLVANIA at Quebec or Montreal? My memory is not good now.
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At what time did Union Castle mailships leave South Africa for U.K. ?
Jim Allbright (London) e-mails :
I thoroughly enjoy reading your “Conducting their business in Great Waters” articles as they remind me of places and ships of long, long ago.
Something which I have always pondered – Union Castle passenger liners left Southampton at 4pm on Thursdays for South Africa, --- but did they have a set time, say 4pm when sailing from, for example Cape Town or Durban, when returning to U.K. ?
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SUNBEAR of Saguenay Terminals.
In 1962 Saguenay had chartered a general cargo ship named SUNBEAR. Does anyone have details of this vessel ?
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Can anyone identify or help with a cargo ship AUSTERLAND around 1955-1960 ? === ship is now firmly believed to be AUSTRALIND
Captain Bryn Wayt writes :
My father fitted a T/V to a ship that visited the Clyde around the years 1955-60 and I accompanied my him to assist - I was young and have only a limited memory of the event.
The 'Master' invited us both to sail with him "around the world" - so my guess was it was a long-range merchant vessel. It was NOT a "liner" but more of an "ocean freighter".
The name that sticks in my limited memory bank is the "AUSTERLAND".
I've tried various sources to find her, but have not been successful.
I was born and bred in Glasgow, but I was not acquainted with the Dock in which the ship was anchored to narrow the search.
It was there for at least a week, as the "Master" visited my father's shop and asked for a T/V to be fitted in his vessel.
It took a little time to gather the required bits and bobs to accommodate the order that's why I say a week all told in dock.
Anybody who can give me a clue where to look would be thanked in customer fashion.
James Jeffries replies :
I saw the message from Captain Wayt and I don’t know off-hand of AUSTERLAND but the name makes me think of AUSTRALIND of the Australind Steam Shipping Company / Bethell, Gwyn & Trinder Anderson & Company, London.
AUSTRALIND was a 7,214 gross ton tramp cargo ship and was built in 1944 by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, for Australind, and in 1959 was sold to Argus Steam Ship Company, Liberia and renamed PORTALON.
In 1972 she was scrapped in Santander, Spain.
However it’s an interesting problem and I’ll start looking for an AUSTERLAND
Billy MacAulay (Moderator and Senior Member) writes :
I have never heard of AUSTERLAND, but as Jim says AUSTRALIND is a possibility as Trinder Anderson vessels were visitors – though not too frequently – to Glasgow - and AUSTRALIND was in Govan Drydock, Glasgow around 1954.
But I will also look for AUSTERLAND and being a cargo ship will search at Queen’s and Prince’s Docks and surroundings. It will take some time as there is a lot to plough through.
Why was LADY McGOWAN IN Loch Riddon ?
The small I.C.I. explosives carrying coaster LADY McGOWAN was in Loch Riddon on 29 November 1953.
Loch Riddon is a small Loch situated near Tighnabruaich in the Kyles of Bute, a lonely and sparsely populated hilly area off the main area known as Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions as to the reason why LADY McGOWAN would be in this unusual locality ?
John Kelly's coaster BALLYCLARE in late 1953.
In our entries for this ship it is difficult to read the Master's name... possibly Capt. Crab. Anyone know if this is correct ?
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Small boat sailor writes from Inverkip :
I see that motor launches P.D.1 and 8641 passed King George V Dock, Glasgow in January 1967. Their names vaguely ring a bell in my memory but I don’t remember anything about them.
Does anyone know anything of these two launches ?
Just a guess could P.D.1 refer to the launch being the mooring rope boat in Prince’s Dock ?
Sandy
Mystery of CVC in Prince’s Dock area of Glasgow
In 1958 the Clyde Shipping Company’s coaster PLADDA
was listed as berthed in CVC in Prince’s Dock
area in Glasgow.
Does anyone know where CVC was ?
Jim Sloan replies : CVC was Clyde Vila Crane on the quay around berth 81 Plantation Quay, Glasgow
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Pacific Steam Navigation’s KENUTA at Puna in 1957
Tom Hayworth e-mails :
Your homepage shows KENUTA at Puna in 1957. Where is Puna ?
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Ben Line’s Far-East coaster BENVEG in 1957
Leith Man e-mails
I was very surprised to see your entry for BENVEG in January 1957
for BENVEG as I had never heard of her.
Anyone have any more information please ?
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SPRINGFIELD QUAY, GLASGOW
Harry Cochrane e-mails :and conveniently close to the city centre. With restaurants, casino, bingo, bowling, cinema and hotel, everything you need is at The Quay.
For a good few years what was Springfield Quay in Glasgow has been redeveloped into an entertainment area with a cinema, hotel, casino and restaurants. There was always a big sign at the entrance reading "SPRINGFIELD QUAY" but now the sign has been removed and replaced with a much smaller and more modern one saying "THE QUAY"
It's sad to have the last of the great Glasgow dockside quayside names disappear from public view.
aand conveniently close to the city centre. With restaurants, casino, bingo, bowling, cinema and hotel, everything you need is at The Quay.nd conveniently close to the city centre. With restaurants, casino, bingo, bowling, cinema and hotel, everything you need is at The Quay.
MYSTERY SHIP PORTHOLE From Michael Irwin (michaelj87836@gmail.com) 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 ............................................................................................................................................ |
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.
Information needed on cargo ship KORBACH in 1958
KORBACH was closing for receiving cargo in Glasgow on 25 July 1958 and loading for the Great Lakes, Detroit and Chicago. She was probably on a charter by Anchor Line or Head Line or Cunard Line.
Does anyone have any information on KORBACH ?
“Conducting their business in Great Waters” series
Just to say how much we enjoy reading your “Conducting their business in Great Waters” series. Really good to read of BENDORAN at Zamboanga and DURBAN CASTLE at St. Helena Island and British India’s KENYA at Zanzibar. And Misty appreciates the diary of Donaldson Line's LETITIA that you included for her. This is the only website that brings the voyages to life. Even the kids read it and are sure learning their world geography. Charlie and Misty Fennelly, New Jersey. U.S.A (Misty was born in Canada and her family were Pilots on Saint Lawrence)
WHERE IS " PULO BOKOM "
On 5th January 1957 Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel CALCHAS was at Pulo Bokom. It's not on Wikipedia. Where is Pulo Bokom ?
"Hydatina" of Croydon, England, writes :
Pulau Bukom, also known as Pulau Bukum, is a small island belonging to Singapore that is located about five kilometres to the south of the main island of Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore. The size of Pulau Bukom is about 1.45 km². Royal Dutch Shell Group had a refinery there which I visited a number of times on Shell U.K. Tankers.
Note : The event for CALCHAS has been amended accordingly.
A question about Alfred Holt and the King George V Dock in Glasgow
Jim Alison e-mails : Your event of 25th August 1958 tells that Blue Funnel's PELEUS loaded a 6-ton lift by "Holt's crane". Did Alfred Holt have a company crane at Glasgow, or could it be the ship's own derrick that was used. ?
CLAN MACINTOSH and help needed on the origin of three launches loaded at Glasgow.
On 9th July 1958 CLAN MACINTOSH loaded 3 launches by her own gear at Glasgow. The launches came from "Mechano / Medano. Please have a look at the image, which has been enlarged, and see if you can throw some light on the launches.
Scottish motor coaster PIBROCH built in 1956 by Scott & Sons of Bowling
Does anyone have details of her owners and employment after being sold by Scottish Malt Distillers Company ?
CAN YOU HELP The oilers "Invertest, Apexity and Clanity" are noted as daily supplying bunker fuel oil to vessels. Have you any images or information on these three ships. ?
A. Manson replies: Apexity and Clanity were owned by F.T Everard later taken over by Fisher.
CAN YOU HELP Ore ships at General Terminus Quay .....when leaving, they left Terminus Quay astern.... where were they turned, to go downriver ahead. Did they turn in Princes Dock...or at Yorkhill Basin...or at King George V Dock ?
A. Manson replies "Ore carriers leaving General Terminus Quay were canted at Princes Dock ; the area inside the entrance was known as the Canting Basin."
CAN YOU HELP Glasgow fire-boat "St. Mungo" Billy and Terry Kelly noted that Glasgow had a fire-boat named "St. Mungo" operated by Glasgow Fire Service, moored at Yorkhill Quay at the entrance to Queens Dock, and crewed by firemen based in Yorkhill Fire Station (just across the road from Yorkhill Quay.) Does anyone have a photograph of "St. Mungo" ?
A. Manson replies :Photographs and history the early and latter St. Mungo Fireboats can be seen by going on website "St. Mungo Fireboat"
CAN YOU HELP Blue funnel liner "Pyrrhus" is shown as arriving on 16th July 1958 (see the image) at berth 3 King George V Dock, head South, bow 5 1/2 ...something...into berth 4. Any idea what the 5 1/2 something is ?
Ref. "Pyrrhus Berthing. The large timber or metal doors on the dockside of the cargo sheds are referred to as Blinds. There may six or seven of these so the bow or stern of a vessel may be sited in a position relative to the blinds.
CAN YOU HELP The coaster "Salling" arrived at KG5 on 16th July 1958 from " G.at ? " (see the image) Can anyone hazard a guess what the place "G....at" is ?
A Manson replies "Destination of "Salling" could possibly have Ghent, Belgium."
CAN YOU HELP. Princes Dock logbook shows these vessels arriving, but the writing is hard to read. Can you make out the names?
Click on these images to enlarge them
First is maybe.... Cruzeiro Do Sul
Below it is maybe.... Templar
Further down is maybe... Kaduna ...or Kadura
Further down maybe... La Manche
Just below that ......Barbanihalis (or something)
Still further down..... Prins W J or G Frerderick
And also on that page for 28th June at 2045 arrives "Somme" at berth 65 annexe. I had never heard of "65 annexe" Can anyone enlighten me?
A Manson replies "berth 65 Plantation was an Annex abutting on the West end of Mavisbank Quay." and Kaduna was owned by Paddy Henderson, vessels trading to Burma and associated areas.
Prinz Willem 1V and Prinz W J Fredrick were owned by Dutch Company Oranje Lijn and traded to, and spent some time in the Great Lakes.
CAN YOU HELP What is the name of this ship? Is it Sunnarhav or Sunnanhav. She arrived in Glasgow on 6th July 1965. Just to allow continuity of entering details, the ship is listed in events as being "Sunnanhav" unless otherwise corrected.
A Manson replies : "Sunnanhan" could possibly have been owned by Saguenay Terminals who prefixed several of their ships names by "Sun"
CAN YOU HELP The vessel "Mango" or "Manyo" arrived at Princes Dock from Ardrossan on 14th July 1965, draft 5' 10" forard and 12' 8" aft, which would be the draft of a coaster. But the logbook shows her sailing on 18th July for Three Rivers (Canada) draft forard 17' 07" and aft 19' 06" Any thoughts or information on this vessel would be welcome.
THANKS FOR THE MEMORY Mrs Margaret Buckner e-mails from Canada.
"I was browsing and chanced on your website, and was astonished to discover mention of the Donaldson ships taking passengers from Princes Dock to Montreal. I was a little girl in 1960 when my folks emigrated from Kirkintilloch to Canada on Laurentia, and it was a very rough crossing, but was calm when we passed Newfoundland. The mention of "Laurentia" brought the memories flooding back, having been forgotten for 50 years. Thanks for bringing back the memory.
CAN YOU HELP : This interesting little advert was in the 23rd June 1906 issue of "Largs and Millport Weekly News" Note the early start for the days sailing, and the unusual name "Bute 4" Any information on the firm or the vessels? Click on the image to enlarge it to full size.
A Manson replies: For full history on SS Bute suggest Logging on" SS Bute at Greenock" With information regarding builders of same and SS Kyle then follow Princess Alice Disaster where all will be revealed re ultimate fate of Vessel.
CAN YOU HELP : The vessel "Cedric" arrived at KG5 on 10th October 1967. It's difficult to decipher where she came from. Any suggestions? Click on the image to enlarge it.
A Manson writes :
The "Cedric" which arrived at KG5 dock 10th October 1967 would have come from Napier, New Zealand, where she would have loaded refrigerated cargo, e.g. lamb, butter, etc. This was a regular run for vessels belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company.
A Manson writes :
Ref. the "Cedric" The port referred to is Napier New Zealand.
CAN YOU HELP This vessel "Stern" or "Stein" arrived KG5. Is the name "Stern" or "Stein" Click on the image to enlarge it.
CAN YOU HELP : What is the name of this 1967 arrival. Click on the image to enlarge it.
CAN YOU HELP : Falcon Reefer arrived from USA and Newfoundland. Which was the USA port concerned? Click on the image to enlarge it.
A MANSON replies: Gloucester Massachusetts USA is on of America's oldest Ports.
CAN YOU HELP : Harrison's "Statesman" in Jan 1968 at Shieldhall Riverside Quay conducted an engine test. What is the word after the test. Click on the image to enlarge it.
A Manson writes :
Ref. the engine test on "Statesman" at Riverside Shieldhall . The engines would have been run on slow speed. Vessels having such must be securely moored probably with insurance wires as an added precaution .
MANOEUVERING ON THE RIVER : Jim Allison e-mails that when a vessel was moving on the river Clyde and passing the entrances to Rivers Kelvin, Cart and Leven, after heavy rainfall, the amount of water coming off these rivers would hit any passing vessel on the side and tend to push her in the opposite direction. You needed a strong steady hand on the wheel at these points.
CAN YOU HELP : On 3rd May 1965 a vessel "DCV 401" arrived. Any information on that vessel ?
THE BIG EX-BP TANKER AT PLANTATION. : Jim Allison writes that a big ex-BP tanker which lay at Plantation for some time, around 1980, and was leaving for breaking in the far east, was towed astern downriver to Shieldhall and her stern put into KG5, and she was turned there to go downstream ahead. He doesn't remember the name.
SEAMEN'S MISSION AT YORKHILL/SCOTSTOUN ; Tam Thomson asks if anyone remembers the "Seamens Mission" at Yorkhill or Scotstoun in 1970s, run by pensioners/church, where seamen/retired sailors could get a hearty cooked meal at a reasonable price.
A Manson replies;
There once was a"Flying Angel " Seamens Club in York Street Glasgow long since gone. There is still a Stella Maris Club for seamen situated at 937 Dumbarton Road Yoker Glasgow open several days a week .It is affiliated to St. Brendans Church on Kelso Street close by.
Tam Thomson replies: Much appreciated for your answer Mr Manson. I didn't know about the Flying Angel but you have made me think. was there a seamens club beside the Clyde Shipping offices at the suspension bridge. The stella Maris, yes that is the very one. I had a dinner in there must be twenty years ago. the ladies had finished meals but made me one specially when i came in. Its great that you have brought back memory and i like all your ansers to the help bit as you really know your stuff about the clyde. Have a good new year mr Manson, and Douglas please keep up the internet site as it is great to read about the ships at Glasgow, and i hope you have a good new year to.
A Manson replies:Re the Stella Maris Club which may stir a memory of the subscriber. It was for many years situated in Carlton Place on the South side of the Upper Clyde close to the Suspension Bridge.
MEXICAN WARSHIPS IN PRINCE'S DOCK ; Joe Barrowman asks if anyone remembers some "Mexican ?" frigates which visited Princes Dock in early 1970s.