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What/When	Ship
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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News Event Wednesday, June 1, 1983 @ 1100 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 arriving at Brodick Pier : Glenlight's PIBROCH alongside pier
Ship's location Brodick old pier, Isle of Arran (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, September 2, 1954 @ 1000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SAXONIA (1954- 1963 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Advertising brochure for the maiden voyage of Cunard passenger liner SAXONIA (1954-1963)
Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 21,617
News Event Saturday, September 3, 1955 @ 0330	SAXONIA (1954- 1963 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
SAXONIA outbound and Father Point (Rimouski, Canada) Lighthouse abeam : Departure commenced
Ship's location Father Point (Rimouski, Canada) Lighthouse abeam to starboard Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Vessel Master Captain J. D. Armstrong, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R. Gross Tonnage 21,617 Outward cargo Passengers
The lighthouse pictured is the third on this point. The first was a wooden structure built in 1859 and replaced by the second in 1867. The present lighthouse was built of reinforced concrete in 1909. The unusual design is a 16 sided tower, 108 feet tall and supported by 8 flying buttresses. The original third order Fresnel lens provided four white flashes every 7.5 seconds. Electrified in 1940 and automated in 1988. The lighthouse was officially inactivated in 1975, but relit in 2004 as a non-official light.   The steel tower in the background served as the lighthouse after the 1975 inactivation, but that too is now inactivated.
News Event Monday, December 9, 2024 @ 1100	ST MUNGO (2019- Pollution Prevention vessel of City of Glasgow Council, Glasgow)	Own Page
ST MUNGO in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Image contributed by Robert McManus     Water Witch Workboats Working towards Emission Reduction Solutions using Hydrogen As delegates from across the world gather in Glasgow for the United Nations COP26 climate summit, they need only look over the River Clyde to see how the world is changing. COP26 hosts, Glasgow City Council, have made significant steps towards their ambitious goal of reducing their environmental impact and improving air quality for all by upgrading their Water Witch Surface Dredger ‘St Mungo’ with the latest hydrogen catalytic technology. Normally moored outside the COP26 venue, the 14-tonne vessel has worked on the River Clyde for the past 19 years removing debris and pollution from the City’s River.  The vessel has been retro fitted with a unique electrolyser system for producing catalytic hydrogen which offers immediate reductions in fossil fuel consumption and harmful air pollution.  This system reduces diesel particulates, NOx, and CO2 emissions by improving the quality of the combustion process, and by extending the efficiency of the engine, reducing the amount of fuel being consumed.  Emissions are reduced by up to 85%. The ‘EcoPro’ is a RINA Type Approved, patented standalone catalytic hydrogen system designed to immediately reduce the vessel’s engine pollution without any invasive modifications being required.  Supplying a controlled quantity of pure hydrogen-on-demand to give a more complete fuel burn during combustion, it is neatly installed next to the vessel’s main Perkins Sabre 6-cylinder 185hp 160 kwh diesel engine. Hydrogen is produced from its own electronic system whilst the engine is running and automatically ceases when the engine is switched off. The system has worked exceptionally well since installation earlier this month and Glasgow City Council will have the perfect opportunity to showcase their cleaner, greener, pollution control vessel to Climate Change Delegates at the Summit. Jackie Caddick, Director at Water Witch says ‘we have been committed to improving the carbon footprint of our vessels and working towards zero emissions – with MARPOL Tier 3 and 2050 compliance fast approaching we have been concerned as a builder that engine manufactures may not be able to meet the stringent emission standards.  The EcoPro will allow us to directly reduce the diesel particulates, NOx and CO2 emissions of our larger vessels and offers an affordable and approved solution for both new builds and existing Water Witch boats”. Developed by Ecomotus, the EcoPro technology is a vital transition between fossil fuels and a hydrogen/electric economy.  Jason Munro, Director says: “We are all aware that the marine industry needs to change away from fossil fuels and towards sustainable power to progressively reduce the greenhouse gases, harmful emissions and particulates produced.  This standalone system is designed to work in harmony with existing combustion engines and reduces the operator’s carbon footprint”. Ecomotus, based in South Devon, were awarded an Innovate UK grant for R&D testing and trials, enabling them to secure both RINA Type Approval and Maritime and Coastguard (MCA) accreditation.   Find out more about Water Witch http://www.waterwitch.com
News Event Friday, September 2, 1955 @ 1116	SAXONIA (1954- 1963 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
SAXONIA left berth at Montreal (Canada) for Greenock and Liverpool
Ship's location On passage from Montreal (Canada) for Greenock and Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Vessel Master Captain J. D. Armstrong, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R. Gross Tonnage 21,617 Outward cargo Passengers
News Event Sunday, September 4, 1955 @ 1900	SAXONIA (1954- 1963 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Cunard Liner SAXONIA dinner menu for 4 September 1955
Ship's location On passage from Montreal (Canada) for Greenock and Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 21,617
News Event Thursday, September 8, 1955 @ 0800	SAXONIA (1954- 1963 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Cunard Liner SAXONIA breakfast menu for 8 September 1955
Ship's location On passage from Montreal (Canada) for Greenock and Liverpool Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 21,617
News Event Thursday, December 5, 2024 @ 0600	DALI (2015- Neopanamax Container ship IMO 9697428 : 299.92 m (984 ft) overall : capacity 9,971 TEU : of Grace Ocean Pte. Ltd., Singapore / Operator Synergy Marine Pte. Ltd. Singapore)	Own Page
Behind the scenes of the Baltimore bridge collapse
Ship's location Francis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore (Maryland, USA) Port of Registry Singapore Net Tonnage 52,150 Gross Tonnage 95,128 Deadweght Tonnage 116,851
From BBC Online News 5 December 2024 Behind the scenes of the Baltimore bridge collapse Image source,Getty Images Image caption, An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes of debris from the Francis Scott Key Bridge blocked the Patapsco's shipping channel and pinned down the M/V Dali for months Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Published 12 minutes ago In the dark, early morning hours of 26 March, US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg's phone rang - and he immediately knew he had a problem. "If my phone rings in the middle of the night, it's not a good thing," he recalled. The Dali, a massive 948ft (289m) cargo ship had slammed into Baltimore's iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge, sending the 1.5-mile (2.4km) bridge into the cold waters of the state's Patapsco River. "It wasn't immediately clear what we were dealing with," Buttigieg told the BBC in an interview. "How many people had been impacted, and how much of the bridge had been destroyed." Six men, all members of a road crew working on the bridge, were killed in the incident, which left the Dali - still afloat - stuck under huge chunks of shredded metal and concrete. Another man was pulled from the icy water, seriously injured. A new documentary from BBC One - available on iPlayer on 5 December - reveals new details of the investigation into the crash, including a possible cause: a cable that shook loose, disrupting the ship's power supply and causing an initial blackout minutes before it struck the bridge. After that, investigators believe they discovered a lack of fuel pressure to the generators may have created power fluctuations that tripped breakers and caused the ship to go dark again, with no time to change course before slamming into the bridge. Lost power, a mayday call and the crash that brought down a Baltimore bridge Previously unseen bodycam footage taken after the collapse shows first responders and officials struggling to come to grips with the enormity of what they faced in the confusing hours after the crash. "Key Bridge is down. It was last reported that there are at least several vehicles in the water," an officer can be heard saying. "And several people still unaccounted for." Image caption, Divers such as Robyn Bianchi were tasked with the difficult, dangerous work of surveying the underwater debris field in the Patapsco 'A hell of a clean-up' In the aftermath of the collapse, an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 45,000 tonnes of debris blocked the Patapsco, a 700ft (213m) wide and 50ft (15m) deep and economically vital shipping channel. Recovering the bodies and removing the twisted, broken steel and concrete from the channel - plus moving the Dali - fell to a massive team including US Army, Navy and Coast Guard members, as well as Maryland authorities and specialist private firms. The woman who led the effort, Colonel Estee Pinchasin, the Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore district commander, said that she had "never seen anything of that magnitude before". "Everything [was] mangled up on top and around," she said. "You had these big, large spans that were just laying in the water. You see four-inch steel that's been bent... how can you even start to think about the force?" The dangerous work of searching the debris field and determining which pieces could be safely removed - and when - fell, in part, to teams of divers who inspected both the ship and the destruction beneath the surface. Never-before-seen footage obtained by the BBC shows the difficult conditions they faced: jagged and potentially dangerous pieces of rubble and muddy, brown water, which often meant they could not see more than a foot or two ahead of them. "There was no visibility. I kind of compared it to a metal jungle gym underwater," recalled Robyn Bianchi, the assistant salvage master for one of the firms involved, Donjon Marine. "You turn off all the lights in the room and try tell me all the pieces of where they connect to that metal jungle gym. Oh, and by the way, the jungle gym is completely twisted and looks nothing like it did when it was built to perfection." Image source,Getty Images Image caption, Investigators believe the Dali lost power just moments before it struck the Key Bridge What caused the crash? A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, found that two electrical blackouts disabled equipment ahead of the incident, and noted that the ship lost power twice in the 10 hours leading up to the crash. In the aftermath, NTSB investigators were tasked with determining what happened. Eventually, they discovered a loose cable, which it is believed may have caused a power surge that tripped two breakers and disrupted electricity. As the crew struggled to restart the engine, a second blackout took place, likely as the result of a pump supplying generators with fuel shutting down and not restarting automatically. The erratic generators may have created additional power fluctuations that trip the ship's breakers - a common occurrence faced by seafarers, but which mostly takes place in open waters. Sal Mercogliano, a maritime historian and former merchant mariner, said that the silence the sailors must have heard in those moments is "the worst sound you ever hear" on a ship. "At that moment, you realise you don't have control of the ship anymore," he added. "It is a nightmare... you have a very short period of time in which to restore power." In the Dali's case, it was already too late. The time between the ship losing power and striking the bridge, it was later determined, was about four minutes. Despite the destruction and loss of life, officials are relieved that the incident was not worse. On the night of the collapse, police were able to stop traffic, with the last car clearing the bridge just 40 seconds before it fell. "Cars would have kept coming," Maryland Governor Wes Moore said. "By the time the people driving the vehicles realised the bridge was gone, it just would have been too late." "I can't tell you how many lives they saved," he added. "Because the answer is countless."
News Event Tuesday, December 3, 2024 @ 1411	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
Ship's location Off Greenock Esplanade, approaching Greenock Ocean Terminal Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Arrived from Left Fairlie Jetty (Scotland, UK) that morning for working-up trials in outer Firth of Clyde Sailing for Inchgreen Quay, Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Early afternoon of 3 December 2024 and Caledonian MacBrayne's new ferry GLEN SANNOX (2024-  ) off Greenock Esplanade.  A very very dull afternoon, poor visibility, sky completely overcast with thick grey couds and scattered light rain showers.  No sign of the sun, and can only presume that it is still somewhere up there.     The ship had left Fairlie Jetty (Firth of Clyde) earlier that morning for working-up trials in the outer Firth of Clyde and being ahead of schedule, having boarded a Clyde Pilot off Gourock, was now heading to berth at Inchgreen Quay, Greenock.     It is nearly Christmas and the ship must have assimilated the festive spirit as this massive maritime Christmas tree was dazzling with bright lights  ... see the last two images.   Unfortunately the images, in the horrible nasty weather and abysmal visibility, do not do justice to the brilliance and intensity of the lights.     Probably could have been visible by an astronaut in a satellite in outer space.
News Event Tuesday, December 3, 2024 @ 0950	CALEDONIAN ISLES (1993- Passenger and vehicle ferry 308 feet 94m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Sunrise at James Watt Dock, Greenock : CALEDONIAN ISLES, ARGYLE, HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS
Ship's location James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Gross Tonnage 5,221
Ships from left to right : CALEDONIAN ISLES, ARGYLE and HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS
News Event Tuesday, December 3, 2024 @ 1008	ARGYLE (2006- Passenger and vehicle ferry of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
Caledonian MacBrayne's ARGYLE leaves James Watt Dock, Greenock for trials in outer Firth of Clyde
Ship's location James Watt Dock, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Sailing for For trials in outer Firth of Clyde (Scotland, UK) Outward cargo Light ship = no passengers or vehicles on board
ARGYLE berthed at Dales Marine Services in James Watt Dock, Greenock   ARGYLE coming off berth and moving past CALEDONIAN ISLES towards the Dock entrance   ARGYLE at the Dock entrance   ARGYLE is now through the Dock entrance and heads for the outer Firth of Clyde for trials
News Event Wednesday, November 27, 2024 @ 1200	CORRAN (2001- Ro-Ro Passenger and vehicle ferry of Highland Council, Scotland)	Own Page
Ferry CORRAN of Highland Region, Scotland, to be replaced
Ship's location Connects Corran Ferry (Lochaber, Scotland) with Ardgour Peninsula (Scotland) Port of Registry Inverness (Scotland, UK)
From BBC Scotland Online news 27 November 2024 Corran Ferry to be replaced through city deal fund Image caption, MV Corran serves the busiest single-vessel ferry route in Scotland Published 27 November 2024 The Scottish government has confirmed that £28m earmarked for road improvements will be used to replace the struggling Corran Ferry service in Lochaber. The money was initially allocated for an upgrade of the Longman interchange on the A9, but councillors appealed to the Scottish government to change investment priorities. The council said there was a "critical" need for improvements to the ferry service, which delivers 30,000 sailings annually, following lengthy outages last year. Finance Secretary Shona Robison has now approved use of the funds for a new electric vessel, saying it would help reduce carbon emissions. She added: “This funding will provide businesses and communities in Lochaber and Ardnamurchan with a reliable ferry service to enable them to thrive into the future. "The new service will support the area’s vibrant visitor economy to drive jobs and economic opportunities across the Corran Narrows." The Corran Ferry service is the busiest single-vessel ferry route in Scotland, allowing drivers to bypass a 42 mile (67km) detour. Owned and operated by the council, the service carries over 270,000 cars each year, providing an essential connection for the peninsular communities of Ardgour, Sunart, Ardnamurchan, Moidart, Morar, Morvern, and the Isle of Mull. The existing ferry, MV Corran, was withdrawn for maintenance in October last year with repairs delayed and a replacement vessel suffering a number of breakdowns. 'Crucial lifeline service' Funding for the new service will be delivered through the £315m Inverness and Highland City Region Deal. Additional investment in shoreside improvement will be funded by £20m from the UK government and £10m from the Highland Council. Leader of the council, Councillor Raymond Bremner, said the transport link was crucial to economic stability and growth in both Lochaber and the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. He said: "We have had to work really hard to come up with a sustainable solution to resolve the challenge that our ageing ferries running the route brings. “It is hoped that we can implement and deliver the supporting infrastructure and the new ferry as quickly as possible now that the funding streams have been finalised."
News Event Tuesday, December 3, 2024 @ 1429	ALEXANDER B (2007- Container ship IMO 9328649 : 154.5m overall : of Reederei Thekla Schepers, Haren/Ems, Germany , Manager: TS-Shipping, Haren/Ems, Germany	Own Page
ALEXANDER B leaves Greenock Ocean Terminal with containers for Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium)
Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Port of Registry St John's (Antigua and Barbuda) Arrived in berth West berth, Greenock Ocean Terminal (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 14,072 Sailing for Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) Deadweght Tonnage 18,530 Sailed from berth West berth, Greenock Ocean Terminal (Scotland, UK) ... assisted by tug SVITZER WARDEN Cargo carried on arrival Containers Outward cargo Containers
News Event Wednesday, December 4, 2024 @ 1400	SPIRIT OF TASMANIA 1V (in 2024 Passenger Ferry 212m 695 feet of TT-Line, Australia)	Own Page
New Australian ferry SPIRIT OF TASMANIA 1V docks in Leith (near Edinburgh, Scotland)
Ship's location Imperial Dock, Leith (the port area adjacent to and north of Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Australia
Australian 'ferries fiasco' ship docks in Edinburgh   From BBC Scotland online News 4 December 2024     Image caption, The Spirit of Tasmania could remain in Leith for almost three years Published 3 hours ago A newly-built ferry which is too big for its home port in Australia has arrived in Edinburgh where it will be mothballed. The Spirit of Tasmania IV could remain in Leith for almost three years due to issues with existing infrastructure in the city of Devonport. The 212m-long (695ft) ship was built at a yard in Finland, but had to be moved before winter over concerns it could be damaged by pack ice. A new berth to accommodate the ship, and sister vessel Spirit of Tasmania V, may not be ready until late 2026 or 2027 and the saga has sparked a huge political row on the other side of the world. Huge Australian 'fiasco' ship to be mothballed in Edinburgh Published 29 October Islanders bid a fond farewell to MV Hebridean Isles Published 18 November The vessel was due to operate in the Bass Strait, between Tasmania and the Australian state of Victoria, and had been described as a “game-changer” for the island’s tourism industry. However, a series of delays in its construction, skyrocketing costs and problems upgrading current berths led to one Australian politician describing it as “the biggest infrastructure stuff-up” in the state’s history, external. In August, the infrastructure minister, Michael Ferguson, and the chairman of ferry operator TT-Line, which is state-owned, resigned due to the debacle. The cost of building the two LNG dual-fuel ships has risen by A$94m (£47.5m) from A$850m (£430m) when the contract was signed in 2021. Meanwhile the cost of upgrading current infrastructure in Devonport, which handles about 450,000 passengers a year, has more than quadrupled from an original estimate of A$90m (£45.5m). TT-Line will pay A$47,534 (£24,031) per week to berth the ship at Forth Ports, according to figures published by the Tasmanian government. Its transport minister, Eric Abetz, said: "It is prudent to relocate the ship to Leith whilst leasing options are explored. "To have it relocated to Tasmania whilst these options are explored would be far more expensive and waste a significant amount of taxpayer money." Image caption, The ship is meant to be used to ferry passengers between Tasmania and the Australian mainland The ship will be stationed at Leith’s Imperial Dock, the same space previously occupied by the MS Victoria, which housed more than 1,000 Ukrainian refugees. There is no indication of when it will be ready to sail to Tasmania, but in October it was reported the berth at Devonport would not be ready until October 2026 by the earliest. TT-Line’s chief executive, Bernard Dwyer, said the operator was looking into leasing out the vessel. But the size of the ships means they are unlikely to be of use in solving Scotland’s own well-documented issues with ferries on the west coast. A spokeswoman for Forth Ports said: "The Spirit of Tasmania arrived in the Port of Leith yesterday and she will stay here for a period of time. "The port regularly provides berthing for vessels requiring temporary layup and whilst commercial matters are confidential the arrangements for the Spirit of Tasmania reflect the non-operational status of the vessel and the limited day-to-day interaction with the port."
News Event Tuesday, December 3, 2024 @ 1032	SD 1710 U (1980- at least 2024 Sullage / oil separator barge 31m overall of Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service / Serco Denholm / Serco Marine Services, London)	Own Page
From left to right : SD1710U, SD RAASAY, SD OILMAN and SD ANGELINE at Great Harbour, Greenock
Ship's location Great Harbour, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 242
News Event Tuesday, December 3, 2024 @ 1031	KINGDOM OF FIFE (2008- Offshore tug / supply vessel of Briggs Marine & Environmental Services, Burntisland, Fife, U.K..)	Own Page
KINGDOM OF FIFE at Great Harbour, Greenock
Ship's location Great Harbour, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 437 Gross Tonnage 1,459
News Event Wednesday, December 4, 2024 @ 1145		Own Page
New £150m Hunterston port plans given go-ahead
Ship's location Hunterston (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
From BBC Scotland online news 4 December 2024   New £150m Hunterston port plans given go-ahead Image source,Peel Ports Image caption, Plans for the site have been approved and work will begin in 2025 Published 1 minute ago A £150m scheme to transform the site of the former Hunterston coal terminal in North Ayrshire has been given the go-ahead. Peel Ports Clydeport, which owns the site, has been granted planning permission to fill in the dry dock and create a "hub for the blue and green economies". Plans for the 350 acre (142 hectares) site include the world's largest Liquid Air Energy Storage facility and subsea cable manufacturing. The company claims the work will attract £3.5bn in inward investment and create more than 5,000 jobs. More stories from Glasgow & West Scotland More stories from Scotland The redevelopment work is scheduled to begin in 2025 and will take about two years to complete. Peel Ports says the work will help increase the opportunities for expanding offshore wind power off the west coasts of Britain. The company says up to 90% of the site has been optioned by firms in the sustainable energy sector. Future tenants would include companies working on subsea cable manufacturing and the construction of gravity base structures. These are very large submersible structures that have heavy bases and sit on the seabed, held in place by their weight and friction. Traditionally used in the oil and gas industry, the technology behind them is being adapted for use in the off-shore wind sector. Image source,Peel Ports Image caption, The deep channel and mile-long jetty allows ships of any size to dock at the terminal Lewis McIntyre, managing director of port services at Peel Ports Group, said the site would become a "major facilitator" of the UK's transition to sustainable energy. “There will be no energy transition without ports, and harnessing the potential of sites like Hunterston is key to achieving the UK’s net-zero goals," he said. "The knock-on benefits for the local and national economies are also significant. We look forward to working with the policymaking community to create the investment conditions we need to replicate the success of Hunterston at other sites across the country.” The Hunterston terminal, which sits south of Fairlie opposite the island of Great Cumbrae, was once one of Scotland's most important industrial sites. It was opened in 1979, creating a deep-water port to allow iron ore for the Ravencraig steelworks to come into the country. After the closure of Ravenscraig in 1992, it was used to import coal for the Longannet and Cockenzie power stations in Fife and East Lothian. That business came to an end in 2016 with the closure of Longannet. The owners began clearing the site in 2019.
News Event Tuesday, December 3, 2024 @ 1515	RIX GULF (2019- General cargo ship IMO 9396701 : 92m overall of Rix Shipmanagement Sia - Riga, Latvia)	Own Page
RIX GULF passes Custom House Quay, Greenock on passage from Glasgow for Copenhagen (Denmark)
Ship's location Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Limassol (Cyprus) Arrived from Londonderry (Northern Ireland, UK) Gross Tonnage 2,982 Arrived in berth Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 5,400 Sailing for After leaving Clyde, around the north of Scotland then for Copenhagen (= Kobenhavn, Denmark) Sailed from berth Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board Outward cargo Refuse --- derived fuel
As RIX GULF was outbound and passing Greenock a small white-coloured motor cruiser was seen ahead, travelling inbound in the shipping channel.      The Clyde Pilot on the RIX ordered a short loud blast on the ship's horn to warn the cruiser to move out of the way.  A second longer blast on RIX's horn had the desired effect and the motor cruiser changed course out of the path of the cargo ship.
News Event Sunday, February 5, 1956 @ 1000	THE STATE OF MADRAS (in 1956 Passenger / cargo liner of Eastern Shipping Corporation, India)	Own Page
Indian Government report in 1956 recommends abolition of deck passengers on Indian ships
Ship's location Madras (= since 1996 renamed as Chennai : Tamil Nadu, India) Port of Registry India
News Event Tuesday, March 1, 1960 @ 0800		Own Page
Advert in 1960 for ship repairs at Ayr (Scotland) and Dry Docks at Blackwall and Tilbury (London)
News Event Friday, April 5, 1963 @ 0800		Own Page
English Electric Company announce order for 11 Diesel-Electric main-line locomotives for East Africa
News Event Friday, April 5, 1963 @ 1200	BRITISH MARINER (1963- 1975 Oil Tanker 815 feet overall of B.P. Tanker Company, London : 1975 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
New tanker BRITISH MARINER at Clydebank (Scotland) has remote control of propelling machinery
Ship's location Fitting-out Basin of John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (U.K.) Net Tonnage 26,222 Gross Tonnage 43,378 Deadweght Tonnage 74,635
Image contributed by Sammy McCall
News Event Friday, January 11, 1963 @ 1900	FREDERICK T EVERARD (1954- General cargo ship 306 feet long of F T Everard & Sons Ltd., London)	Own Page
FREDERICK. T. EVERARD arrives in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank with 2,870 tons of clinker from London
Arrived from London (England, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived in berth 2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) .... with her head north Net Tonnage 1,280 Sailing for Leith (near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 2,488 Sailed from berth 2 Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) .... with her head north Draught forward on arrival 16 feet 3 inches Draught aft on arrival 17 feet 8 inches Cargo carried on arrival 2,870 tons of clinker Commenced discharge of inward cargo 12 January at 0800 Stevedore discharging inward cargo J. F Wilson Completed discharge of inward cargo 15 January at 1730 Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board Draught forward on sailing 5 feet 4 inches Draught aft on sailing 14 feet 3 inches Sailed 1925 on 15 January for Leith (near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
News Event Friday, November 29, 2024 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BRO NUUK (2008- Chemical / Oil products tanker IMO 9323819, MMSI 220502000 : 118.14m overall of )Manager: Brostrom Ab - Copenhagen, Denmark Owner: Maersk Product Tankers A/s - Copenhagen, Denmark)	Own Page
Tanker BRO NUUK at Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Fuel Terminal, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Kobenhaven (= Copenhagen, Denmark) Arrived from Mongstad (Norway) Gross Tonnage 12,105 Sailing for Tail of the Bank Anchorage off Greenock then Jetty 2, Finnart Oil Terminal (Loch Long, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 16,631 Cargo carried on arrival Oil grades
Contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Thursday, April 4, 1963 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENALDER (1949-1968 General cargo liner 475 feet long of Ben Line / William Thomson & Company, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENALDER at London (England, UK) for Le Havre (France)
Ship's location London (England, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Le Havre (France) Net Tonnage 4,665 Gross Tonnage 7,877
News Event Thursday, April 4, 1963 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENARTY (1963-1981 General cargo liner 509 feet long 17.5 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENARTY at Hong Kong for Kobe (Japan)
Ship's location Hong Kong Port of Registry Leith Sailing for Kobe (Japan) Net Tonnage 6,152 Gross Tonnage 10,294 Deadweght Tonnage 12,619
News Event Thursday, April 4, 1963 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENCLEUCH (1949-1972 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENCLEUCH left Kobe (Japan) for Kaohsiung (= pronounced Coo - shung, Taiwan)
Sailing for Kaohsiung (= pronounced Coo - shung, Taiwan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailed from berth Kobe (Japan)
News Event Wednesday, April 3, 1963 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENCRUACHAN (1946-1966 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENCRUACHAN at Hamburg (Germany) for Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Ship's location Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Rotterdam (Netherlands)
News Event Wednesday, April 3, 1963 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENHOPE (1962-1972 General cargo liner 497 feet long 15 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENHOPE left Surabaya (East Java, Indonesia) for Semarang (Central Java Province, Indonesia)
Sailing for Semarang (Central Java Province, Indonesia) Port of Registry Leith Sailed from berth Surabaya (East Java, Indonesia) Net Tonnage 6,195 Gross Tonnage 9,952 Deadweght Tonnage 11,660
News Event Wednesday, April 3, 1963 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENVORLICH (1946-1971 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENVORLICH left Bangkok (Thailand) for Bugo (City in the province of Cebu, Philippines)
Sailing for Bugo (City in the province of Cebu, Philippines) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Sailed from berth Bangkok (Thailand) Gross Tonnage 9,767
News Event Thursday, April 4, 1963 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENWYVIS (1955-1963 General cargo liner of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENWYVIS at Leith (Scotland, UK) for Middlesbrough (England, UK)
Ship's location Leith (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Middlesbrough (England, UK)
News Event Wednesday, November 27, 2024 @ 1538	JSP ANNA (2020- Container ship 134m overall of Jebsen Shipping Partners Management Gmbh & Co Kg - Jork, Germany)	Own Page
JSP ANNA arriving at west end of Greenock Ocean Terminal with containers from Belfast
Ship's location Arriving at West Berth, Greenock Ocean Terminal (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Madeira (Portugal) Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Gross Tonnage 9,981 Cargo carried on arrival Containers Deadweght Tonnage 11,271
News Event Wednesday, November 27, 2024 @ 1318	VERA RAMBOW (2008- Container ship IMO 9432220 : 168.11m overall of Reederei Rambow Gmbh - Drochtersen, Germany)	Own Page
VERA RAMBOW leaves West Berth, Greenock Ocean Terminal with containers for Antwerpen (Belgium)
Ship's location Leaving West Berth, Greenock Ocean Terminal (Scotland, UK) ... assisted by tug SVITZER WARDEN Port of Registry Hamburg (Germany) Arrived from Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Gross Tonnage 17,488 Sailing for Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium) Cargo carried on arrival Containers Outward cargo Containers Draught aft on sailing 9.3m
Tug SVITZER WARDEN begins towing VERA RAMBOW stern-first from the berth at Greenck Ocean Terminal   Tug SVITZER WARDEN is pulling at the stern to cant (= turn) the ship to face outwards   Tug SVITZER WARDEN moves in to release the tow   With the tug now released, VERA RAMBOW now commences to leave the Clyde for her passage past Ailsa Craig, down the Irish Sea past the Isle of Man and Wales, then turn at England's Land's End then through the English Channel to her destination, Antwerpen (= Antwerp, Belgium)   Passing Kilcreggan, VERA RAMBOW heads into a setting sun
News Event Wednesday, November 27, 2024 @ 1515	H.M.S. CHARGER (1988- Archer-class fast inshore patrol vessel : Pennant P292 : 20.8m 68 feet overall of Royal Navy, London, England)	Own Page
H.M.S. CHARGER heading outbound : passing Estuary Control, Greenock Ocean Terminal (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Outbound : passing Estuary Control, Greenock Ocean Terminal (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Admiralty (London, England, UK)
News Event Thursday, February 22, 1962 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	STORMLIGHT (1957-1973 General cargo steam / then diesel coaster 88 feet long of Light Shipping Company Ltd. / Ross & Marshall Ltd, Greenock : 15 December 1973 wrecked at Craighouse, Jura))	Own Page
STORMLIGHT loaded malt for Port Askaig (Isle of Islay, Scotland) then found a wire around propeller
Ship's location Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Greenock (Scotland, UK) Arrived from Queen's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 71 Outward cargo Bagged malt for Bruichladdich Properties, Islay Gross Tonnage 166 Vessel bunkered Bunkered with coal at Queen's Dock, Glasgow before loading at Glasgow for Port Askaig (Islay) Deadweght Tonnage 183
Glasgow Prince's Dock.  Loaded malt for Port Askaig, account of Bruichladdich Properties Ltd.    Clyde Navigation Trust diver inspecting propeller but unable to free due to wire firmly held by blade and round the boss.  Top guard off and bottom guard damaged.
News Event Thursday, November 21, 2024 @ 1300		Own Page
Twinning agreement for Scots and Japanese Lighthouses
From BBC Scotland online news 21 November 2024 Twinning agreement for Scots and Japanese lighthouses   Image source,Getty Images Image caption, The Mull of Galloway Lighthouse is nearly 200 years old and was engineered by Robert Stevenson Published 9 hours ago A twinning agreement between two lighthouses in Scotland and Japan has been reached. The partnership, thought to be the first of its kind, hopes to highlight the shared heritage and promote tourism at the Mull of Galloway and Inubosaki facilities which are almost 6,000 miles (9,000km) apart. The Mull of Galloway Lighthouse was established in 1830 and engineered by Robert Stevenson. His sons - David and Thomas - helped prepare fellow Scot Richard Henry Brunton who designed and built the Japanese lighthouse in 1874. Image source,Getty Images Image caption, The Inubosaki Lighthouse was designed and built by a Scot Image source,NLB Image caption, The twinning partnership was signed in an online ceremony The twinning partnership was signed in an online ceremony at the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse and the Japanese coastguard headquarters. Mike Bullock, chief executive of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), said they hoped more places might follow suit. "This historic agreement marks a significant milestone in lighthouse collaboration," he said. Image source,Getty Images Image caption, Parts of the lighthouse site at the Mull of Galloway were taken over by the local community in 2013 He said it was the first ever such partnership in the world and they were honoured - along with the Mull of Galloway Trust (MGT) - to be working with their Japanese counterparts on a "unique initiative". "The aim of bringing together the two lighthouses in this special partnership is to highlight the shared heritage between Scotland and Japan and to promote tourism in each other's country," he added. "These two lighthouses were matched due to the impact they have on the local community and their importance to tourism and maritime history." Image source,Getty Images Image caption, A local association has been set up to research the history of the Japanese lighthouse and raise awareness of its importance The Inubosaki Lighthouse served as the most important coastal lighthouse to support the safety of maritime traffic in the Pacific Ocean approaches, to and from Tokyo Bay. The Inubosaki Brunton Association was established by the local community to support the research of the lighthouse and to raise public awareness. On the Mull of Galloway, the former lightkeepers' cottages, engine room, foghorn and 30 acres of heathland were bought by the local community in 2013 and the MGT was formed. The NLB still owns and operates the lighthouse tower. It is hoped that other nations with a "shared lighthouse heritage" might follow suit and set up similar twinning arrangements to the Scottish and Japanese sites.
News Event Thursday, November 21, 2024 @ 0930	GLEN SANNOX (2024- Ro-ro ferry 102.4m 336 feet overall of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland)	Own Page
New ferry GLEN SANNOX (2024- ) finally handed over to Caledonian MacBrayne
Ship's location Inchgreen Wall, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Vessel Master Michael Mackinnon Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland
From BBC Scotland online news 21 November 2024 Ferries saga ship Glen Sannox finally delivered   Image source,Christopher Brindle Image caption, MV Glen Sannox, in the Clyde at Greenock, during its recent sea trials Calum Watson BBC News Published 21 November 2024, 09:30 GMT Updated 27 minutes ago The long-delayed ship at the centre of Scotland's ferries saga has been handed over by the Ferguson shipyard, exactly seven years after it was launched. MV Glen Sannox, destined for CalMac's Arran route, is the first new large vessel for the west coast ferry fleet in nearly a decade. The ferry operator will now conduct several weeks of crew familiarisation trials before the ship carries its first passengers in January. Glen Sannox was originally due for delivery in 2018 but has faced major challenges in design and construction, sparking the longest-running political controversy of the devolution era. Costs have risen from an initial contract price of £97m to more than £400m, including £45m of government loans that were never fully recovered. The handover comes seven years to the day since the ship was famously launched by former first minister Nicola Sturgeon with painted-on windows and plywood funnels. Why was Glen Sannox so hard to build? Published 1 hour ago Were Scotland's new gas-powered ferries a bad choice? Published 20 April Since then the Port Glasgow shipyard has faced administration, nationalisation - and years of frustrating setbacks as it grappled with complex engineering challenges to complete the dual-fuel ship. The delays also disrupted vessel replacement plans, with CalMac now under huge pressure to maintain services with an ageing and increasingly unreliable fleet. Alex Logan, convener for the GMB union who has worked at the Inverclyde shipyard since he was 16, said it was a big day both for the yard - and Scotland's island communities. "It's been a long hard struggle - everyone knows this, the troubles we've had with Glen Sannox - but we've finally got it over and we're looking forward to the islanders getting a vessel," he said. "I can only apologise on behalf of the workforce - but it's not any fault of the workforce. It was bad planning, bad design - but eventually we're here and I'm glad." Image source,Robert Perry Image caption, The new Master of Glen Sannox, Michael Mackinnon, raises CalMac's red ensign on board the ship for the first time The 102.4m (336ft) vessel was formally handed over to CMAL, the publicly-owned company which owns Scotland's west coast ferries and leases them to CalMac. Once all the paperwork was completed, the new Master of Glen Sannox, Michael Mackinnon, boarded the ship and raised CalMac's red ensign for the first time. Interim chief executive of Ferguson Marine, John Petticrew, declared the ship "a fine vessel, well capable of providing decades of service for islanders and visitors". He added: "There is no doubt it’s been a long haul getting to this point, and we sympathise with ferry users who have waited so long to see this day. "Looking to the future, our ability to adapt, learn from, and successfully overcome considerable challenges demonstrates the resilience and skills of our workforce, and will provide huge value as we tender for future contracts." Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes said it was a milestone to be celebrated. "The Glen Sannox will provide resilience to the fleet delivering vital lifeline services to islanders and I am encouraged that the Scottish government’s wider programme to procure six new ferries by 2026 has taken another major step forward," she said. CalMac's interim chief executive Duncan Mackison said the ship would benefit the entire network, giving the operator more flexibility in deploying vessels. He added: "Our crew are excited to sail her and will now get to work to complete operational trials and familiarisation work in the next few weeks before she enters service for Arran." Image source,Stephen Lipton Image caption, Glen Sannox is expected to carry its first passengers in January Glen Sannox is the second largest ship to join the CalMac fleet - and the first ferry ever built in the UK capable of running on liquefied natural gas (LNG). CalMac, which is also owned by the Scottish government, will now spend six-and-a-half weeks conducting crew familiarisation and harbour berthing trials. The ship will also begin its annual maintenance cycle, with two weeks of inspections scheduled for early December, before carrying its first passengers from Troon to Brodick on Arran, probably in mid-January. Construction of Glen Sannox's sister ship, Glen Rosa, is proceeding more smoothly, and it is due to be delivered in September next year. Procurement disaster The order for the two ferries has become one of the biggest public procurement disasters since power was devolved to Holyrood. Glen Sannox was originally due for delivery in May 2018, with Glen Rosa expected to follow two months later, but from the outset the build was plagued by design challenges and disputes over rising costs. The contracts were awarded in 2015, a year after Ferguson Shipbuilders, the last commercial yard on the River Clyde, was rescued from administration by successful businessman Jim McColl, in a deal brokered by then first minister Alex Salmond. Image source,PA Media Image caption, Former First Minister Alex Salmond, seen here with Ferguson workers in 2014, brokered a deal to rescue the shipyard While the ships were bigger and more complicated than anything previously attempted by the small Port Glasgow shipyard, the new owners were promising new investment and were confident they could deliver them. But relations with the yard's new management and CMAL quickly soured with both sides blaming each other for problems that developed. Jim McColl claimed a flawed concept design by CMAL, repeated change requests and interference led to unforeseen costs. CMAL maintained McColl's company had simply proved unable to design and build the ships, and there was no basis in the contracts to pay any more. The stalemate saw the firm run out of money - and Ferguson's fell back into administration in August 2019. It was subsequently nationalised, saving 350 jobs, but the new management under "turnaround director" Tim Hair struggled to resolve the difficulties. He left the firm in early 2022, having been paid nearly £2m for 18 months work, with the two ships far from complete. His replacement David Tydeman described the challenges of fitting the LNG system into the tight machinery spaces as more complex than building a Type 26 frigate. Mr Tydeman was himself subsequently sacked by the Ferguson board earlier this year after another delivery deadline was missed.
News Event Tuesday, November 19, 2024 @ 1300	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 is now approved to carry passengers
Ship's location Inchgreen Wall, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland
From BBC Scotland online news 19 November 2024   Glen Sannox gets green light to carry passengers   Image source,Christopher Brindle Image caption, Glen Sannox is currently moored at the Inchgreen quay in Greenock Published 27 minutes ago The new CalMac ferry being built at the nationalised Ferguson shipyard has been approved to carry passengers. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and Lloyds Register have now issued the final regulatory certificates for MV Glen Sannox, the shipyard confirmed. A formal handover is now expected imminently, but CalMac will need several weeks of crew familiarisation trials before the ship carries its first passengers to Arran. The dual-fuel ship was originally due for delivery in May 2018, but the build has been hit by design struggles and disputes over rising costs. Was LNG fuel a bad choice for Scotand's new ferries? Published 20 April More stories from Glasgow & West Scotland The interim chief executive of Ferguson Marine, John Petticrew, gave the latest update in a letter , externalto MSPs on Holyrood's net zero, energy and transport committee. He wrote: "We are delighted to share that MV Glen Sannox has now obtained full regulatory approval, including its passenger certification. "Subject to the completion of the required legal and contractual processes, the vessel will be officially transferred to its new owners, CMAL. "Control of the vessel will then be handed to CalMac who require six-and-a-half weeks for operational readiness and annual recertification activities. Glen Sannox is the second largest vessel ever built for CalMac, and the first UK-built ferry capable of running on liquefied natural gas (LNG).
News Event Monday, November 18, 2024 @ 1042	HEBRIDEAN ISLES (1985- Ro-ro ferry 85m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
HEBRIDEAN ISLES passes Braehead for King George V Dock, Glasgow to lay up pending scrapping
Ship's location Passing Braehead Shopping Centre, River Clyde, Glasgow .... escorted by tug SVITZER MILFORD Port of Registry Glasgow Sailing for Berth 6, King George V Dock, Shieldhall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 3,040 Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland
The elevated observation platform at Braehead Centre's esplanade walkway was packed with around 15 photographers, all intent to record HEBRIDEAN ISLES (escorted astern by tug SVITZER MILFORD) as she passed on her way upriver to lay up at berth 6 King George V Dock pending being sold for demolition.       There was a nice touch.   The commotion and clamour of continuous clicking of countless cameras was drowned out by a long blast of HEBRIDEAN ISLES horn as she passed the flock of photographers, no doubt as an acknowledgment for their support and attendance.
News Event Saturday, July 1, 1950 @ 1200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate		Own Page
Famagusta (Cyprus) in 1950
Ship's location Famagusta (Cyprus) in 1950
Image contributed by Chris Hillier (London)
News Event Wednesday, July 1, 1964 @ 1200 The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimate	BARADINE (1963-1968 General cargo ship of P & O Lines, London : 1976 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Karachi, Pakistan))	Own Page
P & O cargo liner BARADINE at the buoys at Steamer Point, Aden in 1964
Ship's location Aden (a Crown Colony of UK until 1967 : in 1967 became People's Republic of South Yemen) Port of Registry London (UK)
Image contributed by Chris Hillier (London)
News Event Monday, May 19, 1958 @ 1700	PACIFIC FORTUNE (1948 - 1965 general cargo liner 500 feet long of Furness Withy Line, London)	Own Page
PACIFIC FORTUNE closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Pacific Coast of North America
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London Sailing for Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver Ships agent Furness Withy & Co. Ltd., 19 St Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. CENtral 8193
News Event Wednesday, November 13, 2024 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	MINNA (2003- Marine Protection Vessel 47m overall of Marine Protection of Scottish Government : she concentrates on inshore fisheries)	Own Page
Fishery Patrol Vessel MINNA at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 781
Contributed by Robert McManus   HIRTA (on the left) and MINNA (on the right) at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)   HIRTA   MINNA
News Event Wednesday, November 13, 2024 @ 1100 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	HIRTA (2008- Fishing Support Vessel 84.02m overall of Marine Protection, Scottish Government)	Own Page
Fishery Patrol Vessel HIRTA at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK)
Contributed by Robert McManus   HIRTA (on the left) and MINNA (on the right) at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)   HIRTA   MINNA
News Event Tuesday, May 28, 1957 @ 1900	BLOEMFONTEIN CASTLE (1950-1959 Passenger Liner 595 feet 181.2m overall 739 passengers in single class of Union Castle Line, London : 1989 scrapped)	Own Page
Farewell Dinner Menu on BLOEMFONTEIN CASTLE on passage, voyage 32, from Cape Town to London
Vessel Master Captain J. E R. Wilford. R.D. Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for London (England, UK) via Walvis Bay (Namibia) and Las Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain) Gross Tonnage 18,400 Sailed from berth Cape Town (South Africa) Deadweght Tonnage 10,750 Outward cargo Passengers
The ship is named after Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State in South Africa.
News Event Monday, April 4, 1960 @ 2300	ORCADES (1948-1962 Passenger liner of Orient Line, then 1962-1973 of P & O Line, London)	Own Page
ORCADES leaves Melbourne (Australia) for UK
Ship's location Outer West Berth, Station Pier, Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) Port of Registry London Outward cargo Passengers Ships agent Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 356 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia Tel 67 9921
Contributed by Bill Crabtree (Melbourne, Australia)
News Event Wednesday, November 13, 2024 @ 1152	BITER (1982-2023 Tug of Clyde Marine Services, Greenock)	Own Page
Safety breakdown on tug BITER led to deaths of crew when vessel sank at Greenock
Ship's location Off Custom House Quay, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Home Marine Accident Investigation Branch reports Girting and capsize of tug Biter with the loss of two lives while assisting passenger vessel Hebridean Princess   Location: Off Greenock, Scotland. From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch Published 13 November 2024 Vessel type: Merchant vessel 100 gross tons or over Report type: Investigation report Date of occurrence: 24 February 2023 Contents  Accident Investigation Report 17/2024  Summary  Safety issues  Recommendations  Related publications Photograph credit Accident Investigation Report 17/2024 Read our marine accident investigation report, which includes what happened, subsequent actions taken and recommendations: MAIB investigation report 17-2024: Biter and Hebridean Princess Summary At about 1527 on 24 February 2023, the twin screw conventional tug Biter girted and capsized off Greenock, Scotland while attached to the stern of the passenger vessel Hebridean Princess, which was making its approach to James Watt Dock. Biter’s two crew were unable to escape from the capsized vessel and lost their lives. Safety issues the marine pilot’s training had not prepared them to work with conventional tugs master/pilot and pilot/tug exchanges were incomplete and, with no shared understanding of the plan, the passenger vessel’s master and the tug masters were unable to challenge the pilot’s intentions the passenger vessel’s speed placed significant load on the tug’s lines and almost certainly caused the gob rope to render the tug’s gob rope did not prevent it being girted the tug’s rapid capsize meant the crew had insufficient time to release its towlines an open hatch compromised the tug’s watertight integrity and limited the crew’s chance of survival Statement from the Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents Recommendations Recommendations (2024/157 to 2024/166) have been made to Clyde Marine Services Limited, the tug’s owners, to: review its safety management system and risk assessments to provide clear guidance on the rigging of the gob rope; the safe speed to conduct key manoeuvres; and, to adopt a recognised training scheme for its tug masters. Recommendations have also been made to: Clydeport Operations Limited to commission an independent review of its marine pilot training and to risk assess and review its pilot grade limits and tug matrix. Recommendations have also been made to professional associations representing pilots, harbourmasters, and tug owners to develop appropriate guidance on the safety issues raised in this report. From BBC Scotland Online News 13 November 2024 Safety breakdown led to Greenock tug crew deaths Image source,Police Scotland/Facebook Image caption, Ian Catterson and George Taft drowned when the MV Biter capsized Published 13 November 2024, 11:52 GMT Updated 3 hours ago The deaths of two men when a tugboat capsized on the Clyde near Greenock was caused by a "breakdown" in safety procedures, an accident report has found. George Taft, 65, and Ian Catterson, 73, drowned in February last year when MV Biter capsized while assisting the small cruise ship Hebridean Princess. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said that the speed of the ship almost certainly caused an "essential" safety rope to break. Fourteen safety issues directly contributed to the accident, including there being "no shared understanding" of a plan between the two boats. Andrew Moll, the chief inspector of Marine Accidents, said it was a "cruel lesson of how rapidly things can go dreadfully wrong". He said: "In less than 10 seconds the tug capsized, and two experienced seafarers lost their lives, because of a breakdown of the systems that should have kept them safe." Clyde Marine Services, the tug’s owner, has been ordered to review its safety management system and risk assessments, and adopt a recognised training scheme for tug masters. Port operator Clydeport has also been asked to commission an independent review of the training provided to its ship pilots. Image source,Christopher Brindle Image caption, Fourteen safety issues were found to have contributed to the accident The MAIB report said MV Biter and another tug had been assisting Hebridean Princess at Custom House Quay when it was asked to operate behind the ship. It found that when MV Biter began to manoeuvre behind the Hebridean Princess the ship’s speed exceeded industry guidelines. The load on the tug's towlines was also between two and five times more than Clydeport's recommended speed range. This caused a "significant load" to be transferred which was "almost certainly" a factor in the capsizing. The MAIB also found an open hatch "compromised" the tug’s watertight integrity and limited the crew’s chance of survival. Mr Moll added: “Small conventional tugs remain an essential part of UK port operations. "However, the vulnerabilities of these vessels must be understood by those that operate and control them. “Harbour authorities, ship and tug masters, and pilots should collectively own this risk." Image source,MAIB Image caption, MV Biter capsized while attempting to manoeuvre behind a ship The MAIB said the speed of Hebridean Princess placed excessive load on the MV Biter's gob rope - which secures the towline to prevent capsizing - and caused this to break. The report also highlighted that the cruise ship's master and tug masters did not have a "shared understanding" of the plan of the Clydeport pilot, who was onboard controlling Hebridean Princess at the time. It was unclear whether anyone understood that there were "extreme risks" associated with MV Biter’s manoeuvre behind the cruise ship. It found the pilot had not worked with tugs like Biter before and "did not understand" what the tug would be doing on the manoeuvre. Failure to discuss the plan meant that no-one challenged his intentions. Image source,MAIB Image caption, Hebridean Princess was being towed on the Clyde near Greenock The sinking sparked a major search operation for Mr Taft, from Greenock, and Mr Catterson, 73, from Millport, on 24 February last year. Their bodies were recovered in the Clyde a day after the incident. Clyde Marine Services said it would take time to "review and consider" the MAIB report. A spokesperson said: "Our thoughts remain with the families affected and Clyde Marine Services will continue to cooperate fully with ongoing official investigations.” Clydeport said it would consider the recommendations "in detail". Port director Jim McSporran added: “Our deepest sympathy goes to the families, friends and colleagues of the two men who died in this tragic incident. "The health, safety and the welfare of our employees and the third parties we work with is, and always will be, our number one priority.”
News Event Monday, June 11, 1962 @ 1920	POINTSMAN ( 1956 - Steam Coastal tanker, speed 7 knots, 233 feet long of Helmsman Shipping Company / C Rowbotham & Sons (Management) Ltd, London)	Own Page
POINTSMAN arrives in Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of fuel oil from Heysham (England)
Vessel Master D Hunt Port of Registry London (England, U.K.) Arrived from Heysham (England, UK) Net Tonnage 547 Arrived in berth Ardrossan Harbour, (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 1,174 Draught aft on arrival 15 feet 6 inches Cargo carried on arrival Fuel Oil Ships agent T L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan
News Event Monday, January 11, 1960 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CAPE RODNEY (1946-1963 General cargo ship 136m overall of Lyle Shipping Co., Glasgow : 1971 scrapped at Shanghai, China)	Own Page
CAPE RODNEY at San Francisco (California, USA) from Los Angeles (California, USA)
Ship's location San Francisco (California, USA) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Arrived from Los Angeles (California, USA) Gross Tonnage 6,939 Deadweght Tonnage 9,550
News Event Monday, January 11, 1960 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CITY OF OXFORD (1948-1976 General cargo liner 463 feet long of Ellerman City Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
CITY OF OXFORD at Durban (South Africa) for London (England, UK)
Ship's location Durban (South Africa) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for London (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 7,593
News Event Sunday, January 10, 1960 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CITY OF WELLINGTON (1956-1978 General cargo ship of Ellerman Lines, London : 1979 Scrapped Taiwan)	Own Page
CITY OF WELLINGTON left Liverpool (England, UK) for Japan
Sailing for Japan Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth Liverpool (England, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 10,768
News Event Sunday, January 10, 1960 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CLAN BUCHANAN ( 1946 - 1962 Cargo Liner 490 feet long of Clan Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
CLAN BUCHANAN at Takoradi (Ghana, West Africa) from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Takoradi (Ghana, West Africa) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Wednesday, August 23, 1967 @ 1700	INISHOWEN HEAD (1945-1962 General cargo ship of Ulster Steamship Company / Head Line / Lord Line (After 1917) / Head-Donaldson Line, Belfast)	Own Page
INISHOWEN HEAD closes Glasgow for receiving cargo for Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton (all Canada)
Ship's location Centre Basin, Prince's Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Belfast (Northern Ireland) Sailing for Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton (all in Canada) Gross Tonnage 5,294 Ships agent Donaldson Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Tel. Central 3901
News Event Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 1138	DMS POPPY (in 2024 Admiralty Pilot Boat 16.5m overall of Serco Marine Services, London)	Own Page
Admiralty Pilot Boat DMS POPPY passing West Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Passing West Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived from HMNB (= His Majesty's Naval Base) Faslane (Gare Loch, Scotland, UK) Sailing for Great Harbour, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)
These images were taken in heavy rain, and DMS POPPY is based at the Naval Base at Faslane, Gare Loch, Scotland.
News Event Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 1105	CORUISK (2003- Ro-ro ferry 65m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock)	Own Page
In heavy rain CORUISK at Wemyss Bay loading passengers and vehicles for Rothesay
Ship's location Wemyss Bay Pier (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailing for Rothesay (Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 1,559 Outward cargo Passengers and vehicles Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock (Scotland, UK)
It was raining heavily and CORUISK was temporarily serving on the Wemyss Bay-Rothesay service as replacement for BUTE which was receiving annual maintainance at Garvel Drydock, Greenock.
News Event Monday, April 1, 1957 @ 1700	KANTARA ( 1947 - 1972 General cargo ship 366 feet overall of Moss Hutchison Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
KANTARA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Limassol, Famagusta, Tel Aviv and Haifa
Ship's location Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Liverpool Sailing for Limassol, Famagusta, Tel Aviv and Haifa Outward cargo General cargo Ships agent Moss Hutchison Line Ltd., 91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C.2. Tel. CENtral 6643
News Event Monday, June 19, 1967 @ 1500 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	NEVASA (1956-1962 Troopship then laid up then 1964-1975 Educational cruise ship of British India Steam Navigation, London : Scrapped Taiwan in 1975)	Own Page
NEVASA scheduled to leave Greenock on a "Schools Cruise" with about 1,100 schoolchildren
Ship's location Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Outward cargo About 1,100 schoolchildren from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 20,527
News Event Friday, November 8, 2024 @ 1000	WILSON ELBE (2007- General cargo ship IMO 9060675 : 82.37m overall of Wilson Shipowning As - Bergen, Norway)	Own Page
WILSON ELBE discharging a cargo of Limestone at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Berth 3, Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Bridgetown (Barbados) Arrived from Galway (Eire / Ireland) Net Tonnage 844 Cargo carried on arrival Limestone Gross Tonnage 1,589 Deadweght Tonnage 2,687
Image contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Friday, November 8, 2024 @ 1000	CASPER OWL (in 2024 Workboat of Offshore Workboats Ltd, Dock Street , Clydebank, Scotland, UK)	Own Page
Workboat CASPER OWL at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Image contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Friday, November 8, 2024 @ 1000	ERNE (2009- Oil / Chemical Tanker IMO 8383072 : 117m overall of Besiktas Shipping, Istanbul, Turkey)	Own Page
Tanker ERNE at Rothesay Dock Fuel Terminal, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Rothesay Dock Fuel Terminal, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Valletta (Malta) Arrived from Milford Haven (Wales, UK) Net Tonnage 3,194 Cargo carried on arrival Grades of oil Gross Tonnage 6,674 Deadweght Tonnage 10,303
Image contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Friday, November 8, 2024 @ 1000	MEDWIN OWL (in 2024 Tug / workboat of Offshore Workboats Ltd., Clydebank, Scotland, UK)	Own Page
MEDWIN OWL at Rothesay Dock, Clydebank (River Clyde, Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Clyde Boatyard, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Greenock (Scotland, UK) Ships agent Offshore Workboats Ltd., Clyde Boatyard, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, G81 1LX, UK Tel: 0141 941 3366
Image contributed by Robert McManus
News Event Friday, September 5, 1969 @ 0800		Own Page
A 1969 advert by Scottish Ship Management for Officers and Cadets to serve on bulk carriers
News Event Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 1150	FEDERAL KIVALINA (2000- Bulk carrier IMO 9205885 : 199.99m overall :Owner: Federal Oceans Ltd c/o Fednav Ltd , Bureau 3500, 1000, rue de la Gauchetiere O, Montreal QC H3B 4W5, Canada)	Own Page
FEDERAL KIVALINA passes Greenock on her way upriver to Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow
Ship's location Passing West Quay, Greenock, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K. Port of Registry Majuro (Marshall Islands : country of more than 1,200 islands and atolls in Central Pacific Ocean) Arrived from Port Weller (St. Catharines, Niagra, Ontario, Canada). Gross Tonnage 20,659 Sailing for Riverside Quay, Shieldhall, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 36,563
It was a dull, misty and murky morning when FEDERAL KIVALINA passed Greenock on her way up the River Clyde to Glasgow.   The sky was fully overcast with a blanket of thick dark grey clouds and, of course, it was raining, mostly light rain but often heavy.    Three tugs were in attendance.   Ahead were SVITZER MILFORD and ANGLEGARTH and, at the stern, was SVITZER WARDEN.   Indeed the first image shows SVITZER MILFORD, which was leading the procession, being drenched in the deluge of heavy rain.       Therefore a severe scarcity of sunshine stopped any chance of superb snapshots of the passing of the bulker.  That's what you call heavy rain.   And then the weather God smiled and stopped the rain and allowed the sun to make an appearance.   Better late than never.
News Event Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 1210	CLYDE (in 2024 Catamaran type Police boat of Police Scotland)	Own Page
Police boat CLYDE passes West Quay, Greenock and heading for James Watt Dock Marina
Ship's location Passing West Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Sailing for James Watt Dock Marina, Greenock (Scotland, UK)
Police boat CLYDE emerges in a heavy downpour of rain
News Event Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 1255	SOLVIK (2022- Cement carrier IMO 9944089 : 89.97m overall and co-owned by CSL and SMT as part of the Eureka Shipping joint venture)	Own Page
SOLVIK passes Custom House Quay, Greenock on her way upriver to King George V Dock, Glasgow
Ship's location Passing Custom House Quay, Greenock (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Limassol (Cyprus) Arrived from Gijon (Spain / Espana) Net Tonnage 988 Sailing for Berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 2,658 Cargo carried on arrival Cement Deadweght Tonnage 4,250.80

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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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12 November 2018

 

TWEED, a 1959-built 112 foot water carrier of

Furness Withy, Port of Spain, Trinidad

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

    Looking at your list of ships I was surprised to see

TWEED of Furness Withy, a 112 foot water tanker at

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

   Anyone have information on this ship ?

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Can anyone name this British coaster ?

 

05 November 2018

Billy Fullarton writes :

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

Harbour, Scotland.   Can anyone name this coaster. ?

 

   I think her name ends in SOUND.

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British & Irish KILKENNY in 1935

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

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

     I was with Brocklebank’s and sometimes called at

Gan Island in the Indian Ocean to discharge stores for

the RAF overside to landing craft in the lagoon.

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

which carried a small naval tug from Trincomali in

Ceylon to Gan, around late 1960s.

   Anyone know about this ?

    J.S., (Wallasey)

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

Jim J. of Liverpool e-mails :

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

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

Funnel ship there.

   Can anyone enlighten me as to why a Blue Funnel would

be in the Gulf of Mexico ?

   Also in conversation someone told of Blue Funnel having

Chinese crews on deck and catering.   I had always thought

that Blueys had British crews.   Someone please tell me

what is correct.

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Deck cadets Critchley and Doherty on RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965

 22 May 2018

 Alan Rutherford e-mails :

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

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   Looking for information on some British ships around 1950-1954

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

 Great website.

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

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

Regards,
Ian Rae

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Can anyone identify this USN lapel badge ?

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

   Can anyone identify the badge ?

2018-02-18 @ 1320

 

19 May 2018

Hello Douglas,

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

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

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

Bill Steel e-mails

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

17 February 2018 @ 2307

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

    Jim Harrison  (Brighton, England) e-mails :

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

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

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

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   German cargo ship MILLERNTOR in 1954

 

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

 

   After unloading she left Ardrossan returning to Narvik.

 

Does anyone have any information or details of MILLERNTOR ?

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" If sufficient inducement "

 James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

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

“ If sufficient inducement “

 

23 January 2019 at 2113

 Geoff  (Australia)  e-mails :

 

James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

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

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

My understanding of "sufficient inducement" meant if there was

 enough cargo to be lifted to be commercially viable. ”

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Was she “ LAIRDS OAK “ or “ LAIRDSOAK ” ?

   Robert Bothwell (Glasgow) e-mails :

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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Coaster BALLYCASTLE in 1953

 

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

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   Carebeka's coaster RIAN in 1953

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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

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

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

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

Additional note :

Can anyone supply details of ALPHERAT ?

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Norwegian Tanker RAILA in 1953

 

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

 

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

 Fred from Formby (Merseyside, England, writes

 

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

 

Can someone tell something about these services ? ”

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CHANTALA  (Worcester Park, Surrey) writes :

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

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

   All I can remember now is “Asti aria kurro”

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

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

 

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

  

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

 

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

  

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Anchor Line advertisement of 1871

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

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

Thank you.

Still laughing

Fred of Formby, Merseyside, England.

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

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German cargo ship RUHR in 1953

 

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

 

   Has anyone got any details of this ship ?

 

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British coaster J B KEE in 1957

 

 Fred of Formby (Merseyside, England) writes :

 

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

 

   Anyone have details of this ship ?

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

 Jim Allbright (London) e-mails :

 

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

 

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

 

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SUNBEAR of Saguenay Terminals.

 

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

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

Captain Bryn Wayt writes :

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

James Jeffries replies :

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

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

   In 1972 she was scrapped in Santander, Spain.

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

 

Billy MacAulay (Moderator and Senior Member) writes :

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

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

  

 

  

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   Why was LADY McGOWAN IN Loch Riddon ?

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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John Kelly's coaster BALLYCLARE in late 1953.

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

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Small boat sailor writes from Inverkip :

 

 

 

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

 

   Does anyone know anything of these two launches ?

 

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

 

   Sandy

  

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Mystery of CVC in Prince’s Dock area of Glasgow

   In 1958 the Clyde Shipping Company’s coaster PLADDA

 was listed as berthed in CVC in Prince’s Dock

 area in Glasgow.

   Does anyone know where CVC was ?

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

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Pacific Steam Navigation’s KENUTA at Puna in 1957

 

Tom Hayworth e-mails :

 

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

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Ben Line’s Far-East coaster BENVEG in 1957

 

Leith Man e-mails

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

for BENVEG as I had never heard of her.

 

Anyone have any more information please ?

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SPRINGFIELD QUAY, GLASGOW

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

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

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

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

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MYSTERY SHIP PORTHOLE  From Michael Irwin (michaelj87836@gmail.com) When: 16 September 2016 15:09 Can show name?  Can show email?  Can show message?  I have a very short video posted on youtube of a porthole that I am trying to identify. It is more than likely WW1 era. Glass window is 14" in diameter and the entire assembly weighs 132 lbs. The name of the youtube video is Mystery Ship Porthole and I will leave a link. Thanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbgNppQ8XWM ............................................................................................................................................

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LASHERCIA ..... A Spanish coaster in 1962

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

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

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

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Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland) in January 1963.

From Sean R  (Larne, Northern Ireland)

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

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Netherlands coaster MADO in 1963

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

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CARGOES FOR BEIRA BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ONLY

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

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

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Holland America cargo ship DUIVENDYK

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

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Information needed on cargo ship KORBACH in 1958

 

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

 

Does anyone have any information on KORBACH ?

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“Conducting their business in Great Waters” series

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

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WHERE IS " PULO BOKOM "

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

"Hydatina" of Croydon, England, writes :

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

Note : The event for CALCHAS has been amended accordingly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

          

Click on these images to enlarge them

First is maybe.... Cruzeiro Do Sul

Below it is maybe.... Templar

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

Further down maybe... La Manche

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     

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

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

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

A Manson writes :

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Manson writes :

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

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