Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Wednesday, November 5, 1958 @ 1700
TYRIA (1955-1959 General cargo ship of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

Anchor Line's TYRIA closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for New York and Baltimore

Ship's locationYorkhill Quay, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Sailing forNew York and Baltimore (both U.S.A.)Gross Tonnage5,869
Ships agentAnchor Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow C.1. tel CENtral 9309

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Friday, October 31, 1958 @ 1700
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are as published or our best estimate
BARON RAMSAY (1929-1959 General cargo ship 350 feet long of Hugh Hogarth Company, Glasgow) Own Page

Hogarth's BARON RAMSAY closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for Lisbon (Portugal)

Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryArdrossan (Scotland)
Sailing forLisbon (Portugal)Gross Tonnage3,650
Ships agentHugh Hogarth & Sons Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow C. 2. Tel. CENtral 6535

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Thursday, June 24, 1954 @ 1000
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimatec
Own Page

Contributed image of British India liner at Kilindini Harbour, Mombasa, Kenya

Ship's locationKilindini Harbour, Mombasa, Kenya

Contributed by Len Aspden

News Event

Monday, March 4, 2024 @ 1246
ARGYLE (2006- Passenger and vehicle ferry of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

Caledonian MacBrayne's ARGYLE approaching Wemyss Bay Pier (Firth of Clyde) from Rothesay

Ship's locationApproaching Wemyss Bay Pier (Firth of Clyde) inbound with passengers and vehicles from RothesayPort of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Arrived fromRothesay, Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde (Scotland, U.K.)
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers and vehicles
Ships agentCaledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland

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Friday, March 24, 1961 @ 1000
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimatec
MEDIA (1947-1961 Passenger/cargo liner 531 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

Contributed postcard of Cunard Line passenger / cargo liner MEDIA

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage13,345

Contributed by Len Aspden

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Monday, July 4, 1983 @ 2230
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimatec
VIKING VALIANT (1974-1989 Ro-ro ferry 129m overall of Townsend Thoresen European Ferries : 2010 scrapped in India) Own Page

Contributed postcard of Townsend Thoresen ro-ro ferry VIKING VALIANT

Sailing forLe Havre (France)Gross Tonnage6,387
Sailed from berthSouthampton (UK)
Outward cargoPassengers and vehicles

Contributed by Len Aspden

News Event

Monday, March 4, 2024 @ 1310
FRANK ( 2008 ? - Chemical / oil products tanker 148m overall of Frank Shipping Inc, Dubai, UAE) Own Page

Oil tanker FRANK passing Cloch Lighthouse (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) outbound to Belfast

Ship's locationPassing Cloch Lighthouse (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) outbound to Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGibraltar
Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage11,711
Sailed from berthFinnart Oil Terminal, Loch Long, Scotland, UK.Deadweght Tonnage17,998
Outward cargoGrades of Oil

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Monday, March 4, 2024 @ 1405
HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS (1989- Passenger cruise ship 72m 236ft long of Hebridean Island Cruises, Skipton, England) Own Page

HEBRIDEAN PRINCESS at Custom House Quay, Greenock, preparing for her spring cruising season

Ship's locationCustom House Quay, Greenock (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Gross Tonnage2,112

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Monday, March 4, 2024 @ 1509
ALI CAT (2019- Passenger ferry 19m long of Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock) Own Page

Caledonian MacBrayne's ferry ALI CAT approaching Gourock Pier with passengers from Dunoon

Ship's locationApproaching Gourock Pier (Firth of Clyde) inbound with passengers from DunoonPort of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived fromDunoon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.)Gross Tonnage73
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers

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Monday, March 4, 2024 @ 1519
SOUND OF SOAY (2013- Passenger and 54-vehicle ferry of Western Ferries, Hunter's Quay, Dunoon, Argyll) Own Page

Western Ferries SOUND OF SOAY arriving at McInroy's Point, Gourock from Hunter's Quay

Arrived fromHunter's Quay, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers and vehicles

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Sunday, May 12, 1968 @ 1200
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimatec
S .A. ORANJE (1966-1975 Passenger / cargo liner : formerly PRETORIA CASTLE 1945-1966 : 747 feet overall of Safmarine = South African Marine Corporation : 1975 scrapped at Taiwan) Own Page

Contributed postcard of Safmarine liner S.A. ORANJE

Port of RegistryKaapstad (pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town") (South Africa)
Gross Tonnage28,705

Contributed by Len Aspden

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Monday, May 12, 1969 @ 1200
The actual date and time are unknown and details shown here are our best estimatec
QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969-2008 Passenger Liner of Cunard Line, London) Own Page

Contributed postcard mailed aboard Cunard passenger liner QUEEN ELIZABETH 2

Gross Tonnage65,863

Contributed by Len Aspden

News Event

Wednesday, February 5, 1964 @ 0100
The correct time is unknown and the time shown here is as published or our best estimate
EMPRESS OF CANADA (1961-1972 Passenger liner 650 feet 198 metres of Canadian Pacific Steamships, Liverpool) Own Page

British Stewardess lost overboard from liner EMPRESS OF CANADA off New Jersey, U.S.A.

Ship's location60 nautical miles east of Cape May (New Jersey, U.S.A.)Port of RegistryLiverpool
Arrived fromJamaica after a West Indies CruiseGross Tonnage27,284
Cargo carried on arrivalPassengers Deadweght Tonnage9,400

News Event

Thursday, May 21, 1964 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
TULSE HILL (1950-1966 General cargo ship 441 feet long of Ocean Shipping Service / Counties Ship Management, London) Own Page

Dockers at Richmond (Virginia, USA) boycott British freighter TULSE HILL over trade links with Cuba

Ship's locationRichmomd (Virginia, USA)Port of RegistryLondon
Net Tonnage4,249
Gross Tonnage7,120
Deadweght Tonnage10,244

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Wednesday, June 13, 1962 @ 2108
LAIRDSBURN (1959-1966 General cargo coaster 165 feet long of Burns & Laird Lines, Glasgow : 1978 sank at Sicily) Own Page

LAIRDSBURN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of scrap metal from Belfast

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, U.K.Net Tonnage228
Master of vessel on arrivalJ WoodGross Tonnage513
Draught aft on arrival12' 06"Deadweght Tonnage720
Cargo carried on arrivalScrap metal
Ships agentBurns & Laird Lines, Ardrossan Harbour

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Wednesday, June 13, 1962 @ 1850
GLENCLOY (1930-1966 Clyde Puffer lighter 66 feet long of G & G Hamilton)) Own Page

GLENCLOY arrives at Ardrossan Harbour to load drums of bitumen for Stornoway (Isle of Lewis)

Arrived fromStornoway (Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, U.K.Gross Tonnage120
Master of vessel on arrivalWilliam "Bill" Heath
Draught aft on arrival8' 00"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight ship = no cargo on board
Ships agentR L Alpine, Winton Buildings, Ardrossan

News Event

Wednesday, June 13, 1962 @ 0650
SAINT BEDAN (1937-1964 General cargo coaster 157 feet long owned by J & A Gardner, Glasgow) Own Page

SAINT BEDAN arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of scrap metal from Belfast

Arrived fromBelfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, U.K.Reg Tonnage240
Master of vessel on arrivalD McKinnonGross Tonnage452
Draught aft on arrival12' 06"Deadweght Tonnage550
Cargo carried on arrivalScrap metal
Ships agentR L Alpine, Winton Buildings, Ardrossan

News Event

Sunday, April 2, 1967 @ 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 Rotterdam for Hamburg

Ship's locationRotterdam (Netherlands)Port of RegistryLeith
Sailing forHamburg (Germany)Net Tonnage6,152
Gross Tonnage10,294
Deadweght Tonnage12,619

News Event

Sunday, April 2, 1967 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENLARIG (1961-1969 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENLARIG left Southampton for Port Said (Egypt)

Ship's locationSouthampton (UK)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forPort Said (Egypt)

News Event

Sunday, April 2, 1967 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENLAWERS (1944-1968 General cargo ship 475 feet long of Ben Line / William Thomson Company, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENLAWERS at Manila (Philippines) for Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia)

Ship's locationManila (Philippines)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forRejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia)Net Tonnage4,646
Gross Tonnage7,804

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Sunday, April 2, 1967 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENLEDI (1965-1972 General cargo liner 563 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENLEDI at Hamburg for Rotterdam

Ship's locationHamburg (Germany)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forRotterdam (Netherlands)Net Tonnage6,522
Gross Tonnage11,898
Deadweght Tonnage13,785

News Event

Monday, April 3, 1967 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENLOMOND (1957-1977 General cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith) Own Page

BENLOMOND left Singapore for Hong Kong

Ship's locationSingaporePort of RegistryLeith
Sailing forHong KongNet Tonnage6,001
Gross Tonnage10,325
Deadweght Tonnage12,010

News Event

Monday, April 3, 1967 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENLOYAL (1959-1978 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : scrapped 1978) Own Page

BENLOYAL left Kaohsiung (Taiwan) for Hong Kong

Ship's locationKaohsiung (Taiwan)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forHong Kong

News Event

Sunday, April 2, 1967 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENVALLA (1962-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENVALLA left Rejang for Cebu

Ship's locationRejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forCebu (City in the Philippines)

News Event

Saturday, April 1, 1967 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENAVON (1949-1970 General cargo ship 483 feet overall of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh : 1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

BENAVON at Liverpool for Hamburg (Germany)

Ship's locationLiverpool (UK)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forHamburg (Germany)Gross Tonnage8,079
Deadweght Tonnage11,270

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Saturday, April 1, 1967 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENDORAN (1956-1977 General cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line of Leith) Own Page

BENDORAN at Hong Kong for Yokohama (Japan)

Ship's locationHong KongPort of RegistryLeith
Sailing forYokohama (Japan)Gross Tonnage10,355
Deadweght Tonnage12,100

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Saturday, April 1, 1967 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENWYVIS (1966-1972 General cargo ship of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENWYVIS left Port Said (Egypt) for London

Ship's locationPort Said (Egypt)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forLondon (UK)

News Event

Monday, April 3, 1967 @ 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 Djibouti (East Africa) for Aden (Yemen)

Ship's locationDjibouti (Capital city of the country Djibouti in East Africa)Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forAden (Yemen)Net Tonnage4,665
Gross Tonnage7,877

News Event

Wednesday, November 15, 1961 @ 1520
CLAN MACTAVISH ( 1949 - 1971 General cargo liner 506 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow : Scrapped 1971) Own Page

CLAN MACTAVISH arrived at Glasgow to discharge and then load cargo for East Africa

Arrived fromCalcutta and Madras (both in India) via LiverpoolPort of RegistryGlasgow
Arrived in berth8 King George V Dock, Glasgow ... with her head southGross Tonnage8,035
Sailing forMombasa and Tanga via Swansea
Sailed from berth8 King George V Dock, Glasgow ... with her head south
Draught forward on arrival17' 06"
Draught aft on arrival24' 06"
Cargo carried on arrivalGeneral cargo 112 tons
Commenced discharge of inward cargo15 November @ 1730
Stevedore discharging inward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Co. Ltd., King George V Dock, Glasgow S.W.1. Tel. GOVan 2241
Completed discharge of inward cargo16 November @ 1530
Commened loading outward cargo15 November @ 1730
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,100 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedoring Co. Ltd., King George V Dock, Glasgow S.W.1. Tel. GOVan 2241
Completed loading outward cargo19 November @ 1600
Draught forward on sailing10' 10"
Draught aft on sailing21' 09"
Ships agentCayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., 109 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel 041 221 7050 Telex 778133
Sailed19 November @ 1705 for Mombasa and Tanga via Swansea

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Saturday, December 9, 1961 @ 1510
SWIFTPOOL (1954-1964 General cargo ship 485 feet overall of Sir Robert Ropner, England ; 1975 scrapped) Own Page

Ropner's SWIFTPOOL (on Clan Line charter) arrives at Glasgow to load for Bombay and Colombo

Arrived fromLeith (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryHartlepool (England, UK)
Arrived in berth6a / 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow : with her head south
Sailing forBirkenhead then to Bombay (now known as Mumbai, India) and Colombo (Ceylon = now known as Sri Lanka)
Sailed from berth6 / 6a King George V Dock, Glasgow : with her head south
Draught forward on arrival10' 06"
Draught aft on arrival21' 01"
Cargo carried on arrivalLight ship = no cargo on board
Commened loading outward cargo11 December at 0800
Outward cargoGeneral cargo 1,007 tons
Stevedore loading outward cargoRenfrew Stevedores, King George V Dock, Glasgow
Completed loading outward cargo12 December at 1400
Draught forward on sailing13' 07"
Draught aft on sailing21' 05"
Vessel bunkered12 December bunkered wIth 304 tons of fuel oil from oiler INVERTEST
Ships agentAgents for ship were J & J Denholm, Glasgow : vessel was on charter to Clan Line
Sailed1530 on 12 December for Birkenhead, then for Bombay and Colombo

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
AMERICAN MANUFACTURER (1948-1968 General cargo ship 460 feet overall of United States Lines, New York) Own Page

AMERICAN MANUFACTURER left Hampton Roads for Liverpool

Port of RegistryNew York, USA

News Event

Sunday, October 26, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
AMERICAN PACKER (1948-1970 General cargo ship 460 feet long of United States Line, New York) Own Page

AMERICAN PACKER left New York for Glasgow

Port of RegistryNew York (USA)

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Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
AMERICAN PRESS (1948-1967 General cargo ship 460 feet overall of United States Line, New York : 1971 scrapped) Own Page

AMERICAN PRESS left Glasgow for New York

Port of RegistryNew York (USA)
Gross Tonnage9,150

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ARGENTINA STAR (1947-1972 Refrigerated cargo/passenger liner of Blue Star Line, London) Own Page

ARGENTINA STAR left Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) for Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage6,299
Gross Tonnage10,716

News Event

Saturday, October 25, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CALEDONIA (1948-1965 Passenger - Cargo Liner 506 feet long of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CALEDONIA leaves Karachi (Pakistan) for Liverpool

Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage11252

News Event

Sunday, October 26, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CAPE CORSO (General cargo ship of Lyle Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page

CAPE CORSO from Port Lincoln (Australia) at Adelaide (Australia)

Port of RegistryGlasgow

News Event

Tuesday, October 21, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CAPE HOWE (1943-1961 General cargo ship of Lyle Shipping Company, Glasgow) Own Page

CAPE HOWE from Mackay (Australia) at Newcastle (New South Wales, Australia)

Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CAPE ORTEGAL (Lyle) Own Page

CAPE ORTEGAL from San Francisco (USA) at Portland (Oregon, USA)

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CARTHAGE (1931-1961 Passenger / cargo liner of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company / P&O Line, London) Own Page

CARTHAGE from Hong Kong at Gravesend (= London, UK)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

News Event

Saturday, October 25, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CHUSAN (1950-1973 Passenger liner of P & O Line, London : Scrapped 1973) Own Page

CHUSAN left Penang (Malaysia) for Hong Kong

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage24,215

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CITY OF RIPON (1956- 1978 General cargo liner of Ellerman Line)) Own Page

CITY OF RIPON left Aden for Karachi (Pakistan)

Gross Tonnage7,716

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CITY OF ST ALBANS (1947-1959 General cargo ship 442 feet long of City Line, Glasgow : 1969 scrapped Japan) Own Page

CITY OF ST ALBANS from Glasgow at Karachi (Pakistan)

Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CLAN MACBETH (1948-1959 General cargo ship of Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN MACBETH from Glasgow at Tanga (Tanganyika)

Port of RegistryGlasgow
Gross Tonnage7,130

News Event

Saturday, October 25, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CLAN MACBRAYNE (in 1951 General cargo ship) Own Page

CLAN MACBRAYNE from Glasgow at Chittagong

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
DALHANNA (1958-1969 Ore carrier 504 feet long of Hunting & Sons, Newcastle) Own Page

DALHANNA from Glasgow at Las Palmas

Port of RegistryNewcastle

News Event

Sunday, October 26, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
EDINBURGH CASTLE (1947-1976 Passenger liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

EDINBURGH CASTLE left Port Elizabeth (South Africa) for Southampton

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage28,700

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
EUCADIA (1946-1963 General cargo liner of Anchor Line, Glasgow) Own Page

EUCADIA at Port Sudan (Sudan) for Glasgow

Port of RegistryGlasgow

News Event

Sunday, October 26, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
HEMSEFJELL Own Page

HEMSEFJELL from Glasgow at Chicago (USA)

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
HIGHLAND PRINCESS (1932-1959 Passenger / cargo liner of Royal Mail Lines, London) Own Page

HIGHLAND PRINCESS at Vigo (Spain) for London

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage14,128

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
HISTORIAN (1948 - 1962 General cargo ship of T & J Harrison, Liverpool) Own Page

HISTORIAN from London at Grenada

Port of RegistryLiverpool

News Event

Sunday, October 26, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
HOMER CITY (1947-1960 General cargo ship of Reardon Smith Line, Cardiff, Wales, UK : 1970 wrecked at Hong Kong) Own Page

HOMER CITY from Glasgow at New Orleans (USA)

Port of RegistryCardiff (Wales, UK)

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
KENYA CASTLE (1951-1967 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

KENYA CASTLE at Mombasa (Kenya) for Beira (Mozambique)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage17,040

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
MALANCHA (1937-1962 General cargo liner of T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool) Own Page

MALANCHA left Port Said (Egypt) for London

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)
Gross Tonnage8.124

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
MAURETANIA (1939-1940 Passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool : 1940-1946 Troopship : 1946-1965 Returned to owners : 1965 Scrapped) Own Page

MAURETANIA from Southampton at New York (USA)

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage35,738

News Event

Sunday, October 26, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
MONTREAL CITY (1946- ? General cargo ship of Bristol City Line, England) Own Page

MONTREAL CITY from Glasgow at New York (USA)

Port of RegistryBristol (England, UK)

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ORION (1935-1963 Passenger liner of Orient Line / P & O Line, London) Own Page

ORION left Fremantle (Australia) for Sydney (Australia)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ORSOVA (1954-1974 Passenger Liner of Orient Line / P & O Line, London) Own Page

ORSOVA left Colombo (Ceylon) for London

Port of RegistryLondon

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PORT FREMANTLE (1927-1960 Refrigerated / general cargo ship of Port Line, London : 1960 scrapped) Own Page

PORT FREMANTLE at Brisbane for Sydney (both Australia)

Port of RegistryLondon (U.K.)
Gross Tonnage8,072

News Event

Sunday, October 26, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PORT MACQUARIE (1944-1968 Cargo liner of Port Line, London) Own Page

PORT MACQUARRIE from Liverpool at Dunedin (New Zealand)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

News Event

Sunday, October 26, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PORT PIRIE (1947-1972 Refrigerated cargo liner 529 feet long of Port Line, London) Own Page

PORT PIRIE from Glasgow at Auckland (New Zealand)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Net Tonnage6,163
Gross Tonnage10,535

News Event

Sunday, October 26, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PORT TOWNSVILLE (1951-1972 General cargo liner of Port Line, London : Scrapped in 1972) Own Page

PORT TOWNSVILLE left Aden (Yemen) for London

Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Gross Tonnage8,070

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
PORT VICTOR (1948-1970 Cargo liner of Port Line, London) Own Page

PORT VICTOR at Albany (New York State, USA) for Liverpool

Port of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage10,390

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
QUEEN ELIZABETH (1940-1946 Troopship then 1946-1968 passenger liner of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

QUEEN ELIZABETH from New York at Southampton (England)

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage83,673

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 0800
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 from Southampton (England) at New York

Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
STRATHAIRD (1932-1967 Passenger / cargo liner of P & O Line, London) Own Page

STRATHAIRD left Bombay (India) for Sydney (Australia)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

News Event

Monday, October 27, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
UGANDA ((1951- 1986 Passenger (700) / refrigerated cargo liner 517 feet long of British India Steam Navigation Company / P & O, London) Own Page

UGANDA left Port Said (Egypt) for London

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage14,464

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
WAIRANGI (1946-1963 Passenger / cargo ship of Shaw Savill & Albion Line, London : 1963 1963 went aground near Stockholm, refloated and scrapped) Own Page

WAIRANGI at Adelaide for Brisbane (both Australia)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage13,478

News Event

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
WARWICK CASTLE (1946-1962 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

WARWICK CASTLE at East London (South Africa) for London (UK)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

News Event

Sunday, October 26, 1958 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
WARWICKSHIRE (1948-1965 Passenger / cargo liner 152 metres long of Bibby Line) Own Page

WARWICKSHIRE left Aden for Rangoon (Burma)

Port of RegistryLiverpool

News Event

Thursday, April 21, 1966 @ 0900
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
EMPRESS OF ENGLAND (1957-1970 Passenger Liner 640 feet long of Canadian Pacific Steamships, Liverpool : 1975 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

EMPRESS OF ENGLAND arrives at Greenock from Quebec and Montreal

Agent Port of RegistryLiverpool
Gross Tonnage25,585
Deadweght Tonnage8,910

News Event

Wednesday, April 20, 1966 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SYLVANIA (1957-1968 Passenger liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

SYLVANIA left Liverpool for New York

Agent Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Net Tonnage11,679
Gross Tonnage22,017
Deadweght Tonnage9,345

News Event

Friday, April 22, 1966 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CARONIA (1949-1968 Passenger Cruise liner of Cunard Line, London) Own Page

CARONIA on cruise due at Los Angeles (USA)

Agent Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage34,274

News Event

Friday, April 22, 1966 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
FRANCONIA (1963-1973 Passenger liner (formerly IVERNIA) of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

FRANCONIA due at Le Havre (France) from Montreal (Canada)

Agent Port of RegistryLiverpool (England)

News Event

Wednesday, April 20, 1966 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
SYLVANIA (1957-1968 Passenger liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

SYLVANIA left Liverpool for New York

Agent Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Net Tonnage11,679
Gross Tonnage22,017
Deadweght Tonnage9,345

News Event

Wednesday, April 20, 1966 @ 1500
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CARINTHIA (1955-1968 Passenger / cargo liner 608 feet long of Cunard Line, Liverpool) Own Page

CARINTHIA left Greenock (Scotland, UK) for Quebec (Canada)

Agent Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage21,947

News Event

Saturday, April 23, 1966 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ALAUNIA (1960-1969 Cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line) Own Page

ALAUNIA due at Liverpool from New York

Agent Port of RegistryLiverpool

News Event

Wednesday, April 20, 1966 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
MEDIA (1963-1971 General cargo ship of Cunard Line, London : 1971 sold to Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission renamed BEROONA) Own Page

MEDIA at New York from Philadelphia (USA)

Agent Port of RegistryLiverpool (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage5,586

News Event

Thursday, April 21, 1966 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENHIANT (1960-1970 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENHIANT at Manila (Philippines) for Bugo (Mindanao, Philippines)

Agent Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

News Event

Thursday, April 21, 1966 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENLOMOND (1957-1977 General cargo liner 508 feet long 17 knots of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith) Own Page

BENLOMOND at Yokohama (Japan) for Shimizu (Japan)

Agent Port of RegistryLeith
Net Tonnage6,001
Gross Tonnage10,325
Deadweght Tonnage12,010

News Event

Wednesday, April 20, 1966 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENREOCH (1952-1976 General cargo ship 503 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line Steamers Ltd., Edinburgh) Own Page

BENREOCH left Aden for Bangkok (Thailand)

Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage3,900
Gross Tonnage6,877
Deadweght Tonnage12,240

News Event

Thursday, April 21, 1966 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENATTOW (1965-1977 General cargo liner of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENATTOW at Singapore for Rejang (Sarawak, Malaysia)

Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

News Event

Saturday, June 16, 1962 @ 0540
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 arrives at Ardrossan Harbour with a cargo of Limestone from Glenarm (Northern Ireland)

Arrived fromGlenarm (Northern Ireland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGreenock (Scotland, UK)
Arrived in berthEglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, U.K.Net Tonnage71
Master of vessel on arrivalW SutherlandGross Tonnage166
Draught aft on arrival10' 06"Deadweght Tonnage183
Cargo carried on arrivalLimestone
Ships agentR L Alpine, Winton Buildings, Ardrossan

News Event

Friday, July 20, 1962 @ 0225
ARMAR Own Page

ARMAR arrives at berth 2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow

Arrived in berth2 Meadowside Quay, Glasgow

Assisted onto berth by tug FLYING SPITFIRE

News Event

Friday, July 20, 1962 @ 0119
COPTIC (1928 - 1965 general cargo ship 500 feet overall of Shaw Savill & Albion Line, London) Own Page

Tug FLYING DOLPHIN tows COPTIC past Govan Watch House, Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon

Tug FLYING TEMPEST at the bow and tug FLYING DOLPHIN at the stern were towing Shaw Savill's cargo liner COPTIC moving ahead and passing Govan Watch House at Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow, and heading East upriver.

News Event

Friday, July 20, 1962 @ 0108
CANBERRA STAR (1956-1972 Refrigerated cargo liner of Salient Shipping Co (Hamilton, Bermuda) Ltd (Blue Star Line) London) Own Page

Blue Star cargo liner CANBERRA STAR passes Govan Watch House, Glasgow on her way upriver

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage8,398

Tugs BRIGADIER and CAMPAIGNER at bow and tug WARRIOR at stern were towing CANBERRA STAR moving ahead and passing Govan Watch House at Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow, and heading East upriver.

News Event

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 1428
RUYSDAEL (1957 - 1968 general cargo ship 461 feet long of Bolton Shipping Company, London : 1979 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Own Page

RUYSDAEL towed from berth 4 Meadowside Quay past Govan Watch House, Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon (England, U.K.)
Sailed from berth4 Meadowside Quay, GlasgowGross Tonnage6452
Deadweght Tonnage10,431

Tug FLYING DUCK at bow and tug FLYING SPITFIRE at stern were towing RUYSDAEL from berth 4 Meadowside Quay ahead and passing Govan Watch House at Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow, and heading East upriver.

   At Prince's Dock canting basin (= a large area of water where a ship can be turned around 180 degrees) the two tugs canted (= turned) RUYSDAEL and the ship was then able to proceed down the River Clyde on the start of her passage to her next port-of-call.

News Event

Thursday, July 19, 1962 @ 0149
SOUTH AFRICAN VANGUARD Own Page

SOUTH AFRICAN VANGUARD under tow passes Govan Watch House, Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryKaapstad (Pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town")

Tug STRONGBOW at bow and tug CRUISER at stern were towing SOUTH AFRICAN VANGUARD ahead and passing Govan Watch House at Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow, and heading East upriver towards Glasgow.

News Event

Wednesday, July 18, 1962 @ 2349
INDIAN PIONEER (1947-1972 General cargo ship 456 feet long of India Steamship Company, Calcutta : 1978 broken up in Bombay) Own Page

INDIAN PIONEER under tow passes Govan Watch House, Glasgow and heading towards Glasgow

Ship's locationPassing Govan Watch House, Govan, Glasgow : inbound and heading east upriver towards GlasgowPort of RegistryCalcutta (India)

Tug FLYING WIZARD at bow and tug FLYING DUCK at stern were towing INDIAN PIONEER ahead and passing Govan Watch House at Govan Wharf, Govan, Glasgow, and heading East upriver towards Glasgow.

News Event

Thursday, January 14, 1960 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CLAN DAVIDSON ( 1948 - 1963 General cargo liner 488 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow) Own Page

Master of CLAN DAVIDSON killed after fall between ship and quayside at King George V Dock, Glasgow

Ship's location8 King George V Dock, GlasgowPort of RegistryGlasgow
Vessel MasterWatkinsGross Tonnage8,067

News Event

Sunday, July 15, 1956 @ 0700
CRAGMOOR (1947-1962 General cargo ship 445 feet long of Walter Runciman / Moor Line, Newcastle: 1966 wrecked near Calcutta) Own Page

Moor Line cargo ship CRAGMOOR on passage from Yokkaichi to Osaka (both Japan)

Ship's locationOn passage from Yokkaichi to Osaka (both Japan)Port of RegistryLondon (UK)
Net Tonnage2,909
Gross Tonnage5,253
Deadweght Tonnage9,104

News Event

Saturday, March 3, 1962 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ALAUNIA (1960-1969 Cargo liner 490 feet long of Cunard Line) Own Page

ALAUNIA from Glasgow at New York (USA)

Port of RegistryLiverpool

News Event

Saturday, March 3, 1962 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
ATHLONE CASTLE (1934-1965 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London) Own Page

ATHLONE CASTLE left Port Elizabeth (South Africa) for Southampton (UK)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage25,564

News Event

Sunday, March 4, 1962 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENATTOW (1950-1963 General cargo liner 446 feet long (formerly PEGU) of William Thomson's Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENATTOW left Kobe (Japan) for London (UK)

Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage4,756
Gross Tonnage7,838

News Event

Monday, March 5, 1962 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENDIGO (1954-1968 General cargo liner 527 feet long of P & O Line, London) Own Page

BENDIGO at Melbourne (Australia) for London (UK)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)
Gross Tonnage8,777

News Event

Monday, March 5, 1962 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENGLOE ( 1961 - 1978 Cargo liner 550 feet long of Ben Line) Own Page

BENGLOE left Singapore for London (UK)

Port of RegistryLeith

News Event

Saturday, March 3, 1962 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENLARIG (1961-1969 General cargo ship of William Thomson Ben Line, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENLARIG at Suez (Egypt) for London (UK)

Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)

News Event

Saturday, March 3, 1962 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENLAWERS (1944-1968 General cargo ship 475 feet long of Ben Line / William Thomson Company, Edinburgh) Own Page

BENLAWERS left Port Swettenham (Malaysia) for London (UK)

Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage4,646
Gross Tonnage7,804

News Event

Sunday, March 4, 1962 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
BENREOCH (1952-1976 General cargo ship 503 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line Steamers Ltd., Edinburgh) Own Page

BENREOCH left Singapore for Liverpool (UK)

Port of RegistryLeith (Scotland, UK)
Net Tonnage3,900
Gross Tonnage6,877
Deadweght Tonnage12,240

News Event

Saturday, March 3, 1962 @ 0800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CATHAY (1961-1970 Passenger / cargo liner formerly BAUDOUINVILLE 555 feet 170m overall of P & O, London) Own Page

CATHAY at Hong Kong for London (UK)

Port of RegistryLondon (England, UK)

News Event

Saturday, March 3, 1962 @ 1800
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM (1949 - 1971 General cargo Liner 481 feet long of Ellerman Line, London) Own Page

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM left Port Said (Egypt) for Glasgow (UK)

Port of RegistryLondon
Gross Tonnage7,492

Latest Comments

This shows the 100 latest comments.


 

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 HalifaxNova ScotiaCanada 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

1353

 

From Jimmy Johnston (Paisley)

 

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

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e-mail from Tommy Robertson   (Dumbarton)

21 May 2020

 

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

 

Does anyone know the name of the Alfred Holt Blue Funnel

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

  She was definitely a Blue Funnel job but had the Elder

Dempster buff funnel.

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Paddle Steamers at Pusser River, Chalna, Bangladesh

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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Why was Irish Lights Tender IERNE registered in Liverpool ?

 19 March 2020 @ 1057

J R of Birkenhead e-mails :

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

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

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

A viewer e-mails 

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

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

Can anyone help ?

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Stewardesses and Nurse on Burns & Lairds IRISH COAST in 1966

 2019-12-29

By e-mail

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

Mary D.

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Old Mississippi – type passenger steamer in Sydney (Australia)

Jim Middleton (London) e-mails

29 December 2019

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

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

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

   Thanks, JM.

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CLAN FRASER and a rope across the dock at Glasgow

 4 November 2019

Jim McGoogan e-mails :

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

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

 

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

 

   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 (CarlisleEngland) 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 ClydeScotland)

20 May 2019  @ 1540

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

at Tail-of-the Bank.

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

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

bringing stores for the Holy Loch vessels, and the stores

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

lighters and small coasters.

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

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

and blue bands.

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

could be MARSHFIELD or MARSHLAND ….. or something like

that, was obviously a WW2 type but always immaculate

 and a frequent caller.

   Does anyone else remember these ships calling at

the Clyde ?

 

Alan and Jean.

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Clyde Navigation Trust launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS

 

 14 March 2019   @ 1239

Richard Danielson e-mails

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

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

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

THANK YOU.
Richard Danielson.
 

 

Admin Note :

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

 

20 March 2019  @ 1604

 

Jim Howie  (Partick, Glasgow)

 

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

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

  

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

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

12 Hopper Barges.

1 Dumb grab hopper barge.

1 Tug CLYDE.

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

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

11 passenger ferryboats.

1 60-ton floating crane NEWSHOT.

1 Diving Bell barge.

2 Divers’ motor boats.

1 Oil Separating Barge PLOVER

3 motor launches NEWARK, GARMOYLE and DUNGLASS.

1 Hydrographic Survey launch CRANNOG.

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

Jim Howie.

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Looking for images / photos of BALLYGALLY HEAD of 1950s

 23 January 2019  1011

Joseph McGurk Jr. e-mails

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

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

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

he sailed on her

   Thank you, regards Joseph mc gurk jr

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Renfrew Harbour, Firth of Clyde, around 1980

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

 

   Does anyone have any idea what the other ships are ?


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The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937

 6th  January 2019.

   James Barrowman (Brighton, England) e-mails :

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

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

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

   Thanks, Jim Barrowman.

7th January 2019 

   J.S. (Pollokshaws, Glasgow) replies :

The River Clyde runs generally east to west through

the centre of Glasgow and essentially divides the city

into two halves, the  “North Side” and the “South Side.”

   In the past and even today people talk of coming

from or living in the South Side.

   Up to around 1970’s passenger excursion steamers

and cross-channel to Ireland steamers left Broomielaw,

Anderston Quay and Lancefield Quay on the North Side

and in the summer months left Bridge Wharf on the

South Side (hence S.S.) on excursions “Doon the Watter”

= Down the Water = sailing down the River Clyde to

Clyde piers such as Dunoon and Rothesay and

Tighnabruaich.

   The advert mentions the steamer calling at Govan

 Wharf and Renfrew to pick up passengers.

   Today Govan Wharf is only recognisable by a derelict

and ruined few baulks of timber.   It was situated on the

South Bank essentially between the Govan Drydocks

(now also derelict) and the Bae Shipyard (formerly Fairfields

yard) and beside the playing field between Wanlock Street

and Dunvegan Street, Govan.   Up to the 1960s the

small Govan Passenger Ferry used to ply from near

Govan Wharf across the river to the east end of Meadowside

Quay

   It was news to me that excursion steamers stopped

at Renfrew.   I have no idea where the stop was located.

   Perhaps someone can help.

 

Ref The advert for paddle steamer EAGLE 111 in 1937.

12 January 2019   Robert Orr replies :


The steamer berth at Renfrew was on the river bank at 'The Green' in

Renfrew and as far as I'm aware was destroyed during the 'Clydebank

Blitz' in 1941, (this being air attacks on the town of Clydebank on the

opposite bank of the Clyde, home amongst other things to John Browns

shipyard). If you go to Google maps and search Clyde Street Renfrew

the bollards for mooring ropes are still visible at the edge of the Green.

The Scania Yard visible in street view was the start of the land

 

occupied by Simons and Lobnitz shipyards in Renfrew.

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

10 December 2018   Geoff in Australia e-mails :

I was on the Ulysses which traded between the Far East,mainly Indonesia and the East Coast and Gulf of the US.I understand it was a route which belonged to the Indra Line which Holts acquired in 1915. I believe that it may have been incorporated into a round the world service later.My time was during the late 50s and ended in 1960.

Crews during my time consisted of Europeans on deck and Chinese in the engine room, and catering,on ships trading from Liverpool. The Ulysses had Malays on deck and Chinese in the engine room,I cant remember who were the catering staff.


Gunung Djati was the name of the leading Javanese Haji and Islamic missionary.

 

With regards to crewing, the Dutch arm of Blue Funnel had all Chinese crews with Dutch officers, certainly in the 1950s.

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Ellerman’s CITY OF EXETER at Plymouth in 1958    

I was quite surprised to read that CITY OF EXETER called

at Plymouth in 1958.   Was Plymouth a normal call for Ellerman

African service passenger liners?

   Jim Hesketh, Liverpool 

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12 November 2018

 

TWEED, a 1959-built 112 foot water carrier of

Furness Withy, Port of Spain, Trinidad

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

    Looking at your list of ships I was surprised to see

TWEED of Furness Withy, a 112 foot water tanker at

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

   Anyone have information on this ship ?

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Can anyone name this British coaster ?

 

05 November 2018

Billy Fullarton writes :

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

HarbourScotland.   Can anyone name this coaster. ?

 

   I think her name ends in SOUND.

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British & Irish KILKENNY in 1935

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

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

     I was with Brocklebank’s and sometimes called at

Gan Island in the Indian Ocean to discharge stores for

the RAF overside to landing craft in the lagoon.

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

which carried a small naval tug from Trincomali in

Ceylon to Gan, around late 1960s.

   Anyone know about this ?

    J.S., (Wallasey)

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

Jim J. of Liverpool e-mails :

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

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

Funnel ship there.

   Can anyone enlighten me as to why a Blue Funnel would

be in the Gulf of Mexico ?

   Also in conversation someone told of Blue Funnel having

Chinese crews on deck and catering.   I had always thought

that Blueys had British crews.   Someone please tell me

what is correct.

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Deck cadets Critchley and Doherty on RAMON DE LARRINAGA in 1965

 22 May 2018

 Alan Rutherford e-mails :

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

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   Looking for information on some British ships around 1950-1954

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

 Great website.

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

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


Regards,
Ian Rae

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Can anyone identify this USN lapel badge ?

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

   Can anyone identify the badge ?

2018-02-18 @ 1320

 

19 May 2018

Hello Douglas,

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

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

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

Bill Steel e-mails

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

17 February 2018 @ 2307

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

    Jim Harrison  (Brighton, England) e-mails :

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

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

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

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   German cargo ship MILLERNTOR in 1954

 

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

 

   After unloading she left Ardrossan returning to Narvik.

 

Does anyone have any information or details of MILLERNTOR ?

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" If sufficient inducement "

 James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

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

“ If sufficient inducement “

 

23 January 2019 at 2113

 Geoff  (Australia)  e-mails :

 

James Bridges (Canterbury, England) e-mails –

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

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


My understanding of "sufficient inducement" meant if there was

 enough cargo to be lifted to be commercially viable. ”

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Was she “ LAIRDS OAK “ or “ LAIRDSOAK ” ?

   Robert Bothwell (Glasgow) e-mails :

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

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

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


 

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

 

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

 

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Coaster BALLYCASTLE in 1953

 

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

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   Carebeka's coaster RIAN in 1953

 

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

 

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

 

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

  


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

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

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

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

Additional note :

Can anyone supply details of ALPHERAT ?


 

Norwegian Tanker RAILA in 1953

 

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

 

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

 Fred from Formby (Merseyside, England, writes

 

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

 

Can someone tell something about these services ? ”

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CHANTALA  (Worcester Park, Surrey) writes :

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

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

   All I can remember now is “Asti aria kurro”

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

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

 

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

  


 

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

 

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

  


Anchor Line advertisement of 1871

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

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

Thank you.

Still laughing

Fred of Formby, Merseyside, England.

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

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German cargo ship RUHR in 1953

 

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

 

   Has anyone got any details of this ship ?

 

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British coaster J B KEE in 1957

 

 Fred of Formby (Merseyside, England) writes :

 

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

 

   Anyone have details of this ship ?

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

 Jim Allbright (London) e-mails :

 

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

 

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

 

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SUNBEAR of Saguenay Terminals.

 

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

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

Captain Bryn Wayt writes :

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

James Jeffries replies :

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

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

   In 1972 she was scrapped in Santander, Spain.

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

 

Billy MacAulay (Moderator and Senior Member) writes :

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

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

  

 

  


 

   Why was LADY McGOWAN IN Loch Riddon ?

 

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

 

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

 

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

  


John Kelly's coaster BALLYCLARE in late 1953.

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

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Small boat sailor writes from Inverkip :

 

 

 

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

 

   Does anyone know anything of these two launches ?

 

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

 

   Sandy

  


Mystery of CVC in Prince’s Dock area of Glasgow

   In 1958 the Clyde Shipping Company’s coaster PLADDA

 was listed as berthed in CVC in Prince’s Dock

 area in Glasgow.

   Does anyone know where CVC was ?

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

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Pacific Steam Navigation’s KENUTA at Puna in 1957

 

Tom Hayworth e-mails :

 

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

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Ben Line’s Far-East coaster BENVEG in 1957

 

Leith Man e-mails

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

for BENVEG as I had never heard of her.

 

Anyone have any more information please ?

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SPRINGFIELD QUAY, GLASGOW

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

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

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

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


MYSTERY SHIP PORTHOLE

 From Michael Irwin (michaelj87836@gmail.com)
When: 16 September 2016 15:09
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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.


 

Information needed on cargo ship KORBACH in 1958

 

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

 

Does anyone have any information on KORBACH ?


 

“Conducting their business in Great Waters” series

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


WHERE IS " PULO BOKOM "

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

"Hydatina" of Croydon, England, writes :

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

Note : The event for CALCHAS has been amended accordingly.


MEANING OF CERTAIN SHIPPING DESCRIPTIONS
Mandy Skinner writes :
   I teach Modern Studies and Geography and my classes use this amazing website to learn of the trade and shipping business on the Clyde from the 1950's, and how the Port of Glasgow and Britain supplied to, and received goods from, every part of the world.
   However, as a non-sailor, I am mystified as to the actual meanings of some descriptions regarding ships.   Can someone please enlighten me ?
   The terms are
   
   Gross tonnage
   Net tonnage
   Deadweight tonnage
   Loading coal or oil bunkers / bunkered
   The ship was "ranging"
   On the ground
   Stevedore
   Longshoremen
   Bad spillage while unloading cargo  (I would have thought that any spillage was bad)
   Dragging her anchor
   Hopper barge
   Canting in Prince's Dock
   Shifting along the wall
   Palm oil cargo
   Shelphate
   Weatherbound / Windbound 
   Cleaning tanks  (as in the ship TULIPBANK)
   Fitting out
   Thank you,   Mandy Skinner

 

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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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


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


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

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


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

          

Click on these images to enlarge them

First is maybe.... Cruzeiro Do Sul

Below it is maybe.... Templar

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

Further down maybe... La Manche

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

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

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

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

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


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

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


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


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

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


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

     

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


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

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

A Manson writes :

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


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


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


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

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


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

A Manson writes :

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


MANOEUVERING ON THE RIVER   : Jim Allison e-mails that when a vessel was moving on the river Clyde and passing the entrances to Rivers Kelvin, Cart and Leven, after heavy rainfall, the amount of water coming off these rivers would hit any passing vessel on the side and tend to push her in the opposite direction.  You needed a strong steady hand on the wheel at these points.


CAN YOU HELP  :  On 3rd May 1965 a vessel "DCV 401" arrived.  Any information on that vessel ?


THE BIG EX-BP TANKER AT PLANTATION.    : Jim Allison writes that a big ex-BP tanker which lay at Plantation for some time, around 1980, and was leaving for breaking in the far east, was towed astern downriver to Shieldhall and her stern put into KG5, and she was turned there to go downstream ahead.   He doesn't remember the name.


SEAMEN'S MISSION AT YORKHILL/SCOTSTOUN  ; Tam Thomson asks if anyone remembers the "Seamens Mission" at Yorkhill or Scotstoun in 1970s, run by pensioners/church, where seamen/retired sailors could get a hearty cooked meal at a reasonable price.

A Manson replies; 

There once was a"Flying Angel " Seamens Club in York Street Glasgow long since gone. There is still a Stella Maris Club for seamen situated at 937 Dumbarton Road Yoker Glasgow open several days a week .It is affiliated to St. Brendans Church on Kelso Street close by.

Tam Thomson replies: Much appreciated for your answer Mr Manson. I didn't know about the Flying Angel but you have made me think.  was there a seamens club beside the Clyde Shipping offices at the suspension bridge.  The stella Maris, yes that is the very one.  I had a dinner in there must be twenty years ago. the ladies had finished meals but made me one specially when i came in.  Its great that you have brought back memory and i like all your ansers to the help bit as you really know your stuff about the clyde.  Have a good new year mr Manson, and Douglas please keep up the internet site as it is great to read about the ships at Glasgow, and i hope you have a good new year to. 

A Manson replies:Re the Stella Maris Club which may stir a memory of the subscriber. It was for many years situated in Carlton Place on the South side of the Upper Clyde close to the Suspension Bridge.


MEXICAN WARSHIPS IN PRINCE'S DOCK  ; Joe Barrowman asks if anyone remembers some "Mexican ?" frigates which visited Princes Dock in early 1970s.