Latest Events

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What/When	Ship
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENARMIN (1963-1972 General cargo liner 550 feet long of William Thomson's Ben Line, Leith)	Own Page
BENARMIN left Nagasaki (Japan) for Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
Sailing for Kaohsiung (Taiwan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Sailed from berth Nagasaki (Japan) Net Tonnage 6,486 Gross Tonnage 11,362 Deadweght Tonnage 13,015
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	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 Hamburg (Germany) for Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Ship's location Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Rotterdam (Netherlands) Gross Tonnage 8,079 Deadweght Tonnage 11,270
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 1800 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 left Singapore for Aden (Yemen)
Sailing for Aden (Yemen) Port of Registry Leith Sailed from berth Singapore Gross Tonnage 10,355 Deadweght Tonnage 12,100
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 0800 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 at Rotterdam (Netherlands) for London (UK)
Ship's location Rotterdam (Netherlands) Port of Registry Leith Sailing for London (UK)
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 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 Djakarta (Java, Indonesia) for Balikpapan (on east coast of Borneo)
Sailing for Balikpapan (on east coast of Borneo) Port of Registry Leith Sailed from berth Djakarta (Java, Indonesia) Net Tonnage 6,195 Gross Tonnage 9,952 Deadweght Tonnage 11,660
News Event Thursday, May 21, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENMACDHUI (1948-1972 General cargo liner 474 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENMACDHUI left Suez (Egypt) for Aden (Yemen)
Ship's location Suez (Egypt) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Aden (Yemen) Net Tonnage 4,674 Gross Tonnage 7,845 Deadweght Tonnage 11,500
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BENNEVIS (1959-1973 General cargo liner of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENNEVIS at Port Swettenham for Singapore
Ship's location Port Swettenham (now known as Port Kelang) Malaysia Port of Registry Leith (Scotland) Sailing for Singapore Gross Tonnage 7,591
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BRAEMAR CASTLE (1952-1966 Passenger / cargo liner of Union Castle Line, London)	Own Page
BRAEMAR CASTLE at Durban (South Africa) from London (UK)
Ship's location Durban (South Africa) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Arrived from London (UK)
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BRASIL STAR (1947-1972 Passenger / cargo liner of Blue Star Line, London)	Own Page
BRASIL STAR left Lisbon (Portugal) for Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Sailing for Buenos Aires (Argentina) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth Lisbon (Portugal)
News Event Tuesday, May 19, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CALEDONIA STAR (1961 - 1971 cargo liner 458 feet long of Blue Star Line, London	Own Page
CALEDONIA STAR at Seattle (Washington State, USA) heading for Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
Ship's location Seattle (Washington State, USA) Port of Registry London Sailing for Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
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	CILICIA (1938-40 Anchor Line passenger/cargo ship : 1940-44 Armed Merchant Cruiser : 1944-46 Troopship : 1946 Returned to owners : 1966-80 training ship / Hostel in Rotterdam : 1980 scrapped Bilbao)	Own Page
CILICIA from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) at Bombay (now known as Chennai, India)
Ship's location Bombay (now known as Chennai, India) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 11,136
News Event Tuesday, May 19, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CLAN MACINTOSH ( 1951 - 1978 General cargo liner 471 feet long of Clan Line Limited))	Own Page
CLAN MACINTOSH at Tuticorin (India) from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Tuticorin (India) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
News Event Tuesday, May 19, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	EMPRESS OF CANADA (1961-1972 Passenger liner 650 feet 198 metres of Canadian Pacific Steamships, Liverpool)	Own Page
EMPRESS OF CANADA at Montreal (Canada) from Liverpool (UK)
Ship's location Montreal (Canada) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived from Liverpool (UK) Gross Tonnage 27,284 Deadweght Tonnage 9,400
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ENGLISH STAR (1950- Refrigerated / general cargo liner 505 feet long of Blue Star Line Ltd, London)	Own Page
ENGLISH STAR at London (UK) sailing for London (UK)
Ship's location Suez (Egypt) Port of Registry London Sailing for London (UK)
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 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 at Montreal (Canada) from Southampton (UK)
Ship's location Montreal (Canada) Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Arrived from Southampton (UK)
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	HEREFORDSHIRE (1944-1954 then 1961-1969 cargo ship 492 feet long of Bibby Line, Liverpool : 1973 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
HEREFORDSHIRE at Liverpool (UK) from Colombo (Ceylon = now known as Sri Lanka)
Ship's location Liverpool (UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived from Colombo (Ceylon = now known as Sri Lanka)
News Event Tuesday, May 19, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	HOPECREST ( 1961 - 1969 General cargo ship 501 feet long of Hopemount Shipping Co. Ltd. / Stott, Man & Fleming, Newcastle : 1984 scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan)	Own Page
HOPECREST at Beira (Mozambique) from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Ship's location Beira (Mozambique) Port of Registry Newcastle (England, U.K.) Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 4,112 Gross Tonnage 7,610 Deadweght Tonnage 11,680
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	IBERIA (1954-1973 Passenger liner of P & O, London : Scrapped in 1973)	Own Page
IBERIA at Suez (Egypt) for London (UK)
Ship's location Suez (Egypt) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for London (UK) Gross Tonnage 29,614
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LISMORIA (1948 - 1967 Passenger / cargo liner 455 feet long of Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1967 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Tatwan)	Own Page
LISMORIA left Montreal (Canada) for Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Sailing for Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Sailed from berth Montreal (Canada) Gross Tonnage 8323
News Event Thursday, May 21, 1964 @ 0000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	NORTHERN STAR (1961-1975 Passenger liner 650 feet long of Shaw, Savill & Albion Line, London)	Own Page
NORTHERN STAR at Fremantle (Australia) for Wellington (New Zealand)
Ship's location Fremantle (Australia) Port of Registry Southampton (England, UK) Sailing for Wellington (New Zealand) Reg Tonnage 12,567 Gross Tonnage 23,982
News Event Tuesday, May 19, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PORT ALMA (1928-1964 Refrigerated / general cargo ship of Port Line, London)	Own Page
PORT ALMA leaves New York (USA) for Liverpool (UK)
Sailing for Liverpool (UK) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailed from berth New York (USA) Gross Tonnage 7,983
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PORT BRISBANE ( 1949 - 1975 Cargo liner 561 feet long of Port Line, London)	Own Page
PORT BRISBANE left Port Said (Egypt) for London (UK)
Ship's location Port Said (Egypt) Port of Registry London Sailing for London (UK) Gross Tonnage 11,942
News Event Thursday, May 21, 1964 @ 0000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PORT NICHOLSON (In 1964 Refrigerated / general cargo ship of Port Line, London)	Own Page
PORT NICHOLSON at Adelaide (Australia) for Brisbane (Australia)
Ship's location Adelaide (Australia) Port of Registry London (U.K.) Sailing for Brisbane (Australia)
News Event Thursday, May 21, 1964 @ 1800 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 left Brisbane (Australia) for London (UK)
Sailing for London (UK) Port of Registry London Sailed from berth Brisbane (Australia) Gross Tonnage 10,390
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 1700 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 left New York for Southampton
Sailing for Southampton (UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth New York (USA) Gross Tonnage 83,673
News Event Thursday, May 21, 1964 @ 1700 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 Southampton for New York
Sailing for New York (USA) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Sailed from berth Southampton (UK)
News Event Thursday, May 21, 1964 @ 0000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	RANGITANE (New Zealand Shipping Company)	Own Page
RANGITAINE at Wellington (New Zealand) for London (UK)
Ship's location Wellington (New Zealand) Port of Registry Plymouth (England) Sailing for London (UK)
News Event Thursday, May 21, 1964 @ 0000 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	SIDONIA (1961-1967 General cargo liner 472 feet / 144 metres of Anchor Line / 1967-1968 Moor Line, Glasgow : 1985 scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan)	Own Page
SIDONIA at New York (USA) for London (UK)
Ship's location New York (USA) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Sailing for London (UK) Net Tonnage 2.740 Gross Tonnage 5,704
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 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 leaves Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) for London (UK)
Ship's location Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for London (UK) Gross Tonnage 14,464
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 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 leaves Port Said (Egypt) for London (UK)
Ship's location Port Said (Egypt) Port of Registry Liverpool Sailing for London (UK)
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	ARGENTINA STAR (1947-1972 Refrigerated cargo/passenger liner of Blue Star Line, London)	Own Page
ARGENTINA STAR at Rotterdam for Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ship's location Rotterdam (Netherlands) Port of Registry London (England, UK) Sailing for Buenos Aires (Argentina) Net Tonnage 6,299 Sailed from berth Chicago (USA) Gross Tonnage 10,716
News Event Wednesday, May 20, 1964 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ALEXANDRA SARTORI (Hamburg Chicago Linie)	Own Page
ALEXANDRA SARTORI leaves Chicago (USA) for Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Sailing for Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Kiel, Germany Sailed from berth Chicago (USA)
News Event Saturday, March 27, 1954 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BRITISH SCIENTIST (In 1954 Oil Tanker of BP Tanker Company, London)	Own Page
BP Tanker BRITISH SCIENTIST arrived at Aarhus (Denmark) from Copenhagen (Denmark)
Arrived from Copenhagen (Denmark) Port of Registry London (U.K.) Arrived in berth Aarhus (Denmark)
News Event Wednesday, March 31, 1954 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	GLENORCHY (1948-1970 General cargo ship of Glen & Shire Line, London : Scrapped 1971)	Own Page
Glen Lines' GLENORCHY left Shanghai (China)) for Taku Bar (Northern China)
Sailing for Taku Bar (The Port of Tianjin (Tianjin Gang, formerly known as the Port of Tanggu, Northern China) Port of Registry London (UK) Sailed from berth Shanghai (China) Gross Tonnage 9,975
News Event Friday, March 26, 1954 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PRESIDENT MADISON (1946-1972 General cargo freighter of American President Lines, USA)	Own Page
American President Line's PRESIDENT MADISON arrived at Yokkaichi (Japan) from Los Angeles (USA)
Arrived from Los Angeles (USA) Port of Registry U.S.A. Arrived in berth Yokkaichi (Japan)
News Event Friday, March 26, 1954 @ 0800 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
Ben Line's BENCLEUCH arrived at Hamburg (Germany) from Glasgow
Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Arrived in berth Hamburg (Germany)
News Event Monday, March 29, 1954 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	TEIRESIAS (in 1954 General cargo ship of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Blue Funnel's TEIRESIAS arrived at Djakarta (Java, Indonesia) from Liverpool
Arrived from Liverpool (UK) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Arrived in berth Djakarta (Java, Indonesia)
News Event Monday, March 29, 1954 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ASPHALION (1924-1959 General cargo ship of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool : scrapped in 1959)	Own Page
Blue Funnel's ASPHALION arrived at Djakarta (Java, Indonesia) from Fremantle, Western Australia)
Arrived from Fremantle, Western Australia) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth Djakarta (Java, Indonesia) Gross Tonnage 6,274
News Event Saturday, March 27, 1954 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	BRAESIDE (1948-1970 Passenger / cargo ship of Burns, Philp & Co., Australia)	Own Page
Burns Philp's BRAESIDE arrived at Djakarta (Java, Indonesia) from Portland (Victoria, Australia)
Arrived from Portland (Victoria, Australia) Port of Registry Australia Arrived in berth Djakarta (Java, Indonesia) Gross Tonnage 5,867
News Event Tuesday, September 18, 1962 @ 0225	PATROCLUS (1950-1972 Passenger and cargo liner 516 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Blue Funnel's PATROCLUS arrives at Glasgow to discharge cargo, drydock then load for the Far East
Arrived from Hong Kong and Singapore via Liverpool and Dublin Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived in berth 3 / 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) : with her head south Sailing for Birkenhead then Singapore and Hong Kong Sailed from berth 4 King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) : with her head south Draught forward on arrival 16' 08" Draught aft on arrival 22' 10" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 1,315 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 18 September @ 0800 Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Co. Ltd., King George V Dock, Glasgow S.W.1. Tel. GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 20 September @ 1815 Commened loading outward cargo 25 September (berth 4 King George V Dock) at 0800 Outward cargo General cargo 826 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedores, King George V Dock, Glasgow Completed loading outward cargo 27 September @ 1045 Draught forward on sailing 17' 00" Draught aft on sailing 20' 02" Vessel drydocked To Elderslie Drydock at 0535 hrs on 21 September : returned to berth 4 at 2150 on 24 September Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Tel. CENtral 9891 Sailed 1120 on 27 September for Birkenhead then Singapore and Hong Kong
News Event Wednesday, September 19, 1962 @ 1500	CLAN MACINDOE ( 1959 - 1979 General cargo liner 492 feet long of Clan Line Steamers, Glasgow)	Own Page
CLAN MACINDOE arrives in Glasgow to discharge cargo then load for West and East African ports
Arrived from Beira (Mozambique) and Durban (South Africa) via Greenock (Scotland) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow : with her head south Sailing for Lobito and Lourenco Marques via Newport (Wales, UK) Sailed from berth 6 / 6A King George V Dock, Glasgow : with her head south Draught forward on arrival 10' 02" Draught aft on arrival 16' 03" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 364 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 20 September @ 08 Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Co. Ltd., King George V Dock, Glasgow S.W.1. Tel. GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 22 September @ 0900 Commened loading outward cargo 21 September @ 0800 (in berth 6 / 6a) Outward cargo General cargo 700 tons Completed loading outward cargo 26 September @ 1800 (in berth 6 / 6a) Draught forward on sailing 13' 06" Draught aft on sailing 15' 07" Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., 109 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel 041 221 7050 Telex 778133 Sailed 1920 on 26 September for Newport (Wales, UK) then West and East African ports
News Event Wednesday, May 29, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	ALIDA GORTHON (in 1957)	Own Page
ALIDA GORTHON arrives at Vitoria (Brasil) from Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Arrived from Buenos Aires (Argentina) Arrived in berth Vitoria (Brasil)
News Event Wednesday, May 29, 1957 @ 0800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CHARLTON VENUS (in 1957)	Own Page
CHARLTON VENUS arrives in Nelson (New Zealand) from New Plymouth (New Zealand)
Arrived from New Plymouth (New Zealand) Arrived in berth Nelson (New Zealand)
News Event Tuesday, April 2, 2024 @ 1724		Own Page
In 1950s / 1960s what British India Co. ships worked to Fiji, New Guinea, Sumatra and Mauritius
Contributed by Colin (Croydon, England)    This is a British India Steam Navigation Company map of their services in 1950s / 1960s.   I was quite surprised to see that Fiji, New Guinea, Sumatra and Mauritius were served.       Can anyone tell me what BI ships worked to these places and what services they were on ?
News Event Saturday, August 25, 1962 @ 0300 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LAOMEDON (1953-1977 General cargo ship 487 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Blue Funnel LAOMEDON arrived at Glasgow (Scotland, UK) to load for Far Eastern ports
Arrived from Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Liverpool (England, U.K.) Arrived in berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) : with her head south Gross Tonnage 7,684 Sailing for Birkenhead then for Singapore and Bangkok (Thailand) Sailed from berth 3 King George V Dock, Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) : with her head south Draught forward on arrival 15' 06" Draught aft on arrival 19' 07" Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board Commened loading outward cargo 25 August @ 0800 Outward cargo General cargo 1,000 tons and three heavy lifts total 81 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedores, King George V Dock, Glasgow Heavy lifts loaded 26 August loaded 3 heavy lifts (1x47 tons, 1x26 tons, 1x8 tons : total 81 tons) by crane NEWSHOT Completed loading outward cargo 29 August at 1945 Draught forward on sailing 16' 00" Draught aft on sailing 19' 09" Ships agent Roxburgh, Colin Scott & Co. Ltd., 80 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C. 1. Tel. CENtral 9891 Sailed 1158 on 30 August for Birkenhead
News Event Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 1406	FOKKO UKENA (2007- General cargo ship 89m overall of Vertom Group, Rhoom, The Netherlands)	Own Page
FOKKO UKENA leaves Port of Ayr (Scotland, UK) for Shoreham-by-Sea (England, UK)
Sailing for Shoreham-by-Sea (England, UK) Port of Registry St Johns (Antigua and Barbuda) Sailed from berth Leaving River Berth at Port of Ayr (Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 2,451 Outward cargo Light = no cargo on board Deadweght Tonnage 3,627
News Event Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 1357	CEG COSMOS (1983- IMO 8303173 General cargo ship 63.21m long of Fehn Ship Management GmbH & Co. Ltd., Leer, Germany)	Own Page
CEG COSMOS arrives at Port of Ayr, Scotland, from Isle of Coll (Island Inner Hebrides of Scotland)
Arrived from Isle of Coll (about 13 miles long, 3 miles wide in Inner Hebrides of Scotland: around 220 residents) Port of Registry Riga (Latvia) Arrived in berth Griffin Dock, Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Net Tonnage 460 Gross Tonnage 1,139
News Event Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 1325	FRI BREVIK ( 2001- General cargo / 200TEU-Containership 89m overall of Kopervik Ship Management A/S, Kopervik, Norway)	Own Page
FRI BREVIK leaving Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) for Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.)
Arrived from Rostock (in the Baltic Sea, Germany) Port of Registry Limassol (Cyprus) Arrived in berth Port of Ayr (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Gross Tonnage 2.868 Sailing for Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Deadweght Tonnage 3,771 Sailed from berth Entrance to Griffin Dock, Poer of Ayr (Scotland, UK) Cargo carried on arrival Agriprods (= Agricultural produce) Outward cargo Light ship = no cargo on board
News Event Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 1431	ARKLOW COAST (2022- General cargo ship 87m overall of Arklow Shipping, North Beach, Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland)	Own Page
ARKLOW COAST arrives at Port of Ayr with agricultural products from Ouistreham (France)
Arrived from Ouistreham (France) having left there on 25 March at 2115 Port of Registry Arklow (Eire / Ireland) Arrived in berth Port of Ayr (Ayr, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) berthing at entrance to Griffin Dock Gross Tonnage 2,999 Draught aft on arrival 5.9m Deadweght Tonnage 5,094 Cargo carried on arrival Agriprods (= Agricultural produce)
ARKLOW COAST berths at the entrance to Griffin Dock, Port of Ayr, and CEG COSMOS can be seen berthed just ahead.
Radio Message Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 1226	ARKLOW COAST (2022- General cargo ship 87m overall of Arklow Shipping, North Beach, Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland)	Own Page
ARKLOW COAST at anchor in Ayr Bay off Port of Ayr radios Ayr Pilot for boarding instructions
Ship's location Ayr Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Port of Registry Arklow (Eire / Ireland) Arrived from Ouistreham (France) having left there on 25 March at 2115 Gross Tonnage 2,999 Sailing for Port of Ayr (Ayr, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 5,094 Draught aft on arrival 5.9m Cargo carried on arrival Agriprods (= Agricultural produce)
ARKLOW COAST in Ayr Bay off the Port of Ayr radios to Ayr Pilot for boarding instructions.  Ship's maximum draught is 5 decimal 9m and freeboard 1 decimal 2m.    Pilot advises will board on port side, no Pilot ladder required, and will board after sailing two ships from Ayr.
Radio Message Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 1253	ARKLOW COAST (2022- General cargo ship 87m overall of Arklow Shipping, North Beach, Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland)	Own Page
ARKLOW COAST in Ayr Bay off Port of Ayr radios Ayr Pilot that vessel is now underway
Ship's location Ayr Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Port of Registry Arklow (Eire / Ireland) Arrived from Ouistreham (France) having left there on 25 March at 2115 Gross Tonnage 2,999 Sailing for Port of Ayr (Ayr, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 5,094 Cargo carried on arrival Agriprods (= Agricultural produce)
ARKLOW COAST in Ayr Bay off the Port of Ayr radios to Ayr Pilot that vessel has raised anchor and is now underway
Radio Message Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 1158	ARKLOW COAST (2022- General cargo ship 87m overall of Arklow Shipping, North Beach, Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland)	Own Page
Ayr Pilots radio docking instructions to ARKLOW COAST at anchor in Ayr Bay off Port of Ayr
Ship's location Anchored in Ayr Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Port of Registry Arklow (Eire / Ireland) Arrived from Ouistreham (France) having left there on 25 March at 2115 Gross Tonnage 2,999 Sailing for Port of Ayr (Ayr, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 5,094 Cargo carried on arrival Agriprods (= Agricultural produce)
Ayr Pilots radio to ARKLOW COAST at anchor in Ayr Bay off the Port of Ayr that Pilot will sail two ships from Ayr before bringing ARKLOW COAST in to dock at Ayr.
Radio Message Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 1156	ARKLOW COAST (2022- General cargo ship 87m overall of Arklow Shipping, North Beach, Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland)	Own Page
Ayr Pilots radio docking instructions to ARKLOW COAST at anchor in Ayr Bay off Port of Ayr
Ship's location Anchored in Ayr Bay (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) Port of Registry Arklow (Eire / Ireland) Arrived from Ouistreham (France) having left there on 25 March at 2115 Gross Tonnage 2,999 Sailing for Port of Ayr (Ayr, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK) Deadweght Tonnage 5,094 Cargo carried on arrival Agriprods (= Agricultural produce)
Ayr Pilots radio to ARKLOW COAST at anchor in Ayr Bay off the Port of Ayr to have her anchor up and Pilot will board at 1330 to dock the vessel at Ayr.
News Event Thursday, May 30, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	GLENBANK (in 1957 General cargo ship of Andrew Weir's Bank Line)	Own Page
GLENBANK leaves Wellington (New Zealand) for Nauru (in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean)
Sailing for Nauru (a Republic in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean) Sailed from berth Wellington (New Zealand)
News Event Thursday, May 30, 1957 @ 0600 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	PRESIDENT HAYES (in 1957 of American President Lines)	Own Page
PRESIDENT HAYES arrived at Manila (Philippines) from Hampton Roads (USA)
Arrived from Hampton Roads (USA) Arrived in berth Manila (Philippines)
News Event Tuesday, May 28, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	KAREN MAERSK (in 1957 General cargo ship of Maersk Line, Kobenhavn)	Own Page
KAREN MAERSK leaves Miri (Sarawak, Malaysia) for Geelong (Australia)
Sailing for Geelong (Australia) Port of Registry Kobenhaven (Copenhagen, Denmark) Sailed from berth Miri (Sarawak, Malaysia)
News Event Tuesday, May 28, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	LICA MAERSK (In 1957 General cargo ship of Maersk Line of Kobenhaven (Denmark)	Own Page
LICA MAERSK leaves Tjilatjap (Java, Indonesia) for Copenhagen (= Kobenhavn, Denmark)
Sailing for Copenhagen (= Kobenhavn, Denmark) Port of Registry Kobenhaven (Denmark) Sailed from berth Tjilatjap (Java, Indonesia)
News Event Sunday, May 26, 1957 @ 1800 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	THESEUS ( 1955 - 1971 Cargo liner 490 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Blue Funnel's THESEUS leaves Banjuwangi (East Java, Indonesia)
Sailed from berth Banjuwangi (East Java, Indonesia) Port of Registry Liverpool
News Event Tuesday, May 28, 1957 @ 0700 The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate	CLAN MACLENNAN (1947-1971 General cargo ship 466 feet long of Clan Line, Glasgow)	Own Page
Clan Line's CLAN MACLENNAN arrives at Aden (Yemen) from Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Arrived from Glasgow (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Aden (Yemen) Gross Tonnage 6,366
News Event Tuesday, May 23, 2023 @ 1210	VITAL SPARK (2001 - General cargo coaster 66 feet 23m overall laid up at Inverary Maritime Museum, Inverary, Scotland in May 2023)	Own Page
General cargo coaster VITAL SPARK laid up at Inverary, Scotland in May 2023
Ship's location Inverary (Loch Fyne, Argyle, Scotland, UK) Reg Tonnage 96
News Event Friday, April 22, 1966 @ 1220	ANTENOR (1957-1970 General cargo ship 491 feet long of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, Liverpool)	Own Page
Blue Funnel's ANTENOR docks in Number 3 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow
Ship's location No. 3 Elderslie Drydock, Elderslie, Glasgow .... the drydock nearest the land Port of Registry Liverpool (England) Gross Tonnage 7,965
News Event 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 location Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow Port of Registry Glasgow Sailing for New York and Baltimore (both U.S.A.) Gross Tonnage 5,869 Ships agent Anchor Line Ltd., 14 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow C.1. tel CENtral 9309
News Event 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 location Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Port of Registry Ardrossan (Scotland) Sailing for Lisbon (Portugal) Gross Tonnage 3,650 Ships agent Hugh Hogarth & Sons Ltd., 120 St Vincent Street, Glasgow C. 2. Tel. CENtral 6535
News Event 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 location Kilindini 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 location Approaching Wemyss Bay Pier (Firth of Clyde) inbound with passengers and vehicles from Rothesay Port of Registry Glasgow (UK) Arrived from Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde (Scotland, U.K.) Cargo carried on arrival Passengers and vehicles Ships agent Caledonian MacBrayne, Gourock, Scotland
News Event 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 Registry Liverpool (England, UK) Gross Tonnage 13,345
Contributed by Len Aspden
News Event 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 for Le Havre (France) Gross Tonnage 6,387 Sailed from berth Southampton (UK) Outward cargo Passengers 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 location Passing Cloch Lighthouse (Firth of Clyde, Scotland) outbound to Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Gibraltar Sailing for Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 11,711 Sailed from berth Finnart Oil Terminal, Loch Long, Scotland, UK. Deadweght Tonnage 17,998 Outward cargo Grades of Oil
News Event 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 location Custom House Quay, Greenock (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 2,112
News Event 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 location Approaching Gourock Pier (Firth of Clyde) inbound with passengers from Dunoon Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived from Dunoon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K.) Gross Tonnage 73 Cargo carried on arrival Passengers
News Event 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 from Hunter's Quay, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, U.K. Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Cargo carried on arrival Passengers and vehicles
News Event 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 Registry Kaapstad (pronounced ka pstet : Afrikaans for "Cape Town") (South Africa) Gross Tonnage 28,705
Contributed by Len Aspden
News Event 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 Tonnage 65,863
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 location 60 nautical miles east of Cape May (New Jersey, U.S.A.) Port of Registry Liverpool Arrived from Jamaica after a West Indies Cruise Gross Tonnage 27,284 Cargo carried on arrival Passengers Deadweght Tonnage 9,400
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 location Richmomd (Virginia, USA) Port of Registry London Net Tonnage 4,249 Gross Tonnage 7,120 Deadweght Tonnage 10,244
News Event 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 from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, U.K. Net Tonnage 228 Master of vessel on arrival J Wood Gross Tonnage 513 Draught aft on arrival 12' 06" Deadweght Tonnage 720 Cargo carried on arrival Scrap metal Ships agent Burns & Laird Lines, Ardrossan Harbour
News Event 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 from Stornoway (Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Glasgow (Scotland, U.K.) Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, U.K. Gross Tonnage 120 Master of vessel on arrival William "Bill" Heath Draught aft on arrival 8' 00" Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board Ships agent R 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 from Belfast (Northern Ireland, U.K.) Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, U.K. Reg Tonnage 240 Master of vessel on arrival D McKinnon Gross Tonnage 452 Draught aft on arrival 12' 06" Deadweght Tonnage 550 Cargo carried on arrival Scrap metal Ships agent R 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 location Rotterdam (Netherlands) Port of Registry Leith Sailing for Hamburg (Germany) Net Tonnage 6,152 Gross Tonnage 10,294 Deadweght Tonnage 12,619
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 location Southampton (UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Port 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 location Manila (Philippines) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia) Net Tonnage 4,646 Gross Tonnage 7,804
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	BENLEDI (1965-1972 General cargo liner 563 feet long of Ben Line, Edinburgh)	Own Page
BENLEDI at Hamburg for Rotterdam
Ship's location Hamburg (Germany) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Rotterdam (Netherlands) Net Tonnage 6,522 Gross Tonnage 11,898 Deadweght Tonnage 13,785
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 location Singapore Port of Registry Leith Sailing for Hong Kong Net Tonnage 6,001 Gross Tonnage 10,325 Deadweght Tonnage 12,010
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 location Kaohsiung (Taiwan) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Hong 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 location Rejang (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Cebu (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 location Liverpool (UK) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Hamburg (Germany) Gross Tonnage 8,079 Deadweght Tonnage 11,270
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	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 location Hong Kong Port of Registry Leith Sailing for Yokohama (Japan) Gross Tonnage 10,355 Deadweght Tonnage 12,100
News Event 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 location Port Said (Egypt) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for London (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 location Djibouti (Capital city of the country Djibouti in East Africa) Port of Registry Leith (Scotland, UK) Sailing for Aden (Yemen) Net Tonnage 4,665 Gross Tonnage 7,877
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 from Calcutta and Madras (both in India) via Liverpool Port of Registry Glasgow Arrived in berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow ... with her head south Gross Tonnage 8,035 Sailing for Mombasa and Tanga via Swansea Sailed from berth 8 King George V Dock, Glasgow ... with her head south Draught forward on arrival 17' 06" Draught aft on arrival 24' 06" Cargo carried on arrival General cargo 112 tons Commenced discharge of inward cargo 15 November @ 1730 Stevedore discharging inward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Co. Ltd., King George V Dock, Glasgow S.W.1. Tel. GOVan 2241 Completed discharge of inward cargo 16 November @ 1530 Commened loading outward cargo 15 November @ 1730 Outward cargo General cargo 1,100 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedoring Co. Ltd., King George V Dock, Glasgow S.W.1. Tel. GOVan 2241 Completed loading outward cargo 19 November @ 1600 Draught forward on sailing 10' 10" Draught aft on sailing 21' 09" Ships agent Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd., 109 Hope Street, Glasgow Tel 041 221 7050 Telex 778133 Sailed 19 November @ 1705 for Mombasa and Tanga via Swansea
News Event 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 from Leith (Scotland, UK) Port of Registry Hartlepool (England, UK) Arrived in berth 6a / 7 King George V Dock, Glasgow : with her head south Sailing for Birkenhead then to Bombay (now known as Mumbai, India) and Colombo (Ceylon = now known as Sri Lanka) Sailed from berth 6 / 6a King George V Dock, Glasgow : with her head south Draught forward on arrival 10' 06" Draught aft on arrival 21' 01" Cargo carried on arrival Light ship = no cargo on board Commened loading outward cargo 11 December at 0800 Outward cargo General cargo 1,007 tons Stevedore loading outward cargo Renfrew Stevedores, King George V Dock, Glasgow Completed loading outward cargo 12 December at 1400 Draught forward on sailing 13' 07" Draught aft on sailing 21' 05" Vessel bunkered 12 December bunkered wIth 304 tons of fuel oil from oiler INVERTEST Ships agent Agents for ship were J & J Denholm, Glasgow : vessel was on charter to Clan Line Sailed 1530 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 Registry New 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 Registry New York (USA)
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 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 Registry New York (USA) Gross Tonnage 9,150
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 Registry London (England, UK) Net Tonnage 6,299 Gross Tonnage 10,716
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 Registry Glasgow Gross Tonnage 11252
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 Registry Glasgow
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 Registry Glasgow (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 Registry London (England, UK)

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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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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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