We’re very grateful to Gary Nicolson, of Shapinsay, Orkney, for this set of photographs of the Campbeltown-built Thorsvoe Ferry which was built at the yard in 1991 and is still in service in Orkney. Here are some of my photos of the Campbeltown-built ferry, Thorsvoe. She was built for Orkney…
We are grateful to Gordon Wilson, a former employee of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this photo of him with the then Secretary for State for Scotland, Malcolm Rifkind. Gordon remembers that the yard had been working on the Thorsvoe (Yard No. 89) in 1990, a ferry launched in 1991 and which…
We are grateful to Finlay Oman for sharing his collection of photos of Campbeltown-built boats which he has taken during his travels with work around Scotland. I was born in Glasgow, but my father was the son of a Carradale fishermen, with uncles on both sides of the family being…
We are very grateful to Ronnie McNally, former Foreman Loftsman, at Campbeltown Shipyard for these photos. Ronnie put this collection together of around a 100 photos of boats that were built at the yard. They were displayed on the wall of the loft at the yard during the time that…
It’s great to see that the children from P6, Dalintober Primary School, Campbeltown Shipyard, have been carrying out research into the boats built at Campbeltown and have been interviewing the people who worked at the Yard – here are a few examples of their work sent in to us by…
Campbeltown Shipyard, Fleetwoods, Lossiemouth, Hopeman and Burghead My family owned Henry Fleetwood & Sons Ltd, mostly known as Fleetwoods, which closed just over 10 years ago as another victim of the fishing downturn and decline in shipbuilding in Scotland. I now work as a Marine Technical Superintendent in Oil and…
Hi Folks, I have put the following list of names, dates and vessel types together for the boats built at Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd, based on various sources, so please feel free to comment if it’s not a 100% accurate or needs adding too. I’ll be adding vessel dimensions too but…
