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We are grateful to Ben Mathieson for this article about the Wanderer III published in Commercial Fishing in 1984. The Wanderer III BA 66 (Yard No. 66) was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1984 for D.Gibson, Prestwick and K. Gibson, Dunure. She is still fishing off the South West of…

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We are grateful to Ben Mathieson for this article about the Fidelis II published in Commercial Fishing in 1978. The Fidelis II FR 319 (Yard No. 19) was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1978 for S.Buchan and Partners, Fraserburgh. She was decommissioned in 2002 having been renamed Headway III PD…

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We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this article, “Back in the Hunt”, published in Fishing News on 16th February, 1996, about the Shemarah II LH 65 (Yard No. 97), a boat commissioned by G. Moodie & Sons Trawlers  Ltd, Longniddry. Report by Peter Johnson. Campbeltown Nets New…

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We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this cutting published in Fishing News 8th April, 1988 – Your Guide to Fishing 88. Your Guide to… Fishing 88 Published in Fishing News on 8th April, 1988. Courtesy of Ronnie Young Campbeltown Shipyard – Stand E7. Fishing 88. Published in…

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