We are grateful to Darren Purves of the Isle of Man who has written this history of the Campbeltown-built Steadfast LH 90 (Yard No. 4). The Steadfast was the first boat I went to sea on, in 1997. I was 11, she was owned by my step-dad, Frankie Horne. I…
We are very grateful to Professor Ronald Roberts for writing up this very interesting piece about the Campbeltown-built RV Halcyon (Yard No. 07), which was commissioned for service as a tropical hydrographic research vessel in 1971. He writes…… The Lake Turkana Survey was carried out by RV Halcyon and represents…
The following article cutting comes to us courtesy of Andrew Bremner of Wick. Andrew thinks this it was published in Fishing News c. 1979. The article talks about the Boy Andrew WK 171 (Yard no. 44) which was commissioned by Norrie Bremner and built in 1979 at Campbeltown Shipyard. Campbeltown…
We are grateful to A.J. McConnachie for these photos. We’ll be adding more of AJ’s photos as the project progresses. It’s great to see what the Campbeltown-built Guardian Angell (Yard No. 91 – 1992), renamed Courageous, looks like now. Here are a few photos of Courageous LK.272, ex-…
Two articles of interest in Fishing News related to Campbeltown-built boats, the Be Ready and the Donevale II. Celebration dinner for first winner of award Shetland Skipper, Theo Fullerton of the 80ft. ‘Be Ready’ has been chosen as the first winner of Fishing News’ Young Skipper of the Year Award….
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie for this article published in Fishing News, 18th November, 1981 – “Pair team to cash in on fishing turn up”. This is an article about two Campbeltown-built fishing vessels, the Heatherbelle III LH 272 (Yard No. 56) and the White Heather IV LH 1…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie for this article published in Fishing News on March 13th, 1987. “Rebuilding the fleet” looks at skipper, John Garriock’s Campbeltown built 87″ boat, the Sunbeam LK 335 (Yard No. 76). The Sunbeam was one of four boats built at Campbeltown Shipyard and which helped…
Maggie M MBE SH 170 (Yard No. 81) was built in 1988 for Robert Mainprize of Mainprize Trawler Co. Ltd, Scarbourough. She was the only boat to be commissioned for England. General arrangement drawings courtesy of Bobby Wylie. M.F.V. “Maggie M MBE”. Campbeltown Shipyard drawing. General arrangement drawing courtesy of…
Heatherbelle III LH272 (Yard No.56) was built in 1981 for W. Aitchison, Eyemouth. This report on her fishing trials is courtesy of Bobby Wylie. Report on the Fishing Trials of M.F.V. Heatherbelle III – Thursday 25th June, 1981. Courtesy of Bobby Wylie. Related Images: Related posts: “Pair team…
We’re grateful to former boat designer at Campbeltown Shipyard, Bobby Wylie, for this article published in Commercial Fishing in 1980. The Polonia II B339 (Yard No. 51) was built for F. Zych & Partners, Ardglass, Norther Ireland. Related Images: Related posts: Karen Anne refit – Photos from Bobby Wylie We…
