We are very grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this collection of photos of the Campbeltown-built Guardian Angell K 535 (Yard No. 91) which was launched in 1992. She was built for Balfour Bain & Partners, Kirkwall, Orkney. These photos were taken at the time of her…
Fishing Boats
We are very grateful to Ronnie McNally, former Foreman Loftsman, at Campbeltown Shipyard for these photos. Ronnie put this collection together of around 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 Ronnie…
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…
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…
We are very grateful to Aonghus Donohue and his father, Coleman, for these pictures of the Kiloran G 209. She was originally built at Campbeltown Shipyard as Kiloran INS 10 (Yard No. 63) in 1983 for Lorant Andrews of Lossiemouth. Kiloran INS 10 became the Rosemount PD 313 in 1999…
We are very grateful to Gloria Wilson for allowing us to share an article written by her for Fishing News about the Campbeltown-built Terra Nova A 219 (Yard No. 9), built forDennis Wilson of Aberdeen. The article was published on 10th March, 1972. Gloria is a writer and artist who…
At the same time as working on the Top Skipper’s’ Choice project, I have been gathering shipyard-related video testimony from around Scotland. Myself and Paul Barham travelled to Anstruther, Fife, earlier this year to meet with various skippers from the East Neuk of Fife. This particular interview is with Colin…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this comprehensive collection of photos of the Marigold INS 241 (Yard No. 86) at the time of her launch and sea trials. There are so many photos that we have made two entries on the archive (you can view…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this comprehensive collection of photos of the Marigold INS 241 (Yard No. 86) at the time of her launch. There are so many photos that we have made two entries on the archive (you can view the first part…