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-…
Here is an article ‘Shetland’s record year’, published in Fishing News, in November 27, 1987 which features a photograph of Campbeltown built Adonis LK 172 (Yard no. 70) commissioned and built for D. Cummings, Shetland, in 1985. Article and photos by Jim Nicholson. Courtesy of Bobby Wylie. Article “Shetland’s record…
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….
Safe passage and good fishing with your new vessel. This article was published in Campbeltown Courier c. 1986 and comes to us courtesy of Leslie Howarth. “Another Success for Campbeltown Shipyard” talks about the Campbeltown Shipyard 87′ boat design and about the launch of the Ardent II INS 127 (Yard…
Steadfast – published in Commercial Fishing c. 1970/71. [Page 66]. Courtesy of Darren Purves. Steadfast – published in Commercial Fishing c. 1970/71. [Page 67]. Courtesy of Darren Purves. We are grateful to Darren Purves of the Isle of Man for sharing this article published in Commercial Fishing Magazine (c. 1970)…
This is the second of two collections of photographs of the St Adrian KY 245 (Yard No. 2) which was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1970. She was designed by her skipper, David Tod, and we are grateful to him from for agreeing for us share these photographs. The photos…
In one picture… the men and women who filled Campbeltown Loch with Success A MOTLEY BUNCH of workers from the most unlikely of backgrounds have created a success story on the shores of Campbeltown Loch. They are former miners, general handymen, tradesmen and housewives without any tradition of shipbuilding. We…
Hi Folks – here we have a selection of photos from Sandy Cooper of Orkney, who was a crew member on the Campbeltown-built Arkh Angell K616 (Yard No. 88), for almost a decade. In my opinion the Arkh Angell was an awesome fishing machine, well fitted out, 30 odd feet…
Sandy Cooper, aged 19, crewman on the Arkh Angell K 616 (Yard No. 88), at the Arkh’s launch at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1990. Photo Courtesy of Sandy Cooper. I was aboard the Campbeltown built, fully Sheltered 87 footer Arkh from her launching in November 1990 until December 1998. I started…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie for letting us have this copy of an article published in Commercial Fishing in 1985 (Volume 12, No. 5). The article talks about the Campbeltown built 85-footer, the Adonis LK172 (Yard No. 70), which was built in 1985 for skipper, Duncan Cummings, of Burra…
