L-R Iain Munro (son of John Munro), Danny Cassidy, Adam McClelland, Jim Smith, Billy McLean, Davy Howell, Davy Anderson, Kenny McMillan, George Nelson, Billy Galbraith, Jock Kerr, Iain McCallum, John Campbell, Peter McCallum and Bobby Wylie. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. We’d like to thank everyone who came along to…
Karen Anne INS 61 (Yard No. 68) was built in 1984 for Ronald Main and Partners of Lossiemouth. We are grateful to Leslie Howarth for sharing this memorabilia with us. Karen Anne Launch Dinner Invitation. Ardshiel Hotel, Campbeltown, 12th October, 1984 (Front). Courtesy of Leslie Howarth. Karen Anne Launch…
We are grateful to David Tod of Anstruther for allowing us to share this piece from Commercial Fishing which was published in 1970. The article is about David’s stern trawler, St Adrian KY245 (Yard No. 2) which was built at Campbeltown Shipyard the same year as this was published. David’s…
The following images are from a leaflet that former Managing Director of Campbeltown Shipyard, Leslie Howarth, gave us to scan for the online archive. The text and images were originally published in “SHIP and BOAT” in November, 1968. The article describes the methods of construction, the costs involved and discusses…
This menu card made for a dinner to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Campbeltown Shipyard lists all the boats built up until that year (1979) from the Crimson Arrow CN30 (Yard no. 1) to the Spes Melior PD397 (Yard No. 047). We’re trying to decipher the signatures… so far we…
An invitation to the celebration dinner for the launch of the M.V. Orkney Reiver K49 from boats owners Tam Harcus and Partners, Westray, Orkney to Leslie Howard, Managing Director at Campbeltown Shipyard. The boat (Yard No. 65) was completed in 1983. Courtesy of Leslie Howarth. An invitation to a celebration…
[Front and Back] M.B. SUNBEAM INS 68 [Inside] MR. & MRS. W. SMITH & FAMILY request the pleasure of the company of Mr and Mrs L K Howard at the launching of the M.B SUNBEAM INS 68 from Campbeltown Shipyard on MONDAY, 16th FEBRUARY, 1987 M.B.Sunbeam INS 68 launch invitation…
Jim Smith, who worked in the drawing office at Campbeltown Shipyard, has sent in theses scans of extracts from an article written by James McBeth for the Daily Record, Friday, February 1987. The article focuses the building of the Sunbeam INS 68 (Yard No. 77) which as commissioned by skipper,…
We are very grateful to Malina McMcAuley for handing in this article by Bob Tomlinson from the Daily Record, published on Monday 4th April 1977. Malina’s father, John McMillan, is the former ploughman mentioned in the article: For 22 years John McMillan worked as a ploughman near Campbeltown. Four years…
Willie MacCallum during his apprenticeship at Campbeltown Shipyard. This photo was taken after a launch. Photo courtesy of William MacCallum. APPRENTICESHIP On applying to Campbeltown Shipyard for work, I was interviewed by Tom McArthur who was the Engineering Foreman at that time. I was successful in starting a 4 year…
