We are very grateful to Ben Mathieson for sending us these scans of Commercial Fishing from 1977 which features the Campbeltown-built Vón TN 381 (Yard no. 36) which was built for Peter Nolsoe of the Faroe Islands. Commercial Fishing – 1977 – Vol 8 – No. 6. Courtesy of Ben…
Newspaper articles
A short article courtesy of Ronnie Young of Shetland about the Shemarah II LH 65 (Yard No. 97). Published in Fishing News on 22nd December, 1995. Courtesy of Ronnie Young. New Campbeltown Yard Launched. Front page. Published in Fishing News on 22nd December, 1995. Courtesy of Ronnie Young. Related Images:…
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…
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…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this short article published in Fishing News on 11th October, 1996 about the launching of the hull of the Steadfast IV FR 443 (Yard No. 100) which was commissioned by Alex West/Steadfast Fishing Company, Fraserburgh. Latest hull launched – an article…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this article, “New Campbeltown Design Unveiled’, published in Fishing News on 26th April, 1991. This features the design for George Moodie & Sons’ boat, the Shemarah II – Yard No. 97. New Campbeltown Design Unveiled – Fishing News, 26th April, 1991….
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this article, ‘Campbeltown Order!’, published in Fishing News on 11th November 1994. The report is by Jim Mair and talks about the Campbeltown-built Shemarah II LH 65 (Yard No. 97) which was built for George Moodie & Sons of Longniddry in…
Campbeltown shows the Way – ‘ARKH ANGELL’: This article, written by Hugh Allen and published on the 4th January 1991 in Fishing News, comes to us courtesy of Ronnie Young of Shetland. The Arkh Angell K616 (Yard No. 88) was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1990 for Kenny Bain of…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this article published in Fishing News on 29th September, 1989. The article talks about how an order from brothers Peter and Stephen Bruce, of Peterhead, saved the 83-strong workforce at the yard from the threat of redundancy. The Bruces’ boat, the…
We are very grateful to Ronnie Young for this article about the Campbeltown-built Maggie M MBE SH 170 (Yard No 81) which was written by Hugh Allen and published in Fishing News on 15th April, 1988. The Maggie M MBE was built for Scarborough Skipper, Bob Mainprize, and was named…