YARD TO BUILD OIL WORK BOATS – IF MEN ARE AVAILABLE – article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 12th December, 1974. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. YARD TO BUILD OIL WORK BOATS article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 12th December, 1974. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Related Images: Related posts:…
SHIPYARD CAN EXPAND – WILL OIL LET IT? – article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 24th August 1974 – courtesy of Campbeltown Library. SHIPYARD CAN EXPAND – article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 24th August 1974 – courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Related Images: Related posts: Yvonne’s a Smasher!…
We are very grateful to Gloria Wilson for allowing us to share an article written by her for Fishing News about the Campbeltown-built Kestrel INS 253 (Yard No. 40) built for Ian Sutherland of Hopeman. The article was published on August 11th, 1978. Gloria is a writer and artist who…
We are very grateful to Gloria Wilson for allowing us to share an article written by her for Fishing News about the Campbeltown-built Challenger II PD 212 (Yard No. 37) built for Andrew Strachan of Peterhead . The article was published on 17th February, 1978. Gloria is a writer and…
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…
We are very grateful to Gloria Wilson for allowing us to share her original manuscript for an article about Campbeltown Shipyard published in Fishing News in 1976. Gloria is a writer and artist who grew up in Surrey but who spent her childhood and teens in the Yorkshire fishing village…
I served a 4 1/2 year apprenticeship in Glasgow with James, Young & Cunningham Engineering in Robertson Street. This, coincidentally was the street where the Campbeltown buses used to park up when they arrived in the city. When I was 16 years old I moved to Campbeltown to work at…
Fidelia Launched – 5th Campbeltown 80-Footer. Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 5th July 1973 about Fidelia PD 94 (Yard No. 15) which was built for James Mair of Peterhead. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Fidelia Launched – 5th Campbeltown 80-Footer. Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 5th July…
Shipbuilding – A Tradition Revived by Leslie Howarth. An Article published in the Campbeltown Courier Centenary supplement, 5th July 1973. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Shipbuilding – A Tradition Revived by Leslie Howarth. Published in the Campbeltown Courier Centenary supplement, 5th July 1973. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Related Images: Related posts:…
Here we have some newspaper articles published in the Campbeltown Courier from 1971-1972 about the Halcyon (Yard No. 007), which built in Campbeltown Shipyard as a fisheries research vessel for Lake Turkana (formerly Lake Rudolf) in Kenya. She was commissioned by the Overseas Development Administration to carry out surveys of…
