Success Story Last Friday afternoon was a highly significant day for Campbeltown Shipyard, with the launching of the first new boat from the yard for almost a year. Not very long ago, the yard’s future looked bleak with problems over the Common Market’s fishing policy causing skippers to back away…
We are grateful to AJ McConnachie for these photos taken in Peterhead, April, 2019. They are of two Campbeltown-built boats, Castlewood H 216 (formerly the Kestrel INS 253 – Yard No.40 – built – 1978) and Attain II H 332 (formerly the Spes Melior PD 397 Yard No. 47 –…
This article was published in Fishing News on 2nd April 1982, about two Campbeltown-built boats, The Valhalla III LH 67 (Yard No. 59) and the Auriga II LH 499 (Yard No. 58). Auriga II was built in 1981 for Skipper Jim Vanko and Valhalla was built in 1982 for Skipper…
We are grateful to AJ McConnachie for these photos of the Campbeltown-built Budding Rose PD 418 (Yard No. 87). These were taken in Peterhead in 2015. Budding Rose was built in 1990 for P & S Bruce of Peterhead. She is still fishing and is paired with another Campbeltown-built boat,…
Two articles about Campbeltown Shipyard. The first about the launch of the Boy Andrew WK 170 IN 1986 and the second, Orders will go abroad, talks about the cash shortage for loans for fishing boats. The articles were written by Joyce West and published in Fishing News on 2nd May…
The once threatened Campbeltown Shipyard’s change of fortunes continues, with the news that a further two orders have been signed for Campbeltown-built fishing boats, and a number of other encouraging enquiries are in the pipeline. This article is from the Campbeltown Courier and comes to us courtesy of Leslie Howarth….
We are delighted to be sharing this collection of photos by Bobby Wylie. The Boy Andrew WK 170 (Yard No 74) was the second boat to be commissioned and built for the Bremner family of Wick. The first was the Boy Andrew WK 171 (Yard No. 44) which was built…
We are very grateful to Professor Ronald Roberts for writing up this very interesting piece about the Campbeltown-built RV Halcyon (Yard No. 07), which was commissioned for service as a tropical hydrographic research vessel in 1971. He writes…… The Lake Turkana Survey was carried out by RV Halcyon and represents…
Peter Drummond, photographer of fishing boats and co-author of Fishing Boats of Campbeltown Shipyard. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. Peter Drummond is co-author, along with Sam Henderson, of the comprehensive book, Fishing Boats of Campbeltown Shipyard, published in 2009 by The History Press. Peter and Sam’s book, apart from documenting…
We are grateful to AJ McConnachie for allowing us to add these photos of the Arkh Angell DA 33 (Originally K616 – Yard No. 88) to the archive. She was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1990 and was originally commissioned by Skipper Kenny Bain of Orkney. These photos show her…
