Campbeltown Yard – Christens 2nd Fishing Boat for Ireland. Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 25th March, 1976. This article talks about the launch of the Crimson Dawn W 119 (Yard No 30) which was built at Campbeltown Shipyard for Sean O’Driscoll of Dunmore East, Ireland. Courtesy of Campbeltown…
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!…
A photograph of the Campbeltown-built Xmas Rose published in the Campbeltown Courier on 22nd November, 1973 at the time of her launch. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. The Xmas Rose FR 125 (Yard No. 16) was built for William Tait & Partners, Inverallochy. She has been renamed and renumbered twice as…
We are very grateful to Aonghus Donohue and his father, Coleman, for these pictures of the Kiloran G 209. She was originally built at Campbeltown Shipyard as Kiloran INS 10 (Yard No. 63) in 1983 for Lorant Andrews of Lossiemouth. Kiloran INS 10 became the Rosemount PD 313 in 1999…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this collection of photos of the Heather Bloom INS 110 (Yard No. 92) from the time of her launch in 1992. She was built for the Heather Fishing Company of Avoch, in the Black Isle. Sadly, on 3rd December…
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…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this comprehensive collection of photos of the Marigold INS 241 (Yard No. 86) at the time of her launch. There are so many photos that we have made two entries on the archive (you can view the first part…
We are very grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this collection of photos of the Campbeltown-built Defiant LK 371 (Yard No. 79) which was launched in 1987. She was built for Magnus Stewart & Partners of Shetland. These photos were taken during her sea trials. The Defiant…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this collection of photographs of the Campbeltown-built Alison Kay LK 57 (Yard No. 82) which was built in 1988 for John D. Anderson and Partners of Shetland. She is still fishing of as the Mizpah LK 173. Campbeltown-built Alison…
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…
