The Guardian Angell K535 (Yard No. 091) was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1992 for Balfour Bain and Partners of Kirkwall, Orkney. You can view Bobby Wylie’s photos of the Guardian Angell’s launch here and of her sea trials in Campbeltown Loch here. In 1999 she was sold to M…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland this article, ‘Bigger ‘Adonis’ Returns to Sea’, published in Fishing News on 2nd September, 1988 – report by James Nicholson. This article relates to alternations made to the Campbeltown-built Adonis LK 172 (Yard No. 70, 1985) at the Malakoff Yard in Shetland. …
We are very grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this article from Fishing News, published on 23rd December, 1988. Shetland’s New ‘Endeavour’, by James Nicolson, is feature about the Endeavour LK 173 (Yard No. 83) which was built in 1988 at Campbeltown Shipyard for Brian Morrison and Partners of…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this article about the Campbeltown-built ‘Be Ready’ LK 377 (Yard No. 69). We have already published a photocopy of this article from Bobby Wylie but here we can view a scan of the original article, published on 20th March, 1987. You…
We are grateful to Theo Fullerton and his wife, Betty, for these photos of the launch of Theo’s boat, the Campbeltown-built Be Ready LK 377 (Yard No. 69), which was commissioned and constructed in 1984 and launched in January 1985 at Trench Point. You can view more photos by Bobby…
Campbeltown-built Be Ready – Photo courtesy of Ronnie McNally. We are grateful to Betty Fullerton of Burra, Shetland for sending us this link. It shows how the Campbeltown-built boat, Be Ready LK 377 (Yard no. 69), launched in 1989 for Theo Fullerton, went on fire on the 22nd January,…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this cutting of an article published in Fishing News on 1st June, 1990. July square mesh trials on ‘Sunbeam’. This article talks about a joint venture between Shetland Council and DAFS Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, to show whether square mesh released more…
An image of the Campbeltown-built Kestrel INS 121 (Yard No. 018) during her sea trials in Campbeltown. Published in the Campbeltown Courier on 16th May, 1974. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. The Premier INS 121 (formerly the Kestrel INS 121). Photo courtesy of Derk Main. Today is the the 29th…
SHIPYARD DOES IT THE RIGHT WAY – This is an article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 10th October, 1980 which talks about the launch of the Sunbeam LK 355 (Yard No. 52). She was built for for John Garriock & Partners, Reavick, Shetland. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. SHIPYARD DOES…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for sharing his memorabilia with us. This particular archive entry is an article by Hugh Allen about the Campbeltown-built Alison Kay LK 57 (Yard No. 82). The Alison Kay was built for the John David Anderson of Outer Skerries, Shetland. This article…
