Campbeltown Shipyard, Fleetwoods, Lossiemouth, Hopeman and Burghead My family owned Henry Fleetwood & Sons Ltd, mostly known as Fleetwoods, which closed just over 10 years ago as another victim of the fishing downturn and decline in shipbuilding in Scotland. I now work as a Marine Technical Superintendent in Oil and…
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…
Douglas McNaught, former naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. It was a pleasure to meet Douglas McNaught, who worked at Campbeltown Shipyard as a naval architect. Douglas has very kindly given us lots of material which we will be scanning for the online archive. We’re also…
We are very grateful to Ian Gourlay for sharing these photos of the Radiant Star FR 73. This special boat is almost 50 years old and was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1970 as the St Adrian KY 245 (Yard No. 002) for Anstruther skipper, David Tod, who also worked…
Arthur Crossan, former welder/plater at Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd from July 1975 to August 1980. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. In June 1975 I applied for a job at Campbeltown Shipyard through the schools careers teacher, Donald Leys. At that time there were plenty of opportunities for school leavers to gain…
Radar’s tail got injured and the vet cut it off. He was called Radar because he always knew when it was piece time. I think the other cat was called Wee Tommy, although it was a female, it was called after Tommy Galbraith . I remember every day of the…
My dad, John Munro, was a native of Caithness and was born near Wick in July 1923. During the early years of World War II he worked on a farm in Caithness, which was a reserved occupation. However he wanted to join the Merchant Navy but the farm owner would…
Malcolm Cook, former painter at Campbeltown Shipyard. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. Malcolm Cook began serving his time as a painter and decorator in Campbeltown with Jack McKinven Painter & Decorators and then finished his apprenticeship with McShannon and Duncan Painters & Decorators. In 1972 he started working at Campbeltown…
Billy “Twin” Morran worked as a welder at Campbeltown Shipyard. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo Billy Morran, locally known to Campbeltown folks as “Billy Twin”, served a three years apprenticeship, which he started in 1968, at Binder’s Engineering in Kinloch Road, Campbeltown, and then he served a further year in…
George Nelson, former plater at Campbeltown Shipyard, with his apprenticeship certificates from both the Campbeltown Shipyard and the Shipbuilding Industry Training Board. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. I started work at Campbeltown Shipyard as an apprentice plater and served my time from 1973 -1977. During my apprenticeship I attended Anniesland…
