We are grateful to Skipper David Tod for this drawing with plan sections of his boat, the St Adrian KY 245 (Yard No. 002). The St Adrian was built at Campbeltown Shipyard and launched in 1970. This drawing was done by George McGregor. Plan sections of the St Adrian KY…
The Boat Building Process
We are grateful to Douglas McNaught, former naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard, for sharing this specification workbook for Heather Bloom (Yard 92) which as built in 1992 for John McLeman of Avoch. This is preliminary workbook in preparation for adding information for electricians, which would show lighting, sockets etc. Pages…
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…
We are grateful to Douglas McNaught, former Naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard, for sharing some of his archive with us. This archive entry is a document with the specification for a 33.5 metre well boat which was built as the Solea (Yard No. 85), for Golden Produce of Connel, Argyll…
We’re very grateful to Bob Mainprize of Scarborough for allowing us to share the second video of the sea trials of his boat, Maggie M MBE SH 170 (Yard no.81). She was built at Campbeltown Shipyard during 1987 and was launched the following year – her sea trials took place…
Yvonne’s a smasher. This is an article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 4th November, 1977, is about the launch of the Challenger II PD 212 (Yard. No. 37), an 85 foot trawler which was commissioned for Andrew Strachan and Bill Innes of Peterhead. The boat was launched by Yvonne Strachan,…
We are grateful to Douglas McNaught, former Naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard, for sharing some of his archive with us. This archive entry is a letter from W. C. Keith, the managing director of Dauntless Marine Engineering and Supply Company Ltd, Banff, who was writing in response to an enquiry…
We are very grateful to Ronnie McNally, former Foreman Loftsman, at Campbeltown Shipyard for these photos. Ronnie put this collection together of around 100 photos of boats that were built at the yard. They were displayed on the wall of the loft at the yard during the time that Ronnie…
We are grateful to Douglas McNaught, former naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard, for sharing this “New Construction Agreement”, standard contract. It’s an interesting legal pro-forma that shows the terms on which the boats were built and paid for. New Construction Agreement, Campbeltown Shipyard. [Page 1]. Courtesy of Douglas McNaught. New…
We are very grateful to Douglas McNaught, former naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard, for sharing this brochure of General Arrangement Drawings and Specifications from c. 1970/1971. Campbeltown Shipyard brochure/booklet of General Arrangement Drawings and Specifications from c. 1970/1971. [Front]. Courtesy of Douglas McNaught. Campbeltown Shipyard brochure/booklet of General Arrangement Drawings…