The Halcyon, is launched into the beautiful but inhospitable Lake Turkana: There under the leadership of Campbeltown Marine engineer, John Carmichael, then working at the yard, the vessel was rebuilt by local labour and finally launched into the waters of Lake Turkana. Campbeltown Courier c. 1971 This newspaper cutting comes…
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 grateful to Bobby Wylie for these photographs of the Be Ready. Be Ready LK 377 (Yard No. 69) was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1885 for Theo Fullerton of Burra, Sheltand Isles. You can read more about Theo Fullerton and his boat in an article published in Fishing…
We are grateful to Darren Purves of the Isle of Man who has written this history of the Campbeltown-built Steadfast LH 90 (Yard No. 4). The Steadfast was the first boat I went to sea on, in 1997. I was 11, she was owned by my step-dad, Frankie Horne. I…
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…
