The second stern-trawler built at Campbeltown Shipyard will be launched next Thursday from the Trench Point yard, 10 weeks after the first, Crimson Arrow, slid into Campbetown Loch watched by a gallery of pressmen, official guests and townspeople. The launching on Thursday of the second trawler – as yet unnamed…
This newspaper article was published by Campbeltown Courier on the 26th of February, 1970, and follows on from the launch of Campbeltown Shipyard’s first boat, The Crimson Arrow CN 30 (Yard No. 1), on the 18th February, 1970. The vessel was commissioned by a local Campbeltown Skipper, James MacDonald. The…
6-8 pm Monday 5th August 2019 Campbeltown Town Hall, 54 Main Street, Campbeltown Anyone with a connection to Campbeltown Shipyard welcome. Related Images: Related posts: Second TSC archive session at Campbeltown Town Hall Some of the “Shipyard” participants at our TSC session… Final Top Skippers’ Choice Session – 14th…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie for this set of technical drawings. The plan, elevation and cross section are of the Boy Andrew WK 170 (Yard no. 74) which was commissioned by Andrew Bremner of Wick and built in 1986. Bobby Wylie, who was a boat designer, under Douglas McNaught,…
We are very grateful to Jim Smith, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for allowing us to share his collection of photos from his time at the yard. Read more about Jim here. Sunbeam LK 335 (Yard no. 76) at the time of her launch. Photo courtesy of Jim Smith. Sunbeam…
This article about the crew of the Campbeltown-built Connaught II FR 131 (Yard no. 75) trying out new Mullion flotation suits, comes courtesy of Bobby Wylie. We’re trying to establish which publication this came from. Connaught II’s crew go for Mullion – 1987. Article Courtesy of Bobby Wylie. Related Images:…
Campbeltown Shipyard – Photo courtesy of Bobby Wylie. Hi Folks, Stuart Mack of McDuffs Shipyard Ltd, who is based at the McDuff’s shipyard in Buckie, has been in touch to say they that have an archive of Campbeltown Shipyard drawings and calculations. I, for one, was very excited to hear…
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…
We are grateful to A.J. McConnachie for these photos. We’ll be adding more of AJ’s photos as the project progresses. It’s great to see what the Campbeltown-built Guardian Angell (Yard No. 91 – 1992), renamed Courageous, looks like now. Here are a few photos of Courageous LK.272, ex-…
Here is an article ‘Shetland’s record year’, published in Fishing News, in November 27, 1987 which features a photograph of Campbeltown built Adonis LK 172 (Yard no. 70) commissioned and built for D. Cummings, Shetland, in 1985. Article and photos by Jim Nicholson. Courtesy of Bobby Wylie. Article “Shetland’s record…
