PROVOST PRAISES SHIPYARD is a piece about the Aquarian CN 42 (Yard no. 6) built in 1971 for Campbeltown Skipper, Archie Galbraith. It was published in the Campbeltown Courier on 6th May 1971. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. PROVOST PRAISES SHIPYARD – Campbeltown Courier – 6th May, 1971. Courtesy of Campbeltown…
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We are very grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for another excellent collection of photos, this time of the Wave Sheaf LK 134 (Yard No. 80) built for Thomas Goodlad of Hanavoe, Shetland, in Campbeltown in 1987. We will shortly be adding a recent collection of photos of…
We are grateful of Campbeltown Library for this piece.”AWAY SHE GOES” – a piece published in the Campbeltown Courier on 24th September, 1970, about the Campbeltown-built M.S.C. Surveyor No. 1. Surveyor was built for Manchester Ship canal Company. “AWAY SHE GOES” – a piece published in the Campbeltown Courier on…
We are grateful to Campbeltown Library for these pieces published in the Campbeltown Courier, between November 1970 and February 1971 – they feature stories about the Campbeltown-built Strathyre II LH 200 (Yard No. 005) which was built for Andrew Murdoch of Port Seton in 1971. “Trawler order for the Shipyard”…
We are very grateful to Skipper John Tait and his wife, Pamela, of Fraserburgh, for sharing these press cuttings with us. They are all are related to John’s Campbeltown-built boat, Sunrise FR 359 (Yard No. 67) which was built in 1984. We have more information, images and memorabilia from the…
LOCAL TRAWLER ORDER FOR SHIPYARD. Article about Steadfast LH 90 – Yard No. 04 in the Campbeltown Courier, 20th August, 1970. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. The Steadfast was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1970 for John Horne of Eyemouth. The featured photo of her is as the Peter M taken…
Following on from SKDT’s Top Skippers’ Choice school visits at the beginning of September, 2019, former plater and welder at Campbeltown Shipyard, Arthur Crossan, gave Dalintober Primary School P6 pupils and their class teacher Mrs E. Campbell a guided tour of the site where the shipyard was once situated, at…
We are very grateful to Peter Drummond, co-author of Fishing Boats of Campbeltown Shipyard, for allowing us to share this collection of photos of Campbeltown-built boats. Peter and Sam Henderson’s book, a labour of love, is painstakingly researched, documenting the history of Campbeltown-built fishing vessels up until 2009. We will be…
We are grateful to Danny Galbraith for this photo of Archie Galbraith’s boat, The Aquarian CN 42 (Yard No. 6), which was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1971. She is pictured here sailing in Campbeltown Loch with Campbeltown Shipyard, Trench Point and Davaar Island in the background. It’s likely that…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie for the following photos. Karen Anne – INS.61 – Yard No 68 – was built in 1984 at Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd but these photos were taken when she returned to the yard in for refit work in 1988. Campbeltown-built Alison Kay – LK.57 –…



