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 Gordon Wilson, a former employee of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this photo of him with the then Secretary for State for Scotland, Malcolm Rifkind. Gordon remembers that the yard had been working on the Thorsvoe (Yard No. 89) in 1990, a ferry launched in 1991 and which…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for sharing his memorabilia with us. This particular archive entry is an article about the Campbeltown-built Marigold INS 241 (Yard No. 86), Focus on Scotland: Marigold. The Marigold was built for the Wyvis Fishing Co. and skippered by Alex Patience of Avoch….
Article in Fishing News about a new design from Campbeltown Shipyard, for the Shemarah II LH 65 (Yard No. 97), commissied by Douglas Moodie & Son of Longniddry, East Lothian. This was published in Fishing News on 9th December, 1994 and comes to us courtesy of Ronnie Young of Shetland….
Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 30th June, 1978, which talks about the launch of the Fram VN 449 (Yard No. 41), an 87′ boat built at Campbeltown Shipyard for H. Christophersen & Partners of Vestmanna, the Faroe Islands. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Article published in the Campbeltown Courier…
CAMPBELTOWN LAUNCHES SIXTEENTH 80-FOOT SEINER. Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 2nd September, 1976, which talks about the launch of the Fear Not INS 197 (Yard No. 33), an 80′ boat built at Campbeltown Shipyard for John McKenzie & Partners of Elgin. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Article published in…
WHAT A BOAT! – Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 18th February, 1971, about the launch of Strathyre II LH 200 (Yard No. 5). She was built for Andrew Murdoch of Port Seton. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Read another article about Strathyre II here. WHAT A BOAT! – 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 are very grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for these photographs of the Sunbeam INS 68 (Yard No. 77). She was built for W. S. Smith & Partners, Lossiemouth in 1987. She was decommissioned in 2002. Sunbeam INS 68 (Yard No. 77) at the time of her…
We are very grateful to Darren Purves, from the Isle of Man, for these very recent photos of two veteran Campbeltown-built boats: Peter M PL 25, built as Steadfast LH 90 (Yard No. 4) in 1970 and Chelaris MT 23 which was built as Jacquelyn Stuart LH 159 (yard No….
