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…
“AQUARIAN” LAUNCHED AT SHIPYARD was published in the Campbeltown Courier on 29th April, 1971 and is a piece about the launch of the Campbeltown-built Aquarian CN42 (Yard No. 006). Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. “AQUARIAN” LAUNCHED AT SHIPYARD – Campbeltown Courier – 29th April, 1971. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Related Images:…
“YARD’S SUCCESS IN EIRE” was published in the Campbeltown Courier on 15th April, 1971, and is a piece about Campbeltown Shipyard’s involvement in the World Fishing Exhibition in Eire and the reception there given to one of its vessels, Strathyre II LH 200 (Yard No. 005), commissioned and built for…
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…
Arthur Crossan, former welder/plater at Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd from July 1975 to August 1980. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. In June 1975 I applied for a job at Campbeltown Shipyard through the schools careers teacher, Donald Leys. At that time there were plenty of opportunities for school leavers to gain…
Leslie Howarth, former managing director at Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd talking to the children at Dalintober Primary School, Campbeltown. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. One of the aims of SKDT’s Top Skippers’ Choice project was to reach out to local primary schools and to engage in some intergenerational work, so we…
