We are grateful to Bobby Wylie for sharing these photos of the Adonis LK 172 (Yard No. 70) taken in 1985 at Campbeltown Shipyard. The Adonis was commissioned by Duncan Cumming of Burra, Shetland. This collection also has some photos of launch day. There is an article about the Adonis,…
Dinner invitation to celebrate the launch of Fife Skipper David Smith’s Campbeltown-built fishing boat, the Argonaut IV KY 157 (Yard No. 32) in May 1976. The dinner was held at the Craw’s Nest Hotel, Anstruther, hence the “Craw’s Nest Stuffing”. Courtesy of Leslie Howarth. Argonaut IV KY 147 (Yard No….
This article, “Breakthrough Order for Campbeltown” was published in the Campbeltown Courier on 4th Sept 1987. This was at the time of the launch of the Defiant LK371 (Yard No. 79). Defiant was built for Skipper Magnus Stewart and Partners of Shetland in 1987. There is also mention of the…
Some of the “Shipyard” participants at our TSC session at Campbeltown Town Hall, 5th August 2019. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. Hi folks, I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who came along the session that we held at Campbeltown Town Hall on Monday 5th…
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…
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:…
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-…
