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….
‘SEINE NETTING TOPS WITH US’. We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for his collection of memorabilia and this archive entry comes courtesy of Ronnie – it’s an article published in Fishing News on 1st June, 1990 – Campbeltown Delivers 80ft ‘Budding Rose’ – a feature about the launch…
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 grateful to Leslie Campbell, who runs the A Day in the Life of Kilkeel Harbour Facebook group (worth a look!), for the following information on the history of the Campbeltown Alert FR 147 (Yard No. 19) – 1974. We’re not sure who has taken the photographs that Leslie…
We are grateful to Douglas McNaught, former Naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard, for sharing some of his archive with us. This archive entry includes correspondence between Heimdal Propulsion A-S, Norway and the Yard in Campbeltown and also performance diagrams for the PD-1850mm 19a (Ka-3-65 series) nozzle propeller. 3rd September, 1987….
We’re very grateful to Bob Mainprize of Scarborough for allowing us to share the second video of the sea trials of his boat, Maggie M MBE SH 170 (Yard no.81). She was built at Campbeltown Shipyard during 1987 and was launched the following year – her sea trials took place…
