This large format leaflet for Thames Launch Works is here on the online archive thanks to David Tod of Anstruther. Thames Launch Works, which was based on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, built a 40″ steel hulled fishing vessel, the Gleaner CN 284, for Campbeltown Skipper, Cecil Finn. Thames Launch…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie (Pictured below, far left) for this article published in Scottish Fishing Weekly in April 1987. Rettie’s Roadshow – an article from Scottish Fishing Weekly published on 24th April, 1987. Pictured are (L-R) Bobby Wylie, ship designer, Gordon Ritchie, SFIA surveyor, Les Howarth, Managing Director,…
A big thank you to all the folks in Campbeltown who gave up their time last week for a chat: Cecil Finn, whose steel boat, the Gleaner CN 284, is part of the story of the link between Thames Launch Works on Eel Pie Island, Twickenham and the Thames Campbeltown…
