Fishing boats

We’re grateful to former boat designer at Campbeltown Shipyard, Bobby Wylie, for this article published in Commercial Fishing in 1980.  The Polonia II B339 (Yard No. 51) was built for F. Zych & Partners, Ardglass, Norther Ireland.  Related Images: Related posts: Karen Anne refit – Photos from Bobby Wylie We…

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This article about the launch of the Donvale II LK137 (Yard No.71) was published in the Campbeltown Courier on 13th July, 1985. Courtesy of Leslie Howarth. Bound for Shetland. Campbeltown Courier, 13th July 1985. Courtesy of Leslie Howarth.   Related Images: Related posts: Breakthrough Order for Campbeltown This article, “Breakthrough…

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Nowadays it’s hard to imagine that Trench Point in Campbeltown was home to a thriving shipbuilding industry that dates from 1712. The last yard on the site was Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd, which over the span of its 27 year lifetime employed more than 250 people who, as a team, built…

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