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 very grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for these photographs of the Sunbeam INS 68 (Yard No. 77). She was built for W. S. Smith & Partners, Lossiemouth in 1987. She was decommissioned in 2002. Sunbeam INS 68 (Yard No. 77) at the time of her…
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 very grateful to Ronnie Young of Sandwick, Shetland, for sharing his memorabilia with us. We will be publishing his collected material about Campbeltown-built boats in various entries here on the online archive. In this entry we are publishing three photos of the signing of the contract for the…
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…
We are very grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for these photos of the Campbeltown-built Arkh Angell K 616 (Yard No. 88). The Arkh Angell which was built in 1990 for Kenneth Bain, Kirkwall, Orkney. As far as we are aware she is still fishing. If you know…
FIDELIS TAKES TO THE SEA and A “dressed over-all” Fidelis II – an article and a photograph from the Campbeltown Courier, both published on 3rd March, 1978 (Courtesy of Campbeltown Library). The article is about the launch of Fidelis II FR 319 (Yard No. 39) which was built at Campbeltown…
We are very grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this collection of photos of the Campbeltown-built Guardian Angell K 535 (Yard No. 91) which was launched in 1992. She was built for Balfour Bain & Partners, Kirkwall, Orkney. These photos were taken at the time of her…
