We are grateful to Jackie Green of Fraserburgh for allowing us to include this painting of the Campbeltown-built Connaught II FR 131 (Yard No. 075) by Thomas Buchanan, on our online archive. We would be interested to hear from anyone who has a painting of a Campbeltown Shipyard built boat….
We are very grateful to Sam Henderson, co-author of Fishing Boats of Campbeltown Shipyard, for allowing us to share this collection of photos of Campbeltown- built boats. Sam and Peter Drummond’s book, a labour of love, is painstakingly researched, documenting the history of Campbeltown-built fishing vessels up until 2009. Advance…
We are grateful to Leslie Howarth for this cutting about the Campbeltown-built Andromeda II INS 177 (Yard No. 72) She was built in 1985 for Skipper Angus Davison &Partners of Hopeman, Moray. Unfortunately we don’t know the source so, if you can help with that, please get in touch. £800,00…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie for sharing these photos with us of the launch of the Endeavour LK 173 (Yard no. 83) at Campbeltown Shipyard – built in 1988 for Brian Morrison and Partners, Shetland. The launch of the Endeavour LK 173 (Yard no. 83) at Campbeltown Shipyard –…
We are very grateful to Bobby Wylie, former boat designer at Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd, for this comprehensive collection of photographs of the Campbeltown-built Maranatha II UL33 (Yard No. 84) which was built in 1988 for Pitcairn Fishing Company of Lochinver. The Maranatha was renamed and renumbered Challenge UL 33 in…
We are grateful to AJ McConnachie for these photos taken in Peterhead, April, 2019. They are of two Campbeltown-built boats, Castlewood H 216 (formerly the Kestrel INS 253 – Yard No.40 – built – 1978) and Attain II H 332 (formerly the Spes Melior PD 397 Yard No. 47 –…
Two articles about Campbeltown Shipyard. The first about the launch of the Boy Andrew WK 170 IN 1986 and the second, Orders will go abroad, talks about the cash shortage for loans for fishing boats. The articles were written by Joyce West and published in Fishing News on 2nd May…
The once threatened Campbeltown Shipyard’s change of fortunes continues, with the news that a further two orders have been signed for Campbeltown-built fishing boats, and a number of other encouraging enquiries are in the pipeline. This article is from the Campbeltown Courier and comes to us courtesy of Leslie Howarth….
We are delighted to be sharing this collection of photos by Bobby Wylie. The Boy Andrew WK 170 (Yard No 74) was the second boat to be commissioned and built for the Bremner family of Wick. The first was the Boy Andrew WK 171 (Yard No. 44) which was built…
We are grateful to Darren Purves of the Isle of Man who has written this history of the Campbeltown-built Steadfast LH 90 (Yard No. 4). The Steadfast was the first boat I went to sea on, in 1997. I was 11, she was owned by my step-dad, Frankie Horne. I…
