We are grateful to Ben Mathieson for this article about the Wanderer III published in Commercial Fishing in 1984. The Wanderer III BA 66 (Yard No. 66) was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1984 for D.Gibson, Prestwick and K. Gibson, Dunure. She is still fishing off the South West of…
Sister Ship is Launched – an article about the launch of the Benaiah B 350 (Yard No. 55) which as built in 1981 for Dennis Johns, Analong. This article was published in the Campbeltown Courier on 10th April 1981. Courtesy of Campbelltown Library. Sister Ship is Launched – article published…
Campbeltown Yard – Christens 2nd Fishing Boat for Ireland. Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 25th March, 1976. This article talks about the launch of the Crimson Dawn W 119 (Yard No 30) which was built at Campbeltown Shipyard for Sean O’Driscoll of Dunmore East, Ireland. Courtesy of Campbeltown…
We are very grateful to Aonghus Donohue and his father, Coleman, for these pictures of the Kiloran G 209. She was originally built at Campbeltown Shipyard as Kiloran INS 10 (Yard No. 63) in 1983 for Lorant Andrews of Lossiemouth. Kiloran INS 10 became the Rosemount PD 313 in 1999…
“YARD’S SUCCESS IN EIRE” was published in the Campbeltown Courier on 15th April, 1971, and is a piece about Campbeltown Shipyard’s involvement in the World Fishing Exhibition in Eire and the reception there given to one of its vessels, Strathyre II LH 200 (Yard No. 005), commissioned and built for…
