This year in September myself and my other half, Paul Barham, (an architect when he’s not volunteering on this project!), took a cottage in Gardenstown or Gamrie, as it’s known by the locals. We took advantage of our trip to Banff and Buchan to visit the Campbeltown Shipyard archive at…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for sharing his memorabilia with us. This particular archive entry is an article about the Campbeltown-built Connaught FR 131 (Yard No. 75). The Connaught II was built for the Stephen Green of Fraserburgh. This article was published in Fishing News on 4th…
Jackie Green’s first memories of the launch his uncle Stephen’s boat, the Connaught II FR 131, were when he was only 4 years old. Jackie remembers being on a long bus journey with his family and others, on their way from Fraserburgh to Campbeltown. Jackie recalls, “There was a suitcase…
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….
This article about the crew of the Campbeltown-built Connaught II FR 131 (Yard no. 75) trying out new Mullion flotation suits, comes courtesy of Bobby Wylie. We’re trying to establish which publication this came from. Connaught II’s crew go for Mullion – 1987. Article Courtesy of Bobby Wylie. Related Images:…
The Connaught II FR131 (Yard No. 75) was built in 1986 at Campbeltown Shipyard for Stephen Green & Partners of Fraserburgh. This is an article from the Campbeltown Courier (Friday 4th July, 1986) which was given to us by Leslie Howarth. There are also some wonderful photos of the launch,…
