A short article courtesy of Ronnie Young of Shetland about the Shemarah II LH 65 (Yard No. 97). Published in Fishing News on 22nd December, 1995. Courtesy of Ronnie Young. New Campbeltown Yard Launched. Front page. Published in Fishing News on 22nd December, 1995. Courtesy of Ronnie Young. Related Images:…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this article, “Back in the Hunt”, published in Fishing News on 16th February, 1996, about the Shemarah II LH 65 (Yard No. 97), a boat commissioned by G. Moodie & Sons Trawlers Ltd, Longniddry. Report by Peter Johnson. Campbeltown Nets New…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this cutting published in Fishing News 8th April, 1988 – Your Guide to Fishing 88. Your Guide to… Fishing 88 Published in Fishing News on 8th April, 1988. Courtesy of Ronnie Young Campbeltown Shipyard – Stand E7. Fishing 88. Published in…
We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for this short article published in Fishing News on 11th October, 1996 about the launching of the hull of the Steadfast IV FR 443 (Yard No. 100) which was commissioned by Alex West/Steadfast Fishing Company, Fraserburgh. Latest hull launched – an article…
At the same time as working on the Top Skipper’s’ Choice project, I have been gathering shipyard-related video testimony from around Scotland. Myself and Paul Barham travelled to Anstruther, Fife, earlier this year to meet with various skippers from the East Neuk of Fife. This particular interview is with Colin…
Telegram from Andrew Douglas Ltd, Campbeltown, congratulating Campbeltown Shipyard on the launch of the Crimson Arrow in 1970. Courtesy of McDuff Shipyards Archive. We are very grateful to Stuart Mack and Natalie Dawson of McDuff Shipyard in Buckie for making us welcome and for the use of their computers and…
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…
David Tod, skipper and designer of St Andrian Ky 245 (Yard No. 2) built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1970. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. It was an absolute pleasure to meet skippers, David Tod and David Smith, yesterday at the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther. David Tod is pictured above…
A big thank you to all the folks in Campbeltown who gave up their time last week for a chat: Cecil Finn, whose steel boat, the Gleaner CN 284, is part of the story of the link between Thames Launch Works on Eel Pie Island, Twickenham and the Thames Campbeltown…
An invitation to the celebration dinner for the launch of the M.V. Orkney Reiver K49 from boats owners Tam Harcus and Partners, Westray, Orkney to Leslie Howard, Managing Director at Campbeltown Shipyard. The boat (Yard No. 65) was completed in 1983. Courtesy of Leslie Howarth. An invitation to a celebration…
