We are grateful to Theo Fullerton and his wife, Betty, for these photos of the launch of Theo’s boat, the Campbeltown-built Be Ready LK 377 (Yard No. 69), which was commissioned and constructed in 1984 and launched in January 1985 at Trench Point. You can view more photos by Bobby…
John Lang Brown
We are very grateful to Ian McCallum for this piece about his time working at Campbeltown Shipyard. As you will see from the photos, Ian didn’t just work at the shipyard, he also played the pipes at the launches. Ian McCallum – far right: Fidelis II takes to the sea…
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…