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…
We are very grateful to Peter Drummond, co-author of Fishing Boats of Campbeltown Shipyard, for allowing us to share this collection of photos of Campbeltown-built boats. Peter and Sam Henderson’s book, a labour of love, is painstakingly researched, documenting the history of Campbeltown-built fishing vessels up until 2009. We will be…
Success Story Last Friday afternoon was a highly significant day for Campbeltown Shipyard, with the launching of the first new boat from the yard for almost a year. Not very long ago, the yard’s future looked bleak with problems over the Common Market’s fishing policy causing skippers to back away…
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….
Success from the start for the latest version of Campbeltown 85 class of seiner – Commercial Fishing 1983 The Kiloran INS 10 (Yard No. 063) was built in 1983 for skipper, Lorant Andrews of Lossiemouth. The Cowrie INS 67 (Yard No. 64) was built in 1983 for skipper, Stuart Edwards…
