We are very grateful to Professor Ronald Roberts for writing up this very interesting piece about the Campbeltown-built RV Halcyon (Yard No. 07), which was commissioned for service as a tropical hydrographic research vessel in 1971. He writes…… The Lake Turkana Survey was carried out by RV Halcyon and represents…
Celebration dinner-dance for the MB Argyll. The Argyll INS 217 (Yard no. 62) was built at Campbeltown Shipyard for Brian Walker and Partners of Burghead in 1982. She is still fishing and is registered in Ireland Roise Catriona T 100. This celebratory dinner-dance invitation comes to us courtesy of Leslie…
We are grateful to Jock Kerr for bringing this fine photograph of the Guardian Angell LK 535 (Yard no 91) to the archive It was taken during her sea trials in Campbeltown Loch in 1992. We think that it may have been taken by local photographer, Gordon Hunter. The Guardian…
We are very grateful to Mark Vesey of the Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre for sending us these photos, which are part of the George Coull Collection. They are images of the Maggie M MBE SH 170 (Yard no. 81) which was commissioned by Robert Mainprize of Scarborough and was built…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie for sharing these photos of the Adonis LK 172 (Yard No. 70) taken in 1985 at Campbeltown Shipyard. The Adonis was commissioned by Duncan Cumming of Burra, Shetland. This collection also has some photos of launch day. There is an article about the Adonis,…
This newspaper article was published by Campbeltown Courier on the 26th of February, 1970, and follows on from the launch of Campbeltown Shipyard’s first boat, The Crimson Arrow CN 30 (Yard No. 1), on the 18th February, 1970. The vessel was commissioned by a local Campbeltown Skipper, James MacDonald. The…
We are very grateful to Jim Smith, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for allowing us to share his collection of photos from his time at the yard. Read more about Jim here. Sunbeam LK 335 (Yard no. 76) at the time of her launch. Photo courtesy of Jim Smith. Sunbeam…
Campbeltown Shipyard – Photo courtesy of Bobby Wylie. Hi Folks, Stuart Mack of McDuffs Shipyard Ltd, who is based at the McDuff’s shipyard in Buckie, has been in touch to say they that have an archive of Campbeltown Shipyard drawings and calculations. I, for one, was very excited to hear…
Radar’s tail got injured and the vet cut it off. He was called Radar because he always knew when it was piece time. I think the other cat was called Wee Tommy, although it was a female, it was called after Tommy Galbraith . I remember every day of the…
We are grateful to A.J. McConnachie for these photos. We’ll be adding more of AJ’s photos as the project progresses. It’s great to see what the Campbeltown-built Guardian Angell (Yard No. 91 – 1992), renamed Courageous, looks like now. Here are a few photos of Courageous LK.272, ex-…
