Over the years Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd took part in a number of fishing exhibitions in London, Glasgow, Anstruther, Aberdeen and Dublin. Here are a couple of photos from Bobby Wylie of the Campbeltown Shipyard Stand at an exhibition which CSL attended around 1984. Jim Smith, former Technical Manager at CLS,…
Praise for the Shipyard – an article published in Campbeltown Courier on 31st August, 1979, about the launch of Resplendent PD 298 (Yard No. 46). She was commissioned by David John Forman & Partners, Peterhead. She was decommissioned in 2002. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Praise for the Shipyard – an…
WHEN THE BOW BREAKS! – an article published in Campbeltown Courier on 20th October, 1978 about the launch of Vesturbugvn VN 459 (Yard No. 42), the third boat built for Faroe Islands. She was commissioned by Daniel Jacobsen & Partners, Vestmanna. Vesturbugvn means “Man of the West”. Courtesy of Campbeltown…
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…
We are very grateful to Ronnie Young of Sandwick, Shetland, for sharing his memorabilia with us. We will be publishing his collected material about Campbeltown-built boats in various entries here on the online archive. In this entry we are publishing three photos of the signing of the contract for the…
We are very grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this collection of photos of the Campbeltown-built Guardian Angell K 535 (Yard No. 91) which was launched in 1992. She was built for Balfour Bain & Partners, Kirkwall, Orkney. These photos were taken at the time of her…
Yvonne’s a smasher. This is an article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 4th November, 1977, is about the launch of the Challenger II PD 212 (Yard. No. 37), an 85 foot trawler which was commissioned for Andrew Strachan and Bill Innes of Peterhead. The boat was launched by Yvonne Strachan,…
ON THE WAY IN! “Vón Voyage” at Launch of Trawler. This is an article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 8th July, 1977, about the launch of the Vón TN 381 (Yard. No. 36), an 87 foot trawler which was commissioned for Peter Nolsoe & Partners, Torshavn, Faroe Islands. The…
Campbeltown Built Boat Makes Record – An article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 5th August, 1976. This article talks about Skipper David Smith of Anstruther and his Campbeltown-built boat, Argonaut IV ,and how he broke the record for a New Seine Net Record Price of £12,351. Courtesy of Campbeltown…
Campbeltown Yard – Christens 2nd Fishing Boat for Ireland. Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 25th March, 1976. This article talks about the launch of the Crimson Dawn W 119 (Yard No 30) which was built at Campbeltown Shipyard for Sean O’Driscoll of Dunmore East, Ireland. Courtesy of Campbeltown…
