“YARD’S SUCCESS IN EIRE” was published in the Campbeltown Courier on 15th April, 1971, and is a piece about Campbeltown Shipyard’s involvement in the World Fishing Exhibition in Eire and the reception there given to one of its vessels, Strathyre II LH 200 (Yard No. 005), commissioned and built for…
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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…
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…
Karen Anne INS 61 (Yard No. 68) was built in 1984 for Ronald Main and Partners of Lossiemouth. We are grateful to Leslie Howarth for sharing this memorabilia with us. Karen Anne Launch Dinner Invitation. Ardshiel Hotel, Campbeltown, 12th October, 1984 (Front). Courtesy of Leslie Howarth. Karen Anne Launch…
Jim Smith, who worked in the drawing office at Campbeltown Shipyard, has sent in theses scans of extracts from an article written by James McBeth for the Daily Record, Friday, February 1987. The article focuses the building of the Sunbeam INS 68 (Yard No. 77) which as commissioned by skipper,…