We are very grateful to Ronnie Young for this article about the Campbeltown-built Maggie M MBE SH 170 (Yard No 81) which was written by Hugh Allen and published in Fishing News on 15th April, 1988. The Maggie M MBE was built for Scarborough Skipper, Bob Mainprize, and was named…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard, for this collection of photos which gives us an insight into working life at the yard. Some of the photos show the Defiant LK 371 (Yard No. 79) nearing completion so the photos must have been taken during 1987. The…
We’re very grateful to Bob Mainprize of Scarborough for allowing us to share the second video of the sea trials of his boat, Maggie M MBE SH 170 (Yard no.81). She was built at Campbeltown Shipyard during 1987 and was launched the following year – her sea trials took place…
We are very grateful to Ronnie McNally, former Foreman Loftsman, at Campbeltown Shipyard for these photos. Ronnie put this collection together of around a 100 photos of boats that were built at the yard. They were displayed on the wall of the loft at the yard during the time that…
We’re very grateful to Bob Mainprize of Scarborough for allowing us to share this wonderful video of the sea trials of his boat, Maggie M MBE SH 170 (Yard no.81). She was built at Campbeltown Shipyard during 1987 and was launched the following year – her sea trials took place…
We’re very grateful to Bob Maniprize of Scarborough for allowing us to share this wonderful video of the construction of his boat, Maggie M MBE SH 170 (Yard no.81), which was built at Campbeltown Shipyard during 1987 – she was launched the following year. The video quality isn’t as great…
Here we have another collection of photos from Bobby Wylie, formerly of Campbeltown Shipyard. These are of the Maggie M MBE SH 170 (Yard No. 81) which was built for Bob Mainprize of Scarborough in 1988 at Campbeltown Shipyard. We are, as always, very grateful to Bobby for sharing these…
We are very grateful to Sam Henderson, co-author of Fishing Boats of Campbeltown Shipyard, for allowing us to share this collection of photos of Campbeltown- built boats. Sam and Peter Drummond’s book, a labour of love, is painstakingly researched, documenting the history of Campbeltown-built fishing vessels up until 2009. Advance…
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…
This article, “Breakthrough Order for Campbeltown” was published in the Campbeltown Courier on 4th Sept 1987. This was at the time of the launch of the Defiant LK371 (Yard No. 79). Defiant was built for Skipper Magnus Stewart and Partners of Shetland in 1987. There is also mention of the…
