Telegram from Andrew Douglas Ltd, Campbeltown, congratulating Campbeltown Shipyard on the launch of the Crimson Arrow in 1970. Courtesy of McDuff Shipyards Archive. We are very grateful to Stuart Mack and Natalie Dawson of McDuff Shipyard in Buckie for making us welcome and for the use of their computers and…
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…
Arthur Crossan, former welder/plater at Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd from July 1975 to August 1980. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. In June 1975 I applied for a job at Campbeltown Shipyard through the schools careers teacher, Donald Leys. At that time there were plenty of opportunities for school leavers to gain…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie for the following photos. Karen Anne – INS.61 – Yard No 68 – was built in 1984 at Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd but these photos were taken when she returned to the yard in for refit work in 1988. Campbeltown-built Alison Kay – LK.57 –…
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…
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…
Here are the details for out last public drop-in session in Campbeltown: 14th October, 2019, 6-8 pm, Campbeltown Town Hall. Jan, the project coordinator, will also be available for scanning etc on Tuesday the 15th of October at the Town Hall (ask for her in reception). We will very likely…
We are very grateful to Bobby Wylie, former boat designer at Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd, for this comprehensive collection of photographs of the Campbeltown-built Maranatha II UL33 (Yard No. 84) which was built in 1988 for Pitcairn Fishing Company of Lochinver. The Maranatha was renamed and renumbered Challenge UL 33 in…
The Halcyon, is launched into the beautiful but inhospitable Lake Turkana: There under the leadership of Campbeltown Marine engineer, John Carmichael, then working at the yard, the vessel was rebuilt by local labour and finally launched into the waters of Lake Turkana. Campbeltown Courier c. 1971 This newspaper cutting comes…
We are grateful to AJ McConnachie for these photos of the Campbeltown-built Budding Rose PD 418 (Yard No. 87). These were taken in Peterhead in 2015. Budding Rose was built in 1990 for P & S Bruce of Peterhead. She is still fishing and is paired with another Campbeltown-built boat,…
