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 AJ McConnachie for allowing us to add these photos of the Arkh Angell DA 33 (Originally K616 – Yard No. 88) to the archive. She was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1990 and was originally commissioned by Skipper Kenny Bain of Orkney. These photos show her…
The following article cutting comes to us courtesy of Andrew Bremner of Wick. Andrew thinks this it was published in Fishing News c. 1979. The article talks about the Boy Andrew WK 171 (Yard no. 44) which was commissioned by Norrie Bremner and built in 1979 at Campbeltown Shipyard. Campbeltown…
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,…
Dinner invitation to celebrate the launch of Fife Skipper David Smith’s Campbeltown-built fishing boat, the Argonaut IV KY 157 (Yard No. 32) in May 1976. The dinner was held at the Craw’s Nest Hotel, Anstruther, hence the “Craw’s Nest Stuffing”. Courtesy of Leslie Howarth. Argonaut IV KY 147 (Yard No….
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…
Some of the “Shipyard” participants at our TSC session at Campbeltown Town Hall, 5th August 2019. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. Hi folks, I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who came along the session that we held at Campbeltown Town Hall on Monday 5th…
