‘SEINE NETTING TOPS WITH US’. We are grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for his collection of memorabilia and this archive entry comes courtesy of Ronnie – it’s an article published in Fishing News on 1st June, 1990 – Campbeltown Delivers 80ft ‘Budding Rose’ – a feature about the launch…
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Mr Iain McCormick, MP for Argyll, meets some Campbeltown Shipyard Workers on Tuesday Afternoon – An Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 8th September, 1978. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Can anyone identify the workers? If so, please email us. Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 8th September, 1978….
Article in Fishing News about a new design from Campbeltown Shipyard, for the Shemarah II LH 65 (Yard No. 97), commissied by Douglas Moodie & Son of Longniddry, East Lothian. This was published in Fishing News on 9th December, 1994 and comes to us courtesy of Ronnie Young of Shetland….
Hi Folks, Here are some dates for your diary: Deadline for archive entries: 30th November 2019 (We still can add material to the archive but just can’t guarantee it will be processed in time for the exhibition in Feb 2020 as I have to start curating and designing…
Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 30th June, 1978, which talks about the launch of the Fram VN 449 (Yard No. 41), an 87′ boat built at Campbeltown Shipyard for H. Christophersen & Partners of Vestmanna, the Faroe Islands. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Article published in the Campbeltown Courier…
CAMPBELTOWN LAUNCHES SIXTEENTH 80-FOOT SEINER. Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 2nd September, 1976, which talks about the launch of the Fear Not INS 197 (Yard No. 33), an 80′ boat built at Campbeltown Shipyard for John McKenzie & Partners of Elgin. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Article published in…
WHAT A BOAT! – Article published in the Campbeltown Courier on 18th February, 1971, about the launch of Strathyre II LH 200 (Yard No. 5). She was built for Andrew Murdoch of Port Seton. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Read another article about Strathyre II here. WHAT A BOAT! – Article…
We are grateful to Douglas McNaught, former Naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard, for sharing some of his archive with us. This archive entry is a document with the specification for a 33.5 metre well boat which was built as the Solea (Yard No. 85), for Golden Produce of Connel, Argyll…
We are grateful to Leslie Campbell, who runs the A Day in the Life of Kilkeel Harbour Facebook group (worth a look!), for the following information on the history of the Campbeltown Alert FR 147 (Yard No. 19) – 1974. We’re not sure who has taken the photographs that Leslie…
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…






