We are grateful to David Tod for passing on this article to us about the boat that he had built at Campbeltown Shipyard, the St Adrian KY 245 (Yard No. 002). The St Adrian was built at Trench Point 1969/1970 and launched at the end of April, 1970. The Development…
We are very grateful to Douglas McNaught, former naval architect at Campbeltown Shipyard, for sharing this brochure of General Arrangement Drawings and Specifications from c. 1970/1971. Campbeltown Shipyard brochure/booklet of General Arrangement Drawings and Specifications from c. 1970/1971. [Front]. Courtesy of Douglas McNaught. Campbeltown Shipyard brochure/booklet of General Arrangement Drawings…
Campbeltown Shipyard, Fleetwoods, Lossiemouth, Hopeman and Burghead My family owned Henry Fleetwood & Sons Ltd, mostly known as Fleetwoods, which closed just over 10 years ago as another victim of the fishing downturn and decline in shipbuilding in Scotland. I now work as a Marine Technical Superintendent in Oil and…
We are very grateful to Ian Gourlay for sharing these photos of the Radiant Star FR 73. This special boat is almost 50 years old and was built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1970 as the St Adrian KY 245 (Yard No. 002) for Anstruther skipper, David Tod, who also worked…
“AQUARIAN” LAUNCHED AT SHIPYARD was published in the Campbeltown Courier on 29th April, 1971 and is a piece about the launch of the Campbeltown-built Aquarian CN42 (Yard No. 006). Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. “AQUARIAN” LAUNCHED AT SHIPYARD – Campbeltown Courier – 29th April, 1971. Courtesy of Campbeltown Library. Related Images:…
“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…
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…
The second stern-trawler built at Campbeltown Shipyard will be launched next Thursday from the Trench Point yard, 10 weeks after the first, Crimson Arrow, slid into Campbetown Loch watched by a gallery of pressmen, official guests and townspeople. The launching on Thursday of the second trawler – as yet unnamed…
We are delighted to be adding first of two archive collections of photos given to us by skipper, David Tod, of Anstruther. These photos are of his Campbeltown built boat, St Adrian KY 245 (Yard No.2) built in 1970. Inside Campbeltown Shipyard – 1970. Photo courtesy of David Tod. Inside…
We are grateful to David Tod of Anstruther for allowing us to share this piece from Commercial Fishing which was published in 1970. The article is about David’s stern trawler, St Adrian KY245 (Yard No. 2) which was built at Campbeltown Shipyard the same year as this was published. David’s…
