Herd & McKenzie or Buckie Shipyard Ltd are shipbuilders and repairers in Buckie

Buckie

Buckie is a burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. Buckie was the largest town in Banffshire by some thousands of inhabitants before regionalisation in 1975 removed that political division from the map of Scotland...

, Moray

Moray

Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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History

James Herd & Thomas McKenzie started building boats at the Crooked Hythe in Findochty

Findochty

Findochty is a village in Banffshire, Scotland, 4 miles east of the town of Buckie.Findochty stands on the shores of the Moray Firth. The Gaelic name of the village was recorded by Diack in his own transcription method as fanna-guchti which is unclear in meaning...

 in 1903. Between 1905 and 1915 they built 32 steam drifters. In 1918, the firm moved from Findochty

Findochty

Findochty is a village in Banffshire, Scotland, 4 miles east of the town of Buckie.Findochty stands on the shores of the Moray Firth. The Gaelic name of the village was recorded by Diack in his own transcription method as fanna-guchti which is unclear in meaning...

 to a new yard in Buckie

Buckie

Buckie is a burgh town on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. Buckie was the largest town in Banffshire by some thousands of inhabitants before regionalisation in 1975 removed that political division from the map of Scotland...

, at the eastern end of Cluny Harbour.

Buckie Shipyard are part of the Lithgow Group.

Services

Buckie Shipyard can build, convert, refit and repair ferries, tugs, workboats, yachts, pilot boats, MOD vessels, small cruise vessels, diving vessels, lifeboats, fishing boats and fish farm cages. They can slip vessels up to 850 tonnes in displacement and 70 metres in length. A new 1,600 sq. metres refit facility opened in 2003. It includes a state-of-the-art temperature and humidity controlled paint spray booth, capable of taking vessels up to 21m in length, 6m in beam and up to 50 tonnes. A 50 ton hydraulic slipway hoist transports vessels directly from the inner basin at Buckie Harbour into the refit hall.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, as well as on selected inland waterways....

 have been a major client for over 60 years, with all classes of RNLI lifeboat undergoing refit.

The yard has recently delivered two aluminium windfarm service catamarans, Penmon Point and Lynas Point to Turbine Transfers, for work in Belgium. Similar vessels are being built.

Ships built

Yard No	Name	Type	Launch	| Notes
	Captain Scott	Sail training schooner	1971	For the Dulverton Trust now Shabab Oman with Royal Navy of Oman
	Edlei	Fishing vessel	1975	GY455
	Aubretia	Fishing vessel	1986	BCK32
	Bonaventure	Fishing vessel	1987	LH111
		Ferry	4 April 1997	For Caledonian MacBrayne Caledonian MacBrayne Caledonian MacBrayne is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, and ferry services, between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands on Scotland's west coast...
	Penmon Point	Aluminium catamaran	2010	For Turbine Transfers
	Lynas Point	Aluminium catamaran	2010	For Turbine Transfers
Source: Ship Photos