Lifeboat Station : Girvan
Main Contact Details
Knockcushan Street, Girvan, Strathclyde
KA26 9AG
Telephone
(01465) 714454
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Station Information
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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Mechanic Robert McMaster
Telephone
01465 714454
Station Opening Times
9am - 5pm weekdays. Groups by appointment Don't Miss: Crew training - 7pm - 9pm Monday
Shop
Open daily Jun - Oct 2pm - 4pm Mon - Sat Open Sundays Jul and Aug and two days in November Tel: 01465 715285
About this station
Girvan has had a lifeboat launching off the south west coast of Scotland for 140 years, providing search and rescue cover for both commercial and leisure mariners. Today’s station operates an all weather Mersey class lifeboat.Recent launches in scotland (BST)
07/10/2008
Buckie - 13:5306/10/2008
Troon - 18:2506/10/2008
Broughty Ferry (Dundee) - 02:57
Last Launch
01/09/2008
RNLI on Channel 5 tonight
07/10/2008
By: Rachel Martin
Stornoway RNLI lifeboat crew will feature on Channel Five's Highland Emergency at 7.30pm tonight (Tuesday 7 October).
New D class at Aberdeen
02/10/2008
By: Rachel Martin
Aberdeen's new D class lifeboat was officially named James Bissett Simpson on 20 September.
Holiday family found aground
29/09/2008
By: Martin Douglas
Loch Ness lifeboat crew were training on Sunday morning, 28 September, at 8am when they came across the motor cruiser Teal aground in Urquhart Bay, Drumnadrochit.
Queensferry lifeboat tows yacht in
05/08/2008
By: Hamish Campbell
Queensferry lifeboat rescued a couple yesterday after their 14m yacht broke an engine shaft off Hound Point in the Firth of Forth.
Beer festival raises over £13,000 for Broughty Ferry lifeboat station
08/07/2008
By: Dr Andrew Jeffrey, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer
Fisherman's Tavern Beer Festival raises record-breaking £13,064 for Broughty Ferry RNLI lifeboat station