Lifeboat Station : Kirkcudbright
Main Contact Details
Dee Road, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway
DG6 4XQ
Telephone
(01557) 330425
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Mr John Collins
Telephone
01557 331475
Station Opening Times
10am - 12pm
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
About this station
Providing search and rescue coverage from Southerness Point to Scares Rocks, Luce Bay in the Solway Firth, a lifeboat has been based at Kirkcudbright for over 140 years. Today, the station operates an inshore B class lifeboat.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
11/10/2008
Helensburgh - 18:0911/10/2008
Largs - 14:0511/10/2008
Queensferry - 12:45
Last Launch
23/08/2008
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
Busy Sunday for Arran
08/07/2008
By: Allan Little
Arran's B class lifeboat The Boys' Brigade was called out twice on Sunday, helping rescue a yacht with a fouled propeller and a family that had been swept out to sea on their dinghy.