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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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
May - September 1pm - 4pm 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)
20/07/2008
Queensferry - 15:0220/07/2008
Kessock - 14:5920/07/2008
Arbroath - 14:50
Last Launch
Launched within 24 hours
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.
8 hours at sea for Peterhead crew
01/07/2008
By: Rachel Martin
Peterhead's Tamar class all-weather lifeboat was launched yesterday at 6.15am for a lengthy service to an 18m fishing boat.
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from Scotland in Compass, available here.
Give it some Wellie!
30/06/2008
By: Rachel Martin
The RNLI Yellow Wellie challenge was launched today at Newhaven harbour, Edinburgh.