Lifeboat Station : Helensburgh
Main Contact Details
Rhu Marina, Gairloch Road, Rhu, Helensburgh, Strathclyde
G84 8LH
Telephone
(01436) 820438
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Visitor Contact
Colin Gardiner
Telephone
01436 671152 (eve)
Station Opening Times
10:30am - 12pm Sunday; July - August 2:30pm - 4:30pm Wednesday or by appointment Don't Miss: Crew Training - 10:30am - 12pm Sunday
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
Located at Rhu, Helensburgh has celebrated 40 years as an inshore lifeboat station, providing cover for one of the busy pleasure craft areas on the Clyde. The boathouse has been highly commended in the Helensburgh & Lomond Planning Design Awards.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
08/07/2008
Eyemouth - 11:5308/07/2008
Buckie - 06:5208/07/2008
Buckie - 06:51
Last Launch
Launched this week
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
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.
Broughty Ferry called from exercise
26/06/2008
By: Andrew Jeffrey
Broughty Ferry lifeboats were out on a training exercise yesterday when the Coastguard asked the crews to investigate a yacht lying in an exposed position in the River Tay.