Reservoirs & lochs · Scottish Highlands
Helensburgh Lifeboat Station
Helensburgh Lifeboat Station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
About
Helensburgh Lifeboat Station is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Helensburgh Lifeboat Station is actually located at Rhu Marina, in the village of Rhu, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the town of Helensburgh. The station is situated on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde, at the entrance to Gare Loch, formerly in Dunbartonshire, now in the administrative region of Argyll and Bute. An Inshore lifeboat was first stationed at Helensburgh by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in June 1965. The station currently operates a B-class (Atlantic 85) Inshore lifeboat, Angus and Muriel Mackay (B-903), on station since 2017.
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Background
History
In 1964, in response to an increasing amount of water-based leisure activity, the RNLI placed 25 small fast Inshore lifeboats around the country. These were easily launched with just a few people, ideal to respond quickly to local emergencies. More stations were opened, and in June 1965, a lifeboat station was established at Helensburgh, with the arrival of a Inshore lifeboat, the unnamed (D-66). The lifeboat had been funded by the local RNLI Ladies Guild. In 1971, the RNLI sent a trial twin-engine lifeboat to the station. Formerly designated as a lifeboat, this was later changed to . These trial lifeboats have been come to be known as the Atlantic 17. Helensburgh had a succession of trial…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 56.0131, -4.7734
- Address
- Rhu Marina, Rhu,
- Established
- 1965
- Official site
- rnli.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q108283769 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Helensburgh Lifeboat Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Helensburgh Lifeboat Station?
- Helensburgh Lifeboat Station is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.
- When was Helensburgh Lifeboat Station built?
- Built or established in 1965.
- Who owns Helensburgh Lifeboat Station?
- Helensburgh Lifeboat Station is owned by border|23px Royal National Lifeboat Institution.