Lifeboat Station : Largs
Main Contact Details
Greenock Road North Promenade, Largs, Ayrshire
KA30 8PQ
Telephone
(01475) 675149
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Station Information
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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Dave Hewitt
Telephone
01475 675818
07785 593264
Station Opening Times
By appointment only
Shop
Tel: 01475 670147
About this station
Largs was the first station in Scotland to operate a B class Atlantic 21 lifeboat. The prototype, B-500, was sent for trials in 1972; these proved very successful and the station has operated an Atlantic lifeboat ever since.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
12/10/2008
Macduff - 00:2712/10/2008
Macduff - 00:2712/10/2008
Macduff - 00:27
Last Launch
Launched this week
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.