Tighnabruaich Lifeboat Station

Tighnabruaich Lifeboat Station is located at the harbour at Tighnabruaich, a village on the Cowal peninsula, on the Kyles of Bute, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

A lifeboat was fisrt stationed hare by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1967.

History

The station is the base for Sea search and rescue operations at Tighnabruaich, Argyll, United Kingdom. The station was opened by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1967, with a D-class (RFD PB16) inshore lifeboat (D-134) placed on service.

In 1995, the D-class lifeboat was withdrawn, and replaced with a C-class lifeboat (C-509). The C-Class was a faster boat, with two 40 hp engines, giving an improvement in speed of around 7 knots, (6 mph).

However, the station was soon to be equipped with the bigger and better Atlantic 21-class, but this required improvements to the boat house and crew facilities.

Building work commenced in 1996, completing in 1997.

An Atlantic 21 was placed on service in the same year, but was soon replaced with the new Atlantic 75-class, Alec and Maimie Preston (B-743) in 1998.

Tighnabruaich Lifeboat Station currently operates an Atlantic 85-class inshore lifeboat (ILB), the James and Helen Mason (B-862).

Station honours

• A special framed certificate signed by Surgeon Rear Admiral F Golden and the Chief Executive

In recognition of his help and treatment of two seriously injured people, following a collision between a speed boat and rocks, on 10 July 2005.

Craig Allen, crew member

Tighnabruaich lifeboats

See also

• List of RNLI stations
• List of former RNLI stations
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats

References

External links

• Tighnabruaich RNLI Lifeboat Station