Arran Lifeboat Station
| Inshore Lifeboat | |
|---|---|
| Launch Method | A85 Carriage |
| Address | Lamlash, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, KA27 8JN |
| Telephone | 01770 600250 |
Explore two centuries of RNLI lifeboat history, heroic rescues, and the enduring tradition of saving lives at sea.
On the sheltered bay at Lamlash, on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, the station runs a fast Atlantic 85, covering the island’s coast and the surrounding firth. The RNLI established the present inshore station in 1970.
The RNLI had run an earlier Arran lifeboat at Kildonan from 1870 to 1901, but for much of the twentieth century the island was without one. As leisure boating grew, the RNLI established an inshore station at Lamlash in 1970, with a D-class boat in the natural harbour sheltered by Holy Isle.
The station progressed through C-class and Atlantic 75 boats — one of them, The Boys’ Brigade, funded by a Boys’ Brigade Millennium appeal — before today’s Atlantic 85.
Lamlash answers the yachts, dinghies, divers and walkers of the Arran coast and the busy waters of the lower Firth of Clyde. The present Atlantic 85, the Rachael Hedderwick, arrived in 2014.
