Kippford Lifeboat Station | |
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General information | |
Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Address | Roughfirth Road |
Town or city | Kippford, Dumfries and Galloway, DG5 4LN |
Country | Scotland |
Coordinates | 54°52′35.4″N 3°48′48.3″W / 54.876500°N 3.813417°W |
Opened | May 1966 |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Website | |
Kippford RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Kippford Lifeboat Station is located on Roughfirth Road, Kippford, a small village on the east bank of the River Urr, which sits at the head of Rough Firth, on the Solway Firth, in Dumfries and Galloway.
An Inshore lifeboat was first stationed at Kippford by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in May 1966.[1]
The station currently operates a D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat, Ronnie Sinclair (D-854), on station since 2021.[2]