| Stranraer Lifeboat Station | |
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 Stranraer Lifeboat Station | |
  Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway | |
| General information | |
| Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
| Address | Foreland Place |
| Town or city | Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, DG9 0EB |
| Country | Scotland |
| Coordinates | 54°54′29.4″N 5°02′06.8″W / 54.908167°N 5.035222°W |
| Opened | 4 June 1974 |
| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Website | |
| Stranraer RNLI Lifeboat Station | |
Stranraer Lifeboat Station is located at Foreland Place, Stranraer, a port town which sits at the bottom end of Loch Ryan, on the north side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway double-headed peninsula to the mainland, formerly in Wigtownshire, now in the administrative region of Dumfries and Galloway.
A D-class (RFD PB16) Inshore lifeboat was first stationed at Stranraer by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) on 4 June 1974.[1]
The station currently operates a D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat, Sheila MacDonald (D-833), on station since 2018.[2]
- ^ "Stranraer's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 4–132.