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In 1966, an inshore lifeboat (ILB) station was established at Kippford in May with a D class lifeboat. This was operational
only during the summer months.
The ILB was kept in a small boathouse at the top of a narrow
lane leading down to the beach.
In 1977, a replacement boathouse was built by the lifeboat crew
and, in 1999, the station became operational all year round.
In 2000, the D class lifeboat,
D-553 David Whitehead, was placed on service on July 6th and, five years later, on July 18th, HRH The Duke of Kent, President
of the RNLI, was given a tour of Kippford lifeboat station, meeting volunteer crew members and fundraisers.
In November 2009, HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York, officially launched D-553's replacement boat. The
D??? is the latest D Class design which was first introduced in 2003.
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