Saturday shout for Largs RNLI
On Saturday 15 March 2025 the pagers of the volunteer crew based at Largs RNLI sounded shortly before 8:30pm.
Saturday evening plans were interrupted for the volunteers as they responded to their pagers and assembled quickly at the lifeboat station.
The inshore lifeboat at Largs RNLI was quickly launched in response to a report from Police Scotland of a missing jet ski with one person onboard.
HM Coastguard provided the lifeboat crew with search coordinates to begin a search along the shoreline on the east side of Cumbrae.
The lifeboat was quickly joined in their search by Rescue 199, the Coastguard helicopter based at Prestwick Airport, who were tasked with coordinates to begin a search in the main channel.
Following a short search Police Scotland advised they had located the missing person and the search was called off.
Largs lifeboat was stood down by HM Coastguard and returned to the lifeboat station where it was cleaned, refuelled and made ready for service.
Notes to editors
RNLI media contacts
Claire McRae, Lifeboat Press Officer, 07738681546, [email protected]
Brian Rankin, Lifeboat Press Officer, 07810862468, [email protected]
Natasha Bennett, RNLI Regional Media Officer for Scotland, 07826 900639, [email protected]
Martin Macnamara, RNLI Regional Media Manager for Scotland, 07920 365929, [email protected]
RNLI Press Office, 01202 336789
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.
Learn more about the RNLI
For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, X, TikTok and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.
Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries
Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.