Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Saturday, March 4, 1961 @ 0200
The date is correct but time is unknown and the time shown here is only our best estimate 		TROON LIFEBOAT (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) Own Page

Troon Lifeboat rescues Clyde puffer lighter LASCAR drifting without power off Irvine Harbour
Ship's locationFirth of Clyde off Irvine Harbour (Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryStationed at Troon Harbour, Ayrshire (Scotland, UK)

The Coastguards who spotted the distress flares were based in the Coastguard Lookout Station at Kildonan, at the south end of Isle of Arran, about 20 miles from the drifting puffer.