[3] A new boathouse was built at Campbeltown in 1898, this time costing £885; the old one was demolished and the site handed back to the land owner.

The lifeboat's coxswain took the boat through shallow rocks to rescue nine of the crew just before the wreck broke up, the other two having gone ashore to get help but were drowned when they tried to return.

This time the lifeboat, which had damaged its rudder and suffered an engine breakdown, saved 54 people from the American ss Byron Darnton after it ran aground on Sanda Island.

The fishing boat Sincerity's engine failed and it hit rocks 70 m (77 yd) off Ardlamont Point, some 30 miles (48 km) from Campbeltown.

[11] The ss Gracehill ran aground on Sanda Island in fog on the night of 8 March 1957 so the lifeboat was launched.

[12] The 'Thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum' was presented to Coxswain/Mechanic Alexander Gilchrist for rescuing a crew of three from the John Hannah VC in a Force 6 on 30 September 1988.

The same award was made to Coxswain Jim McPhee for leading the rescue of the single person who was trapped on the Gille Brighde when it capsized on 29 March 1995.

A 'Framed letter of thanks signed by the Chairman of the Institution' was given to Acting Coxswain John D Stewart for his leadership when the lifeboat went to aid the yacht Ra that was lost in thick fog on 6 July 1991.