On a fine day on 12 October 1878, deemed a local public holiday for the event, the lifeboat was transported in a grand procession to Bervie, headed by the band of the Forfar and Kincardine Militia, along with the Provost, Magistrates and Town Councillors, lodges of Freemasons, Good Templars and Odd Fellows, the coastguard and volunteer rocket brigade, and the 2nd and 4th Kincardine Artillery Volunteers.

The lifeboat was then named Young George Irlam (ON 260), as requested by the donor, before being launched for a demonstration to the watching crowd.

Not many service records can be found, and those that exist primarily show that the lifeboat was called to stand by in bad weather, while the fishing fleet returned.

With the town and fishing fleet decorated in flags, a naming ceremony for the new Liverpool-class lifeboat was held on 23 May 1936, witnessed by a large crowd of onlookers.

The lifeboat was funded from the legacy of the late Mrs. Margaret H. Dawson of Bridge of Allen, and after a service of dedication by the Rev.

Thought to be the last surviving boat built by James Mowatt, she is now resident in the Maggie Law Maritime Museum, a former coastguard boathouse in the centre of Gourdon village.