Invergordon Lifeboat Station

Invergordon Lifeboat Station is located on Shore Road, in Invergordon, Easter Ross, a port town situated on the Cromarty Firth, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) from the open water of the North Sea, formerly in Ross and Cromarty, now in the administrative region of Highland.

Only five years later, with an increased amount of sea traffic due to the Oil industry, the RNLI decided that it should re-establish a station in the area, where a crew could be maintained.

The Norwegian yacht Perkina caught fire and sank off Munlochy Bay, 16 nautical miles (30 km) from Invergordon, whilst on passage from Inverness to Norway.

[4] New crew facilities were provided in 1992, when a station building was constructed next to the pier, with changing room, office, workshop, toilet and shower, and was officially opened on 13 June 1992 by The Duke of Atholl, Convenor of the Scottish Lifeboat Council.

Also present at the ceremony was Hugh McCaig, patron of Écurie Écosse, whose Historic Motor Tour of 1991 had funded the building.

[6] In unusual circumstances of 15 January 2002, the Invergordon lifeboat was called to the Ukrainian cargo vessel Est, where the first mate had allegedly taken his shipmates hostage.

Construction of the new £2.1 million Shannon-class lifeboat had been completed in January 2020, but delivery had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

At a ceremony on Sunday 10 April 2022, the boat was formally named 13-37 Agnes A. P. Barr with a bottle of Irn-Bru.