The 1909 lifeboat house and shoreward slipway remain part of an active rescue station and commemorate the crew of the Mona.
Quick facts
- Date
- 1909; Mona memorial plaque 1959 and memorial unveiled 1962
- Architect / designer
- W. T. Douglass
- Type
- RNLI lifeboat house and slipway
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB25805)
- OS grid reference
- NO 46046 30664
Architecture, archaeology and continuing use
A robust rubble boathouse faces the shore through a large sliding opening above a steel-and-concrete slipway. Buttresses, stepped windows and a king-post roof served the storage and launch of rescue craft.
Its story
An RNLI building occupied the site from 1862. W. T. Douglass designed the present station in 1909; after the Mona and all eight crew were lost on 8 December 1959, memorials made remembrance integral to the building.
Why it is included
Category B listing recognises purpose-built lifesaving architecture whose continued operational role and memorial meaning connect engineering, service and community loss.
What to notice
- The broad boat opening aligned with the slipway.
- Stepped side windows lighting the interior.
- The plaque commemorating the Mona crew.
Reading the surroundings
This is an emergency facility. Arrange any visit with the RNLI, obey crew instructions, keep doors and slipway clear, and never approach launches, equipment or the foreshore during an operation.
Timeline
- 1862 The RNLI established its first boathouse on this shoreline.
- 1909 A larger station improved the launching and storage of lifeboats.
- 1959 The Mona disaster took the lives of all eight crew members.
- 1962 A memorial was unveiled as a focus for public remembrance.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
Operational equipment and viewing arrangements evolve; the historic listing does not describe every later RNLI alteration.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Broughty Ferry Lifeboat House and Slipway, LB25805 — Current designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove designation: LB25805 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
- RNLI: Broughty Ferry Lifeboat Station — Current operational status, address and visit-by-arrangement guidance.
- RNLI: Broughty Ferry station history — Institutional chronology of the buildings, Mona disaster and memorial.
Location
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