 The lifeboat arrived at Yorkhill Basin in the city on the 8 June 1986 with a specially selected crew which included three decorated Scottish lifeboatmen and one Englishman.Coxswain Alexander Gilchrist of Campbeltown, coxswain Ian Johnson of Troon, crewman Arthur Hill of Largs were all recipients of the RNLI silver medal and coxswain Mike Storey of the Humber lifeboat who had an RNLI bronze medal awarded to him.The naming ceremony was opened by Cdr Cargill Sandeman with the survey ship providing the backdrop for the ceremony.