RNLI Scotland news
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Loch Ness - Monster Safety Event
Fun with a message.
This Saturday and Sunday (31/7 & 1/8) will see the volunteer team from Loch Ness RNLI hold two Sea Safety and Lifeboat equipment demonstrations between 10am and 2pm...
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Second shout for Oban Lifeboat
Oban Lifeboat, the Mora Edith Macdonald, was called out to the sound of Kerrera for the second time today (July 29) at 16:00 when the yacht “Upstart” ran aground on Ferry Rocks.
Deputy coxswain David Isaac was transferred to the stricken yacht by Oban Lifeboat Station’s Sea Safety Officer, Ian Wilson, who happened to be in the vicinity...
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Short "shout" for Oban R.N.L.I. Lifeboat
Just before 9am this morning the Nauticat 36 ketch Margarita, with two persons aboard, experienced an overheating engine in calm conditions in the Sound of Kerrera. Oban R...
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Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat volunteers saved the life of an eleven year old boy off the Fife coast
Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat volunteers saved the life of an eleven year old boy off the Fife coast on Wednesday afternoon after his dinghy drifted out to sea.
Beach Lifeguards at Leven beach reported two drifting dinghy’s at 2...
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Arbroath RNLI lifeboat assists stricken pleasure craft
Arbroath RNLI lifeboat launched at 12.45pm this afternoon (28 July 2010) to go to the aid of pleasure boat with a fouled propeller north of Auchmithie...
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RNLI buoyant as Co-operative raises £190k in 90 days
The RNLI has received a tidal wave of support from Co-operative Group staff and customers in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man who have raised £190,000 in 90 days for the lifesaving charity.
Staff and customers at 430 food stores across The Co-operative network, plus head office staff, helped to double the original target of £90k during a three month fundraising drive during which staff donned wellies at work, sold limited edition RNLI rubber ducks and organised a variety of local fundraising activities...
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Injured girl evacuated from Tiree by Tobermory lifeboat
An eleven-year-old girl with a back injury was evacuated from Tiree to Oban yesterday (26 July 2010) by Tobermory RNLI lifeboat.
The girl had fallen approximately four feet onto concrete and injured her back...
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Arbroath RNLI rescues 13 year old boy from rocks
Arbroath RNLI lifeboat rescued a13 year old boy on Friday night (23 July) who was stranded on rocks adjacent to the Old Coastguard House, South Street, Arbroath.
A member of the public raised the alarm and Forth Coastguard requested the assistance of Arbroath RNLI lifeboat...
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Lifeboat launches to yacht one mile off Peterhead
The RNLI Peterhead lifeboat launched at 12.20pm on Friday (23 July) to assist a yacht with two people onboard, a man and a woman, that had a fouled propeller one nautical mile east of Peterhead...
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Busy week for Eyemouth RNLI Lifeboat volunteers
The Eyemouth RNLI Lifeboat was paged on Wednesday 21 July after a yacht issued a Mayday call. The 10 metre yacht, with two people on board, had suffered engine failure just as it had passed the Hurker rocks, at the entrance to Eyemouth Harbour, and was in danger of drifting onto the rocks...