Lifeboat Station : Buckie
Main Contact Details
Commercial Rd Buckie
AB56 1TX
Telephone
(01542) 831289
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Gordon Lawtie
Buckie lifeboat station
Telephone
01542 831289
Station Opening Times
10am - 4pm weekdays. Weekends by appointment. Don't miss Crew Training - 10am Sunday
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
Lifeboats have been launching into the waters of the Moray Firth from Buckie for over 145 years and the crews have been honoured with awards for gallantry. Today the station operates the largest lifeboat, the Severn class.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
04/07/2009
Helensburgh - 22:3304/07/2009
Aberdeen - 18:0804/07/2009
Aith - 15:10
Last Launch
25/06/2009_142_142_81_81.JPG "Patrick and Mick")
Update of Kayakers attemp first successful crossing to Faroes
02/07/2009
By: Caryn Whitelaw
Patrick and Mick have successfully completed the first 2 legs of their expedition!
RNLI Compass Summer 2009
01/07/2009
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from Scotland in Compass, available here.
_81_81.JPG "Patrick & Mick with canoes")
Kayakers attemp first successful crossing to Faroes
25/06/2009
By: Caryn Whitelaw
A former Olympian PATRICK WINTERTON and former British kayaking champion MICK BERWICK will attempt to make the first kayak crossing from Scotland to the Faroe Islands unsupported in June. Few have tried, no one, as yet, has succeeded.
Duke of Kent in Scotland
18/06/2009
By: Rachel Martin
HRH The Duke of Kent visited three Scottish RNLI lifeboats stations yesterday (17 June) and took a trip aboard his namesake lifeboat today.
Couple rescued in gale
17/05/2009
By: Rory Stamp
Dunbar lifeboat crew rescued a Swedish couple from their yacht on Friday night, in conditions described by the Dunbar Coxswain as the worst he'd ever experienced at sea.
