Lifeboat Station : Longhope
Main Contact Details
Longhope Pier Longhope Orkney
KW16 1PQ
Telephone
(01856) 701333
- Explore this station
Station Information
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- Explore stations are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop
- Discover stations are normally open during the summer months
- Observe stations may be open by appointment only
- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Dr Tony Trickett
Telephone
01856 701333
Station Opening Times
10am - 1pm daily and by appointment
Shop
10am - 1pm and by appointment
About this station
Longhope lifeboat station has operated an all weather lifeboat for over 130 years and the crews have been honoured with 26 awards for gallantry. The station has also witnessed tragedy when eight lifeboat crew lost their lives saving others at sea in 1969.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
04/07/2009
Fraserburgh - 11:1204/07/2009
Dunbar - 08:3603/07/2009
Tobermory - 23:34
Last Launch
18/06/2009_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.
