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Lifeboat Station : Portpatrick

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Portpatrick, Stranraer, Wigtownshire

DG9 8AN

Telephone

(01776) 810251

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    Visitor Contact

    Robert Erskine

    Telephone
    01776 810251

    Station Opening Times

    9am - 4:30pm daily
    Don't miss: crew training - Summer 7pm Thursday; Winter 1:30pm Sunday

    Shop

    Tel: 01776 810855


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    Parking




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    About this station

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    For nearly 130 years an all weather lifeboat has operated from Portpatrick's attractive harbour. The crews have been honoured with five awards for gallantry, including a Bronze Medal for a launch to one of the worst peacetime disasters involving a British merchant vessel.

    Recent launches in scotland (BST)

    • 07/09/2008

      Kinghorn - 17:32
    • 07/09/2008

      Mallaig - 08:56
    • 07/09/2008

      Largs - 00:56

    Last Launch

    07/08/2008
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    • Image of Queensferry tow

      Queensferry lifeboat tows yacht in

      05/08/2008

      By: Hamish Campbell

      Queensferry lifeboat rescued a couple yesterday after their 14m yacht broke an engine shaft off Hound Point in the Firth of Forth.

    • Photograph of cheque handover on bow of lifeboat

      Beer festival raises over £13,000 for Broughty Ferry lifeboat station

      08/07/2008

      By: Dr Andrew Jeffrey, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

      Fisherman's Tavern Beer Festival raises record-breaking £13,064 for Broughty Ferry RNLI lifeboat station

    • Image of Arran lifeboat

      Busy Sunday for Arran

      08/07/2008

      By: Allan Little

      Arran's B class lifeboat The Boys' Brigade was called out twice on Sunday, helping rescue a yacht with a fouled propeller and a family that had been swept out to sea on their dinghy.

    • Image of Peterhead fishing vessel tow

      8 hours at sea for Peterhead crew

      01/07/2008

      By: Rachel Martin

      Peterhead's Tamar class all-weather lifeboat was launched yesterday at 6.15am for a lengthy service to an 18m fishing boat.

    • Image of RNLI Compass

      RNLI Compass Summer 2008

      01/07/2008

      By: RNLI Publications

      Read more stories from Scotland in Compass, available here.


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