Lifeboat Station : Wick
Main Contact Details
The Jetty Wick Harbour Wick
KW1 5EL
Telephone
(01955) 603723
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Station Information
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Station Opening Times
11am - 4pm daily
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
Celebrating over 150 years as a lifeboat station, today Wick operates an all weather Trent class lifeboat from the harbour on the east coast of northern Scotland. During its history the crews have been presented with 11 awards for gallantry.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
07/09/2008
Kinghorn - 17:3207/09/2008
Mallaig - 08:5607/09/2008
Largs - 00:56
Last Launch
05/07/2008
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.
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
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.
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.
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from Scotland in Compass, available here.