Lifeboat Station : Aith
Main Contact Details
Aith Bixter Shetland
ZE2 9NB
Telephone
(01595) 810276
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Hylton Henry
Telephone
01595 810276
Station Opening Times
9am - 5pm daily
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
Operating for over 70 years, Aith is the most northerly lifeboat station providing protection for mariners off Shetland’s sometimes wild Atlantic coast. The crews have been honoured with 10 awards for gallantry for rescues carried out in their all weather lifeboat.Recent launches in scotland (BST)
19/08/2008
Dunbar - 21:0819/08/2008
Dunbar - 20:5719/08/2008
Campbeltown - 18:49
Last Launch
12/07/2008
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.