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Lifeboat Station : Broughty Ferry (Dundee)

Main Contact Details

Fisher Street Broughty Ferry Dundee

DD5 1EF

Telephone

(01382) 779956

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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

    Joe Samson

    Telephone
    01382 779956

    Station Opening Times

    By appointment only

    Shop

    No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop




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    About this station

    Celebrating 175 years as a lifeboat station, and now operating two lifeboats, Broughty Ferry was the first inshore lifeboat station in Scotland. The station has sadly witnessed tragedy with eight lifeboat crew losing their lives saving others at sea.

    Recent launches in scotland (BST)

    • 20/11/2008

      Queensferry - 14:52
    • 20/11/2008

      Dunbar - 09:00
    • 19/11/2008

      Arran (Lamlash) - 13:38

    Last Launch

    15/11/2008
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    • Presentation of fundraising cheque for £2,500

      Rowing the Minch

      10/11/2008

      By: Rachel Martin

      Radio presenter raises £2,500 after rowing The Minch

    • D class image

      New D class at Aberdeen

      02/10/2008

      By: Rachel Martin

      Aberdeen's new D class lifeboat was officially named James Bissett Simpson on 20 September.

    • Image of RNLI Compass

      RNLI Compass Autumn 2008

      01/10/2008

      By: RNLI

      Read more stories from Scotland in Compass, available here.

    • Image of Teal aground

      Holiday family found aground

      29/09/2008

      By: Martin Douglas

      Loch Ness lifeboat crew were training on Sunday morning, 28 September, at 8am when they came across the motor cruiser Teal aground in Urquhart Bay, Drumnadrochit.

    • 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.


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