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Lifeboat Station : Broughty Ferry (Dundee)

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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)

    • 07/09/2008

      Largs - 00:56
    • 06/09/2008

      Portree - 14:09
    • 06/09/2008

      Kinghorn - 13:29

    Last Launch

    23/08/2008
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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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