Lifeboat Station : Oban
Main Contact Details
South Pier House, Gallanach Road, Oban, Strathclyde
PA34 4LS
Telephone
(01631) 563733
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Ronnie MacKillop
Telephone
01631 563733
Station Opening Times
2pm - 5pm weekdays or by appointment
Shop
Tel: 01631 567325
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
Located in the attractive fishing port and popular west coast holiday town, Oban lifeboat station today operates an all weather Trent class lifeboat. For 15 years an intermediate lifeboat was located at the station until 1997.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
23/11/2008
Aith - 07:3320/11/2008
Queensferry - 14:5220/11/2008
Dunbar - 09:00
Last Launch
01/11/2008
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.
RNLI Compass Autumn 2008
01/10/2008
By: RNLI
Read more stories from Scotland in Compass, available here.
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.
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.