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Lifeboat Station : Dunbar

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Victoria Harbour Victoria Place Dunbar East Lothian

EH42 1HS

Telephone

(01368) 863966 Torness (01368) 840633

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    • Explore stations are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop
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    Visitor Contact

    Gary Fairbairn

    Telephone
    01368 863966

    Station Opening Times

    By appointment only
    Don't Miss: Crew Training - ILB 7pm on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday; ALB 12pm Sunday and 7pm Monday

    Shop

    March - October 10:00 - 17:00 November - December 13:00 - 16:00 daily until Christmas Eve.




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    About this station

    Lifeboats have been launching from Dunbar Harbour for nearly 200 years and the crews have been honoured with 12 awards for gallantry. Today, the station operates two lifeboats – an inshore D class and an all weather Trent class lifeboat.

    Recent launches in scotland (BST)

    • 19/07/2008

      Eyemouth - 12:40
    • 19/07/2008

      Eyemouth - 10:01
    • 19/07/2008

      Dunbar - 08:02

    Last Launch

    Launched this week
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    • 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.

    • Yellow Wellie image. Photo: Nigel Millard

      Give it some Wellie!

      30/06/2008

      By: Rachel Martin

      The RNLI Yellow Wellie challenge was launched today at Newhaven harbour, Edinburgh.


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