Lifeboat Station : Dunbar
Main Contact Details
Victoria Harbour Victoria Place Dunbar East Lothian
EH42 1HS
Telephone
(01368) 863966 Torness (01368) 840633
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Station Information
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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
Open mar - Dec 10am - 5pm daily Tel - 01368 869763

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)
04/07/2009
Montrose - 13:1304/07/2009
Fraserburgh - 11:1204/07/2009
Dunbar - 08:36
Last Launch
Launched this weekUpdate of Kayakers attemp first successful crossing to Faroes
02/07/2009
By: Caryn Whitelaw
Patrick and Mick have successfully completed the first 2 legs of their expedition!

RNLI Compass Summer 2009
01/07/2009
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from Scotland in Compass, available here.
Kayakers attemp first successful crossing to Faroes
25/06/2009
By: Caryn Whitelaw
A former Olympian PATRICK WINTERTON and former British kayaking champion MICK BERWICK will attempt to make the first kayak crossing from Scotland to the Faroe Islands unsupported in June. Few have tried, no one, as yet, has succeeded.

Duke of Kent in Scotland
18/06/2009
By: Rachel Martin
HRH The Duke of Kent visited three Scottish RNLI lifeboats stations yesterday (17 June) and took a trip aboard his namesake lifeboat today.

Couple rescued in gale
17/05/2009
By: Rory Stamp
Dunbar lifeboat crew rescued a Swedish couple from their yacht on Friday night, in conditions described by the Dunbar Coxswain as the worst he'd ever experienced at sea.
