Lifeboat Station : Islay
Main Contact Details
Port Askaig, Islay, Argyll
PA46 7RB
Telephone
(01496) 840608
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Islay McEachern
Telephone
01496 840608
Station Opening Times
By appointment only Don't Miss: Crew Training - 7pm Thursday
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
About this station
A lifeboat has been stationed at Port Askaig on the most southerly Hebridean island for over 70 years. Often launching into hurricane force winds, today’s Severn class lifeboat provides search and rescue cover for both commercial and leisure marine activities in the area.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
03/07/2009
Tobermory - 23:3403/07/2009
Stornoway (Lewis) - 20:1003/07/2009
Queensferry - 12:57
Last Launch
24/06/2009_142_142_81_81.JPG "Patrick and Mick")
Update 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.
_81_81.JPG "Patrick & Mick with canoes")
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.
