Lifeboat Station : Stromness
Main Contact Details
16 Victoria Street Stromness
KW16 3AA
Telephone
(01856) 850279
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Acting LOM Stewart Taylor
Telephone
07746 837715
Station Opening Times
By appointment only
Shop
Call 01856 850683 for information
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
Operating for nearly 140 years, Stromness lifeboat is situated at the north end of Scapa Flow. The rescue work is varied in the difficult waters off the rugged coastline and waters of the Orkney Islands.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
04/07/2009
Montrose - 13:1304/07/2009
Fraserburgh - 11:1204/07/2009
Dunbar - 08:36
Last Launch
27/06/2009_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.
