Lifeboat Station : Thurso
Main Contact Details
Ferry Pier Scrabster Thurso Caithness
KW14 7UJ
Telephone
(01847) 893433
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Station Information
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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Brian Williams
Telephone
01847 893433
Station Opening Times
9:30am - 4:30pm daily
Shop
Spring, Summer and Autumn - 10am - 4pm Sat only
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
Thurso is the RNLI's most northerly lifeboat station on mainland Scotland. Today's Severn class lifeboat launches into the often turbulent seas of the Pentland Firth. The crews have been presented with 17 awards for gallantry, the most recent in 2004.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
04/07/2009
Aith - 15:1004/07/2009
Aith - 15:0704/07/2009
Montrose - 13:13
Last Launch
Launched this week_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.
