Lifeboat Station : Longhope
Main Contact Details
Longhope Pier Longhope Orkney
KW16 1PQ
Telephone
(01856) 701333
- Explore this station
Station Information
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- Explore stations are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop
- Discover stations are normally open during the summer months
- Observe stations may be open by appointment only
- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Dr Tony Trickett
Telephone
01856 701333
Station Opening Times
10am - 1pm daily and by appointment
Shop
10am - 1pm and by appointment
About this station
Longhope lifeboat station has operated an all weather lifeboat for over 130 years and the crews have been honoured with 26 awards for gallantry. The station has also witnessed tragedy when eight lifeboat crew lost their lives saving others at sea in 1969.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
20/11/2008
Queensferry - 14:5220/11/2008
Dunbar - 09:0019/11/2008
Arran (Lamlash) - 13:38
Last Launch
05/10/2008
New D class at Aberdeen
02/10/2008
By: Rachel Martin
Aberdeen's new D class lifeboat was officially named James Bissett Simpson on 20 September.
RNLI Compass Autumn 2008
01/10/2008
By: RNLI
Read more stories from Scotland in Compass, available here.
Holiday family found aground
29/09/2008
By: Martin Douglas
Loch Ness lifeboat crew were training on Sunday morning, 28 September, at 8am when they came across the motor cruiser Teal aground in Urquhart Bay, Drumnadrochit.
Queensferry lifeboat tows yacht in
05/08/2008
By: Hamish Campbell
Queensferry lifeboat rescued a couple yesterday after their 14m yacht broke an engine shaft off Hound Point in the Firth of Forth.