Lifeboat Station : Portree
Main Contact Details
The Pier, Portree, Isle of Skye
IV51 9DD
Telephone
(01478) 613610
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
David Urquhart
Telephone
01478 613610
Station Opening Times
9am - 5pm weekdays or by appointment Don't Miss: Crew training - 7pm-9pm Monday
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
About this station
Home to Portree lifeboat, the harbour in the main town on Skye is also used by fishing vessels and pleasure craft. Portree lifeboat station operates an all weather Trent class lifeboat.
Recent launches in scotland (BST)
20/07/2008
Largs - 16:5620/07/2008
Queensferry - 15:0220/07/2008
Kessock - 14:59
Last Launch
11/07/2008
RBS Cheque handover
By: Portree Crew
Royal Bank of Scotland Community Cahsback Awards cheque for £250 to the local lifeboat crew.
Beer festival raises over £13,000 for Broughty Ferry lifeboat station
08/07/2008
By: Dr Andrew Jeffrey, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer
Fisherman's Tavern Beer Festival raises record-breaking £13,064 for Broughty Ferry RNLI lifeboat station
Busy Sunday for Arran
08/07/2008
By: Allan Little
Arran's B class lifeboat The Boys' Brigade was called out twice on Sunday, helping rescue a yacht with a fouled propeller and a family that had been swept out to sea on their dinghy.
8 hours at sea for Peterhead crew
01/07/2008
By: Rachel Martin
Peterhead's Tamar class all-weather lifeboat was launched yesterday at 6.15am for a lengthy service to an 18m fishing boat.
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from Scotland in Compass, available here.