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Aith Lifeboat Station
Aith Lifeboat Station in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Aith Lifeboat Station is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Aith Lifeboat Station is located at the southern end of Aith Voe, in Aith, a village on the north-west coast of the mainland of the Shetland archipelago, approximately 18 miles (29 km) from Lerwick. A lifeboat was first stationed at Aith by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1933. It is the most northerly of the 238 RNLI lifeboat stations. The station currently operates a Severn-class All-weather lifeboat, 17-14 Charles Lidbury (ON 1232), on station since 1998, only the fifth lifeboat to have served at Aith.
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Background
History
Despite valiant attempts by Lerwick Life-Saving Company, and even the lifeboat stationed 120 miles away, wrecks such as that of the Aberdeen fishing trawler Ben Doran in March 1930, with the loss of all nine crew, prompted the RNLI to station a lifeboat at , and to look for a location to station a second lifeboat on the west coast of mainland Shetland. Once reliable communications could be established, it was decided to station a boat at Aith, as the village could provide sufficient crew, and because Aith Voe was one of the most sheltered mooring locations on the west coast. A temporary lifeboat was placed on station in January 1933, a lifeboat, built in 1926 by S. E. Saunders of Cowes,…
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- Coordinates
- 60.2863, -1.3753
- Established
- 1933
- Official site
- rnli.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q108283812 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Aith Lifeboat Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Aith Lifeboat Station?
- Aith Lifeboat Station is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom.
- When was Aith Lifeboat Station built?
- Built or established in 1933.
- Who owns Aith Lifeboat Station?
- Aith Lifeboat Station is owned by border|23px Royal National Lifeboat Institution.