Reservoirs & lochs · Scottish Highlands
Loch Ness Lifeboat Station
Loch Ness Lifeboat Station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
About
Loch Ness Lifeboat Station is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, 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
Loch Ness Lifeboat Station is located on the A82 at Urquhart Bay, just east of the town of Drumnadrochit, just north of the mid-point of Loch Ness, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) south-east of Inverness, in the Highland region of Scotland. A rescue boat was first stationed here by H.M. Coastguard in the 1980s. A lifeboat station was established here by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 2008. The station currently operates a B-class (Atlantic 85) Inshore lifeboat, Sheila & Dennis Tongue IV (B-902), on station since 2018.
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Background
History
Loch Ness has long played a vital part of the sea-transit route, down the Great Glen Fault between Inverness and Oban, following the construction of the Caledonian Canal by Thomas Telford in 1822. Vessels of a modest size were able to cut off the dangerous route around north-west Scotland, through the Pentland Firth and around Cape Wrath, but it was only in the 1980s that a rescue service was provided by H.M. Coastguard. In 1996, a boathouse was constructed at Temple Pier at Drumnadrochit, and a RIB powered by a single 74hp engine, capable of 30 knots, was placed on service. The Marchioness disaster on the River Thames in 1989 highlighted that Inland waterways can also be treacherous, and…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 57.3364, -4.4484
- Address
- Urquhart Bay Harbour
- Established
- 2008
- Official site
- rnli.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q108283786 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Loch Ness Lifeboat Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Loch Ness Lifeboat Station?
- Loch Ness Lifeboat Station is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.
- When was Loch Ness Lifeboat Station built?
- Built or established in 2008.
- Who owns Loch Ness Lifeboat Station?
- Loch Ness Lifeboat Station is owned by border|23px Royal National Lifeboat Institution.