Welcome To the Arbroath Lifeboat Station - "Saving Lives Since 1803"

Celebrating over 200 years as a lifeboat station, Arbroath is one of the oldest stations in Scotland and is the last remaining "slipway launched" lifeboats north of the border; so far its crews have been honoured with seven awards for gallantry.
The station has also seen tragedy with seven lifeboat crew losing their lives saving others.

A Busy Station:
The RNLI lifeboat station in Arbroath was the sixth busiest in Scotland in 2008 and the crew, all from the local community, were involved in 46 search and rescues, helping to rescue 27 people. Today Arbroath is one of 45 lifeboat stations around Scotland and its unique slipway launched lifeboat is very popular with visitors.
Scotland’s RNLI lifeboats launched a total of 1,121 times in 2009.  It was a busy year for the whole of the charity across the UK and Ireland with RNLI lifeboat launches exceeding 9,000 for the first time in the charity’s 186-year history.
The 30 crew at Arbroath are among 880 lifeboat crew in Scotland, of whom 832 are volunteers. At Arbroath the crew include a fisherman, offshore workers, machine operators, ambulance drivers and a paramedic. The RNLI believes that without the commitment and dedication of volunteers, like those at Arbroath, the RNLI’s role of saving lives at sea would be impossible.

The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates over 230 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and has more than 140 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824 its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 137,000 lives.