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Oban Lifeboat launches to yacht aground

Lifeboats News Release

Oban Lifeboat launched shortly after 8am this morning to assist the emergency services with an incident involving a grounded yacht off the shores of Fort William.

Yacht aground

RNLI/Oban

Yacht aground
The lifeboat departed the scene at 10.35am, returning to Oban where she was refuelled and made ready for service again shortly after 12pm.

RNLI media contacts: Leonie Woolf, Oban Lifeboat Deputy Press Officer

Tel: 07818 861517/ 01631 569735 Email: [email protected]

Or Richard Smith, Public Relations Manager Scotland on 01738 642956, 07786

668903 or [email protected]

Or Henry Weaver, RNLI Press Officer for Scotland, 01738 642946, 07771 943026,

[email protected]

Or contact RNLI Public Relations on 01202 336789.

Oban lifeboat

Stephen Lawson

Oban lifeboat
Oban lifeboat

Stephen Lawson

Oban lifeboat

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