Peterhead Lifeboat launched for the third time in a week
The Volunteer Crew at RNLI Peterhead were called out for the third time in less than a week on Wednesday, June 3.
Peterhead’s Tamar class lifeboat, RNLB The Misses Robertson of Kintail, launched at 6.35pm at the request of the UK Coastguard following reports of a possible sighting in the water.
After conducting a thorough coastline search from South Head towards Buchanhaven, nothing was found and the lifeboat was stood down, returning at 8.11pm.
This is the third time the crew’s pagers have sounded since the weekend, when the volunteers responded to two shouts in two days.
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- Peterhead lifeboat station has been operating since 1865.There have been two stations here. The first established in 1865 and closed in 1928 and the present station established in 1912. To learn more about the station, go to: https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/peterhead-lifeboat-station
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