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Two very special guests for Tobermory Lifeboat Day
Tobermory Lifeboat station and its volunteer crew are now on fast countdown to Sunday 18th August – 2013 Lifeboat Day in Tobermory. They are looking forward to having two very special guests in...
View ArticleTobermory Lifeboat on shout to yacht in trouble in Coll
In their 29th shout of 2013, Tobermory RNLI’s volunteer crew were paged shortly before 4am today, Monday 19th August, to go to the assistance of a yacht aground at Arinagour on the Isle of Coll on 16...
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Letter of thanks for 11 hour rescue a first for Tobermory Lifeboat Station...
The RNLI’s new Chairman, Charles Hunter-Pease came to Tobermory’s annual Lifeboat Day yesterday – Sunday 18th August – to present two Coxswains with letters of appreciation for their part in the rescue...
View ArticleTwo shouts in 6 hours yesterday for Tobermory Lifeboat
Tobermory’s RNLI volunteer crew were paged at lunchtime on Tuesday 20th August to go to the assistance of a woman diver with suspected decompression sickness or ‘bends’.The diver was transferred from a...
View ArticleOban lifeboat in joint service with Tobermory lifeboat to assist diver with...
The Tobermory part of this joint rescue was published last night. The incident began there when the volunteer crew was paged just after 18.30, when a diver was brought ashore in Tobermory after...
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24 hours see Tobermory Lifeboat named one of Scotland’s busiest – and out on...
The RNLI’s 2013 summer statistics have revealed that Tobermory RNLI was the busiest all-weather lifeboat station with one lifeboat in Scotland in the months of June, July and August. Over that period,...
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Tobermory Lifeboat’s Future Crew in book and exhibition on work of RNLI
A new book and a spectacular outdoor exhibition showcasing striking photos of the lifesaving work of the RNLI, features stunning photographs of Tobermory’s Severn class lifeboat and children of today’s...
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Fundraising magic: young sisters turn pennies to pounds for Tobermory Lifeboat
Two local Tobermory youngsters turned pennies into lifesaving pounds – just like that – for their local lifeboat station when they donated money raised from their ‘Penny for the Guy’ on 5th...
View ArticleOban and Tobermory lifeboats figure in RNLI 2013 report on Scotland
In a year where the 47 RNLI lifeboat stations in Scotland rescued 1007 people in 996 shouts, seeing fewer calls for assistance from fishing boats and more from members of the public in trouble around...
View ArticleTobermory Lifeboat on a shout to ferry crew member in Sound of Mull
Tobermory RNLI lifeboat launched at lunchtime today, Sunday 16 March, following a report of a person in the water in the Sound of Mull, north of Salen.The Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey launched shortly...
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Celebration dinner for Tobermory RNLI’s retiring Chair – but no starter for...
Current and former members of Tobermory RNLI gathered at the Western Isles Hotel on Friday 28th March to say ‘goodbye’ to Douglas ‘Dougie’ MacNeilage MBE; and to thank him for more than two decades’...
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Tobermory Lifeboat: 17 hour shout in 180 mile rescue of cargo boat drifting...
Tobermory RNLI lifeboat returned to its station this morning after a 17 hour, 180 mile rescue mission to assist a stricken cargo ship. Barra Island RNLI lifeboat, which had been the first tasked to the...
View ArticleTobermory lifeboat in small hours medevac into the Atlantic
Tobermory RNLI’s volunteer crew carried out a night time medical evacuation from a remote island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull in the early hours of this morning, Monday 28th April....
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Tobermory lifeboat in early hours shout to fishing boat aground off...
Tobermory’s Severn class lifeboat, Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey, was launched at 03.30 this morning, 24th May.A 20 metre trawler had sustained serious damage after striking rocks on the southern coastline...
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New Chair for Tobermory RNLI – and it’s all in the family
The new Chair of Tobermory RNLI, Richard Fairbairns, is no stranger to the Tobermory lifeboat station. His son, James is currently Second Coxswain and one of his other sons, Brennan has also served on...
View ArticleA busy June week in the life of the Tobermory lifeboat
Tobermory Lifeboat and its volunteer crew had a very busy week earlier this month, starting on Monday 16th June with a shout to the aid of a RIB [with one person on board] which had suffered mechanical...
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Tobermory lifeboat in rapid response to fishing vessel in trouble off Treshnish
And amongst her crew on this shout, Tobermory’s Severn class RNLI lifeboat, Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey, had a novice volunteer aboard on her first live outing.This Sunday, 6th July, the lifeboat was in...
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6 hours in the life of Tobermory lifeboat – two shouts and a gala day
On Friday 18th July, Tobermory lifeboat’s volunteer crew responded to two ‘shouts’ and attended a Gala Day in Lochaline, across the Sound of Mull in Morvern – all in the space of six hours. The Severn...
View Article‘Avast ye’– Tobermory’s Lifeboat Day to welcome all pirates
Lifeboat Day is the highlight of Tobermory RNLI’s calendar. The 2014 event in this famously scenic port is to have a pirate theme.The traditional cry of a pirate captain to instruct a vessel about to...
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Pirates lead braving of gales in £3,500 support for Tobermory Lifeboat Day
Hundreds of locals and visitors braved winds of up to Force 8 to support Tobermory’s annual Lifeboat Day – and raised more than £3500 to help Tobermory RNLI to save lives at sea.Despite the wintry...
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