Stornoway Coastguard Operations Centre assists two separate broken down vessels
The Coastguard Operations Centre in Stornoway has today been aiding two broken down vessels off Iona and Benbecula.
The Coastguard Operations Centre in Stornoway has today been aiding two broken down vessels off Iona and Benbecula.
A lifeboat crew in the west of Scotland have raised more than £1,000 to help them stay afloat in the New Year.
Emergency services are currently conducting a thorough search ofthe Corran area following reports of an empty canoe in the water.
Oban lifeboat assisted in the rescue of two lost hill walkers on the Morven Peninsula last night.
Oban Lifeboat was launched in the early hours of yesterday morning to search for a missing person.
Oban RNLI lifeboat was called to assist a yacht dragging its anchor in Craignure bay on the Isle of Mull yesterday.
An Oban lifeboat was launched yesterday afternoon to a yacht becalmed west of Bach Island.
A fire aboard a 500-tonne live fish carrying vessel yesterday resulted engine failure and a call-out for a local lifeboat.
Rita Campbell
Oban Lifeboat was called out to the aid of a yacht which ran aground in Dunstaffnage bay with three people on board on Sunday.
Two men have been reported to the fiscal in connection with allegations of the theft of a boat after it ran out of fuel and they had to be rescued from an uninhabited island.
Oban Lifeboat has been tasked to go to the aid of two young people who have been at sea all night in a small dinghy.
Oban Lifeboat was called to three separate incidents in a day, at the same time as participating in a multi-agency exercise, on what turned into a hectic weekend.
A prize of £1,000 is up for grabs in a charity draw being organised by Oban RNLI.
Rita Campbell
Oban lifeboat helped transfer a medical patient to hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning.
A patient has been transferred from Mull to the mainland by lifeboat.
A lifeboat crew braved fierce gales and seas today to ferry a sick patient to hospital.
A lifeboat was launched to carry out a late night medical evacuation from a Highland quarry.
A diver suspected of suffering from "the bends" was taken to a decompression chamber near Oban in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The annual Oban Sea Kayak Race around Kerrera has raised £2,000 for Oban Lifeboat.
Oban Lifeboat was called out after two men went overboard from a sailing dinghy in Loch Etive.
A lifeboat was called out in the early hours of yesterday morning after a person who was thought to be drunk took a boat and drove it at speed.
The Stornoway Coastguard helicopter added some extra action to Oban Lifeboat's open day on Saturday.
Oban Lifeboat was launched yesterday to help a yacht with engine difficulty.
Oban Lifeboat was called out yesterday afternoon when a yacht ran aground in Ardinamir Bay off the isle of Luing. Stornoway Coastguard received a call at 4.30pm and the lifeboat went to the scene to tow the yacht free.
A sailing vessel which capsized in Loch Craignish in Argyll resulted in the third call out in three days for Oban Lifeboat.
Oban Lifeboat was launched yesterday to assist a yacht which broadcast a "Mayday" call after experiencing steering problems close to Lismore lighthouse.
A north lifeboat was called into action twice within 12 hours on Saturday.
A woman who was diving at Lochaline was taken by lifeboat to Oban after suffering decompression sickness this evening.
A full scale emergency was declared after reports of a paraglider in a west coast sea loch - only for the shout to turn out to be a bunch of balooney.
A medical evacuation from Mull has become Oban lifeboat's first call-out of 2016.