Macduff_Lifeboat_Station
Macduff Lifeboat Station
RNLI Lifeboat Station in Scotland, UK
Macduff Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station located in Macduff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
The current station in Macduff became operational in March 1974 when the Mk1 Barnett-class lifeboat James and Margaret Boyd (ON 913) was stationed there for a trial period of one year. She had previously served at Stornoway for 19 years. In March 1975, the Committee of Management agreed that a permanent station should be re-established.[1]
The lifeboat station in this part of Aberdeenshire has been located in various locations in Banff & Macduff, and between 1923 and 1969, the station was located in Whitehills, three miles to the west of Macduff. Supporters and volunteers treat the station as 'one', regardless of the location.
The station is currently equipped with an Atlantic 85 lifeboat, Skipasund (B-933), funded by a donation from the Skipasund Foundation. Skipasund was officially handed over to the RNLI and named at a ceremony at the lifeboat station on 10 June 2023.
The launch & recovery system at Macduff is unique within the RNLI, being the only station where the boat is stored, launched and recovered from a mobile davit, which is essentially, a HGV with a crane.[1]