Kyle of Lochalsh Lifeboat Station | |
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General information | |
Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Address | Kyle Prospect Road |
Town or city | Kyle of Lochalsh, Highland, IV40 8AJ |
Country | Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°16′48.3″N 5°42′53.7″W / 57.280083°N 5.714917°W |
Opened | 23 April 1995 |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Website | |
Kyle of Lochalsh RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Kyle of Lochalsh Lifeboat Station is located next to the Fisheries Pier, on Kyle Prospect Road, in Kyle of Lochalsh, a village at the end of the Lochalsh peninsula in north-west Scotland, formerly in Ross and Cromarty, now in the administrative region of Highland.
A B-class (Atlantic 21) Inshore lifeboat was first stationed at Kyle of Lochalsh by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) on 23 April 1995.[1]
The station currently operates the B-class (Atlantic 85) Inshore lifeboat, Spirit of Fred. Olsen (B-856), on station since 2011.[2]