North Berwick Lifeboat Station

Coordinates: 56°3′37.08″N 2°43′3.36″W / 56.0603°N 2.7176°W / 56.0603; -2.7176

North Berwick Lifeboat Station
RNLI Lifeboat station
North Berwick Lifeboat Station
Country	Scotland, UK
State	East Lothian
Town	North Berwick
Location	Victoria Road, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- coordinates	56°3′37.08″N 2°43′3.36″W / 56.0603°N 2.7176°W / 56.0603; -2.7176
Founded	1860
Owner	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Visitation	Summer Months only
North Berwick, East Lothian

North Berwick Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) marine-rescue facility in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

The RNLI first allotted a lifeboat to North Berwick in 1869, in response to the nearby shipwreck of the schooner Bubona the year before.^[1] The station closed in 1925 but was re-established in 1967, when the viewers of the BBC children's television programme Blue Peter funded the purchase of four D class lifeboats—one of which, the Blue Peter III, was assigned to North Berwick.^[2] The station is currently equipped with its fourth Blue Peter vessel, the Blue Peter 7, and was chosen to carry out trials of the new IB-1 lifeboat.^[1]

In the last 100 years the station's rescue crews have received three RNLI awards for gallantry and three Blue Peter gold badges.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Douglas C. Seaton. "Lifeboat Back on Station". Royal Burgh of North Berwick. http://www.northberwick.org.uk/story_3.html#Lifeboat. Retrieved 2009-12-17. 
2. ^ "North Berwick History". RNLI. http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/scotland/stations/northberwicklothian/history. Retrieved 2009-12-17. 
3. ^ "Lifeboat Station: North Berwick". RNLI. http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/scotland/stations/northberwicklothian/history. Retrieved 2009-12-17. 

External links

• www.northberwicklifeboat.org.uk
• North Berwick Lifeboat Station

Photos

• North Berwick Lifeboat flickr group
• Lifeboat on parade in North Berwick
• Blue Peter III
• Emergency lifeboat launch