Serenissima refloats after grounding in Oban Bay

serenissima-courtesy-oban-lifeboatThe MS Serenissima,which went aground on a shingle bank in Oban Bay around 5.30pm on Monday May 20 2013,was refloated around midnight the same day with help from Oban lifeboat.

None of the 61 passengers and 51 crew were injured.

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Oban lifeboat whisky sale

15_t11whisky01Two bottles of unique 18-year-old Oban Lifeboat malt whisky exceeded all expectations when they sold at auction.

Find out how much they went for in The Oban Times of March 21 2013 and on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Lifeboat aids fishing vessel with gear-box failure

rnliA fishing vessel with gear-box failure had to be towed into harbour from the Sound of Mull on Monday February 18 2013. Continue reading Lifeboat aids fishing vessel with gear-box failure

Oban lifeboat goes to aid of Glensanda Quarry man

r7i5546-oban-lifeboat-at-top-speedOn Friday February 8 2013,Oban Lifeboat Mora Edith MacDonald launched at 7.40pm to help transfer a man to Oban from the Glensanda quarry on the Morvern Peninsula after he became unwell. Continue reading Oban lifeboat goes to aid of Glensanda Quarry man

Boat ferrying sheep capsizes in Loch Linnhe

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Loch Linnhe and Morvern

TWO shepherds were thrown into the water on the afternoon of Friday February 1 2013 after their boat capsized on Loch Linnhe,while moving sheep between the mainland and Shuna Island. Continue reading Boat ferrying sheep capsizes in Loch Linnhe

Oban Lifeboat launches in gale force conditions

r7i5546-oban-lifeboat-at-top-speedOban Lifeboat Mora Edith MacDonald launched on Wednesday January 30 2013 into a force 8-9 storm to evacuate a woman in her nineties from the Isle of Mull. Continue reading Oban Lifeboat launches in gale force conditions

Tobermory and Oban lifeboats on joint exercise

Tobermory volunteer crew 'hi line' training with Stornoway Coastguard helicopter

Photo Sam Jones/RNLI

Tobermory and Oban RNLI lifeboats joined forces at the weekend,January 19-20 2013,to carry out a joint exercise with Stornoway Coastguard’s search and rescue helicopter in the Sound of Mull. Continue reading Tobermory and Oban lifeboats on joint exercise

Oban lifeboat aids jet skier in first call of 2013

At 3:47pm on Thursday January 3 2013 Oban Lifeboat Mora Edith MacDonald was called out for the first time in 2013 to assist a jet ski in Achnacree Bay,Loch Etive. Continue reading Oban lifeboat aids jet skier in first call of 2013

Lifeboat goes to aid of injured French woman

Oban lifeboat was called out on Thursday evening,August 23,2012,to the aid of a French woman from a yacht moored at Oban Marina on the Isle of Kerrera. Continue reading Lifeboat goes to aid of injured French woman

Dinghy adrift rescued by lifeboat

Oban lifeboat Mora Edith Macdonald  launched at 6.30pm on Saturday August 18 2012 to go to the assistance of a 16ft Starfish dinghy with one adult and two children aboard.   Continue reading Dinghy adrift rescued by lifeboat

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