Kirkwall Harbour, Lifeboat Station
Lifeboat Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Kirkwall Harbour, Lifeboat Station
Classification Lifeboat Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkwall Pier
Canmore ID 282079
Site Number HY41SW 49.03
NGR HY 44936 11293
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/282079
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Kirkwall And St Ola
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY41SW 49.03 44899 11308
Lifeboat Station [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, July 2006.
A lifeboat station was first maintained, on a part-time and experimental basis, between 1968/9 and 1972, being officially established on 30 May in the latter year. A new mooring berth was dredged inside the Knuckle in 1989, and the present shore facility was built in 1990.
N Leach 1999.
