Now Press Officer for the Oban Lifeboat, Patrick Maclean (‘Pat’ to his long-time lifeboating colleagues) is something of a walking Tardis – Continue reading
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Oban Lifeboat on shout to diver on the Rondo
At 11.43 this morning (7th November) Clyde Coastguard paged Continue reading
Oban Lifeboat – second launch today
They’re used to this, of course, as the RNLI’s busiest lifeboat in Scotland, Continue reading
Oban Lifeboat rescues diver with the bends
On 2nd September, a sixty-one year old diver was rescued from a dive at Loch Aline where he was suffering from the bends – a life-threatening condition caused when divers do not properly decompress on the way up from deep diving. The man was taken from Loch Aline to the hyperbaric chamber at Dunstaffnage. The Lifeboat launched at 5.30pm and was refuelled and ready for any other shouts by 8.11pm.