Editing Fraserburgh (section)

===Lifeboat service===
{{main|Fraserburgh Lifeboat Station}}
The town has had a local lifeboat on service since 1806 which was run privately by the local Harbour Board until the first [[RNLI]] operated station opened in 1858. This was the first official RNLI station opened in Scotland.{{fact|date=January 2024}}

Throughout the 20th century, Fraserburgh suffered three lifeboat disasters. First, in 1919, the 'Lady Rothes' capsized while assisting HM [[Naval drifter|drifter]] ''Eminent''. Coxswain Andrew Noble and Acting Second Coxswain Andrew Faquhar drowned.<ref>{{cite news|title=Losses to Shipping and Property|newspaper=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=1919-04-29|page=7|issue=42086}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=The Flag in the Wind|title=Notable Dates in History|publisher=[[The Scots Independent]]|url=http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm|access-date=2014-05-23|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm|archive-date=23 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Second, on 9 February 1953, six crew members lost their lives when the lifeboat capsized while escorting fishing vessels to the harbour. On this occasion Coxswain Andrew Ritchie, Mechanic George Duthie, Bowman Charles Tait, Assistant Mechanic James Noble and Crew Members John Crawford and John Buchan all lost their lives - the only survivor was Charles Tait. Lastly, on 21 January 1970 while on service to the Danish fishing vessel ''Opal'', the lifeboat ''The Duchess of Kent'' capsized with the loss of five of her crew of six. Those killed were Coxswain John Stephen, Mechanic Frederick Kirkness and crew members William Hadden, James R.S. Buchan and James Buchan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/scotland/stations/FraserburghGrampian/history |title=Fraserburgh History |access-date=2010-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818062522/http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/scotland/stations/FraserburghGrampian/history |archive-date=18 August 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

{{stack|[[File:Fraserburgh Lifeboat Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 2026024.jpg|thumb|Fraserburgh Lifeboat Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 2026024]]}}
In 2009, a local campaign was started to raise £40,000 to erect an official monument to the 14 men who lost their lives whilst serving on the Fraserburgh Lifeboat. The target was successfully achieved and the monument unveiled by [[Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun]] in August 2010.{{fact|date=January 2024}}