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Queensferry Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located in the town of South Queensferry within the boundary of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland in the United Kingdom. The station is currently equipped with an Atlantic 85 lifeboat the Jimmy Cairncross (RNLI Number B-851) on station since 2011.



Location
The current station is located at the Hawes pier just east of the Forth Rail Bridge. The station covers the River Forth upstream and downstream of river and compliments the flanking station at Kinghorn. The present boathouse and station facilities were constructed and opened in 2012.

Awards

 * 1974 A Framed Letters of Thanks signed by the Chairman of the Institution, Major General Ralph H Farrant CB, awarded to ILB crew, R Mackay, J Smith and G McAlpine for the rescue of a man in very severe conditions when his small dinghy was washed onto the Swallow Craig rock on 8 December.
 * 2010 For services to the Institution, Lifeboat Operations Manager and Chairmain, Thomas James Robertson was honoured by Her Majesty the Queen Birthday Honours with an MBE.
 * 2016 Donald Quate was presented with the Long Service Award for his dedication over the years to the charity, joining the station as a volunteer crew member in 1976.