Whitelink Bay Lifeboat Station was located at Whitelink Bay beach, which sits between the villages of Inverallochy and St Combs, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Fraserburgh, in the county of Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland.

[1] On the application by local residents, and following the visits and report by Rear-Admiral John R. Ward, Inspector of Lifeboats, at a meeting of the RNLI committee of management on Thursday 5 June 1877, it was decided to establish four new lifeboat stations in Scotland, at Nairn, Ackergill, Huna and Whitelink Bay.

Numerous shipwrecks had occurred on that part of the coast, and appeared to be on the increase, while it was also thought that a Life-boat would probably often render good service to fishing boats overtaken by sudden gales of wind.

[4] On 5 January 1899, the coxswain of The Three Brothers saw a fishing boat in distress off Rattray Head, after a sudden squall broke out, with a heavy shower of snow and sleet, in what had been a fine morning.

[5] Three Brothers was launched on 1 April 1902 into a strong north-west gale, following a message of an unnamed vessel, which had run ashore.