Mumbles Lifeboat Station

Mumbles Lifeboat Station
Mumbles Lifeboat Station
RNLI Lifeboat station
Mumbles Lifeboat Station
Country Wales, UK
State Swansea
City Swansea
Location Pier Road, Mumbles, Swansea, UK. SA3 4EN
 - coordinates 51°34′11″N 3°58′48″W / 51.56972°N 3.98°W / 51.56972; -3.98
Founded 1835 (taken over by RNLI - 1863)
Owner Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Visitation Open All year round
Swansea, Wales

Mumbles Lifeboat Station (based in Mumbles, Swansea, Wales) opened in 1935 with a lifeboat that was funded and managed by Swansea Harbour Trustees and was known as Swansea Lifeboat Station.[1] The station was taken over by the RNLI in 1863 and moved to Mumbles in 1866. The station only officially became the Mumbles Lifeboat Station in 1904.

The station currently operates a Tyne class lifeboat and a IB1 class lifeboat.

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History of the Station

When the station first opened, it didn't have a boathouse and the lifeboat was stored under the cliffs. In 1866 the first boathouse was built and it was then replaced with a larger boathouse when a replacement lifeboat needed more room.

A slipway was constructed for launching the lifeboat in 1888 and in 1897, Mumbles Railway and Pier Company constructed a new slipway for the RNLI at no cost to the institution.

Another new slipway was built in 1916 and it was extended and had alterations made to it in 1922

The IB1 class lifeboat is the main workhorse of the station, being used for more than 60% of the callouts.

Mumbles Lifeboat Station is the third busiest station in Wales.

The Lifeboats

All weather Lifeboats

  • 1866 - 1883 - Wolverhampton
  • 1883 - 1898 - ON-229 - Wolverhampton (replacement)
  • 1898 - 1900 - ON-173 - No.5 Reserve
  • 1900 - 1903 - James Stevens No.12
  • 1903 - 1905 - No.4 Reserve, Richard and No.3A Reserve, Quiver (ON-265)
  • 1905 - 1924 - Watson - ON-535 - Charlie Medland
  • 1924 - 1947 - Watson - ON-678 - The Edward, Prince of Wales
  • 1947 - 1974 - Watson - ON-849 - William Gammon - Manchester and District
  • 1974 - 1985 - Watson - Pentland - Civil Service No.31
  • 1985 - 2006 - Tyne - ON-1096 - 'The Ethel Anne Measures
  • 2006–present - Tyne - ON-1127 - Babs & Agnes Robertson

D class Lifeboats

  • 1965 - 1994 - D class - various
  • 1994 - 2004 - D class - D463 - Nellie Grace Hughes
  • 2004–present - 'IB1' D class - D623 - Peterborough Beer Festival II

Station Honors

Four crewmen of the sand dredger Steepholm were saved by the Atlantic College lifeboat and the Porthcawl lifeboat in partnership with the Mumbles lifeboat in 1968.

References

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