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Mumbles Lifeboat Station RNLI Lifeboat station 
Mumbles Lifeboat StationCountry 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 Founded 1835 (taken over by RNLI - 1863) Owner Royal National Lifeboat Institution Visitation Open All year round 
Swansea, WalesMumbles 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
External links
(RNLI) Lifeboat stations in WalesPenarth · Barry Dock · Atlantic College · Porthcawl · Port Talbot · Mumbles · Horton and Port Eynon · Burry Port · Tenby · Angle · Little and Broadhaven · St Davids · Fishguard · Cardigan · New Quay · Aberystwyth · Borth · Aberdovey · Barmouth · Criccieth · Pwllheli · Abersoch · Porthdinllaen · Trearddur Bay · Holyhead · Moelfre · Beaumaris · Conwy · Llandudno · Rhyl · Flint
(Stations are ordered in clockwise order around the coast)Categories:- Lifeboat stations in Wales
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