Burry Port Lifeboat Station
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Burry Port Lifeboat Station (near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales) was first opened in 1887, the cost of the station defrayed from a legacy bequeathed by the late Mrs J S Barclay of Edmonton and, in accordance with her wishes, the boat was named David Barclay of Tottenham (ON110), after her late husband.[1]
Burry Port Lifeboat Station | |
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General information | |
Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Location | The Harbour, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, UK |
Country | Wales, UK |
Coordinates | 51.67926°N 4.24858°W / 51.67926; -4.24858 |
Opened | 1887 |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution had taken over a lifeboat station at Llanelli in 1854, 2 years after it opened, but decided to close the station, and relocate the lifeboat operations to Pembrey in 1863. However, due to a constant increase of sand at Pembrey, it was necessary to move once again, this time to Burry Port.[1]
Reopening in 1973, the station currently operates a D-class (IB1) named Williams & Cole (D-882) and a B-class (Atlantic 85) named The Misses Barrie (B-915)