The Mumbles Lifeboat Station
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The Mumbles Lifeboat Station (based in Mumbles, Swansea, Wales) opened in 1835 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.
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The Mumbles Lifeboat Station | |
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Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Location | Pier Road, Mumbles, Swansea, UK. SA3 4EN |
Country | Wales, UK |
Coordinates | 51.5698°N 3.9741°W / 51.5698; -3.9741 |
Opened | 1835 (taken over by RNLI - 1863) |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
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The station currently operates a Tamar-class lifeboat and a D-class (IB1) lifeboat, and operates from a boathouse at the end of Mumbles Pier.