Penarth Lifeboat Station
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Penarth Lifeboat Station is located in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and originally opened in 1861.[1]
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Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Location | The Esplanade, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, UK |
Country | Wales, UK |
Coordinates | 51°25′57″N 3°10′08″W |
Opened | 1861 |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
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The station was closed in 1905 with services transferred to other local stations, until 1980 when the station reopened on Penarth seafront with an inshore lifeboat. The station currently operates an Atlantic 85-class lifeboat and a D-class (IB1) lifeboat.