Porthcawl Lifeboat Station
RNLI Lifeboat Station in Wales, UK / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Porthcawl Lifeboat Station (based in Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales) opened in 1860 and a boathouse was subsequently built on the promenade to house the lifeboat.[1] This station was closed in 1902 when Porthcawl Dock was closed.
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Porthcawl Lifeboat Station | |
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Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Location | The Esplanade, Porthcawl, Bridgend, UK. CF36 3YR |
Country | Wales, UK |
Coordinates | 51°28′26″N 3°42′06″W |
Opened | 1860 |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
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The station reopened in 1965 as an Inshore Lifeboat Station with a D-class (EA16) lifeboat. The current boathouse was built in 1996 to house a new Atlantic 75-class lifeboat, which now houses an Atlantic 85-class lifeboat.