Cardigan Lifeboat Station

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Coordinates: 52°06′17″N 4°41′58″W / 52.10472°N 4.69944°W / 52.10472; -4.69944
Cardigan Lifeboat Station
RNLI Lifeboat station
Cardigan Lifeboat Station
Country Wales, UK
State Ceredigion
Town Cardigan
Location Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales
 - coordinates 52°06′17″N 4°41′58″W / 52.10472°N 4.69944°W / 52.10472; -4.69944
Founded 1822
Owner Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Cardigan, Ceredigion
An early 20th century postcard entitled "Black Rocks and Lifeboat House" (centre, just above waterline). This was the 1876 boathouse.

Cardigan Lifeboat Station (located at Poppit Sands, near Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales) is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station which opened in 1822. The station closed in 1932 but reopened in 1971 as an inshore lifeboat station.[1]

The present station operates both a D-class lifeboat and a B-class Atlantic 75 lifeboat.

History

The original Cardigan lifeboat station was built in 1849 (on the south side of the River Teifi below Penrhyn Castle)[2] after the loss of the crew from the brig Agnes Lee. This station was taken over by the RNLI the following year. In 1876 a replacement boathouse with slipway was built, the remains of which can be seen down the estuary at Black Rocks, but this was abandoned in 1932, leaving the nearest other stations at Fishguard and Aberystwyth. The subsequent popularity of this area, with increased leisure incidents and accidents, led to the decision to construct a station on the present site.[3]

In 1987 a new boathouse, built for the new C-class lifeboat, was officially opened. Then in 1998 a new double boathouse was completed for a B-class and D-class lifeboats, for launching vehicles, and it also provided improved crew facilities. Consequently, the station today houses two inshore lifeboats, which operate from the beach.[2]

The lifeboat crew have training sessions twice a week - on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. Over the years crews have been presented with 15 awards for gallantry.[4]

The station also houses an RNLI shop, open throughout the year, volunteers permitting.

Fleet

All-weather Lifeboats (1849–1932)

Dates in service Class ON Op. No. Name
1849–1905
1905–1932 Liverpool-class P&S ON 547 Elizabeth Austin

Inshore Lifeboats (1971–present)

Dates in service Class Op. No. Name
1971–1987 D-class (EA16)
1987–1999 C-class
1999–2009 D-class (EA16) D-547 Society of Societies
2009–present D-class (IB1) D-709 Elsie Ida Meade
Dates in service Class Op. No. Name
1999–present Atlantic 75 B-752 Tanni Grey

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cardigan Lifeboat Station". Rnli.org. Retrieved 2013-05-22. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 - Cardigan station history Retrieved 27 August 2012
  3. ↑ Poppit Sands Information Board
  4. ↑ RNLI - Lifeboat Station : Cardigan Retrieved 30 October 2011

External links

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