Mumbles Lifeboat Station
| Mumbles Lifeboat Station | |
| RNLI Lifeboat station | |
 Mumbles Lifeboat Station | |
| Country | Wales, UK |
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| State | Swansea |
| City | Swansea |
| Location | Pier Road, Mumbles, Swansea, UK. SA3 4EN |
| - coordinates | 51°34′11″N 3°58′48″W / 51.56972°N 3.98000°W |
| Founded | 1835 (taken over by RNLI - 1863) |
| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Visitation | Open All year round |
  Swansea, Wales
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Mumbles Lifeboat Station (based in Mumbles, Swansea, Wales) opened in 1935 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.
The station currently operates a Tyne class lifeboat and a D class lifeboat (IB1).
History
When the station first opened, it didn't have a boathouse and the lifeboat was stored under the cliffs. In 1866 the first boathouse was built and it was then replaced with a larger boathouse when a replacement lifeboat needed more room.
A slipway was constructed for launching the lifeboat in 1888 and in 1897, Mumbles Railway and Pier Company constructed a new slipway for the RNLI at no cost to the institution.
Another new slipway was built in 1916 and it was extended and had alterations made to it in 1922
The D class lifeboat is the main workhorse of the station, being used for more than 60% of the callouts.
Mumbles Lifeboat Station is the third busiest station in Wales.
Fleet
All Weather Boats
| Dates in service | Class | ON | Op. No. | Name |
| 1863–1866 | 10 oared boat | Martha and Anne | ||
| 1866–1883 | Wolverhampton | |||
| 1883–1898 | ON 229 | Wolverhampton (replacement) | ||
| 1898–1900 | ON 173 | No.5 Reserve | ||
| 1900–1903 | ON 436 | James Stevens No.12 | ||
| 1903–1905 | ON 265 | No.4 Reserve, Richard & No.3A Reserve, Quiver | ||
| 1905–1924 | Watson Class | ON 535 | Charlie Medland | |
| 1924–1947 | Watson Class | ON 678 | The Edward, Prince of Wales | |
| 1947–1974 | Watson Class | ON 849 | William Gammon - Manchester and District | |
| 1974–1985 | Watson Class | ON 940 | Pentland (Civil Service No. 31) | |
| 1985–2006 | Tyne-class | ON 1096 | 47-005 | The Ethel Anne Measures |
| 2006–present | Tyne Class | ON 1127 | 47-019 | Babs & Agnes Robertson |
Inshore Lifeboats
| Dates in service | Class | Op. No. | Name |
| 1965–1994 | D-class (EA16) | ||
| 1994–2004 | D-class (EA16) | D-463 | Nellie Grace Hughes |
| 2004–present | D-class (IB1) | D-623 | Peterborough Beer Festival II |
Station Honors
Four crewmen of the sand dredger Steepholm were saved by the Atlantic College lifeboat and the Porthcawl lifeboat in partnership with the Mumbles lifeboat in 1968.
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