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Penarth Lifeboat Station is located on the Esplanade in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
A lifeboat was first stationed here by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1861. 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 Inshore lifeboat, (B-839) Maureen Lilian (B-839), on station since 2010, and a D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat, Spirit of Penarth II (D-822), on station since 2018.




History


The Bristol Channel has always been a hazardous stretch of water because of the extreme tidal range. There are very strong currents or rips close inshore, with speeds that exceed 7 knots (13 km/h), for several hours at each tide. The rise and fall of the tides at Penarth are the second highest recorded anywhere in the world The original 1861 oar-powered lifeboat was housed in a shed built near to where Penarth Yacht Club now stands at the southern end of Penarth beach and controlled by staff located at the Coastguard cottages and Trinity House lookout tower on Tower Hill near Marine Parade.
The manually powered (rowing) or "pulling boats" were 30 feet in length and were powered by 12 oars. They had cork in their hull and shaped air-cases fore and aft. The boats were self-righting and their double-ended designs could operate a rudder from either end, so there was no need to turn.
In 1883, when the Yacht Club and the raised concrete esplanade were constructed along Penarth seafront, an All-weather lifeboat was relocated to a yard and temporary slipway near the Taff Vale Railway Marine Hotel on the Dock Beach, where it remained until 1905.
The Penarth lifeboat was withdrawn from service in 1905 and all services transferred to the new Barry Dock Lifeboat Station, and the station at Weston-super-Mare. Penarth would have no lifeboat service for the next 75 years, until a new station opened in 1980.
With the regular daily hovercraft service between Penarth to Weston-super-Mare, coupled with an increase in leisure boating generated by a new water skiing club, it was decided in 1980 to re-establish lifeboat services at Penarth, with the provision of an inflatable D-class Inshore lifeboat. The new boat was located at the original site next to Penarth Yacht Club, housed in an unused storehouse and launched down the yacht club’s jetty.
The current boathouse was built in 1995 to house a B-class lifeboat. Also provided were a Talus MB-4H amphibious tractor, a workshop, an RNLI souvenir shop, a fuel store and improved crew facilities. The following year a B-class (Atlantic 21) lifeboat arrived, for a temporary duty at the station. That boat was replaced four months later by the Atlantic 75-class Spirit of Penarth (B-725) and the D-class (EA16) Severn Rescuer (D-534). The D-class lifeboat is launched using a TC45 tractor and carriage.
In 2010 Spirit of Penarth (B-725) was withdrawn from service, and replaced with the Atlantic 85-class Maureen Lilian (B-839).




= Some historic rescues by the Penarth lifeboat

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Penarth lifeboats






= All-Weather lifeboats

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Station Closed in 1905
Pre ON numbers are unofficial numbers used by the Lifeboat Enthusiast Society to reference early lifeboats not included on the official RNLI list.




= Inshore lifeboats

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D-class




B-class





= Launch and recovery tractors

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Station honours


The following are awards made to the crew of Penarth Lifeboat Station

Thanks of the Institute inscribed on Vellum
For the rescue of a yacht close to Lavernock point on 2 May 2011.
Jason Dunlop, Helmsman - 2012
Aran Pitter, Crew member - 2012
A Framed Letter of Thanks signed by the Chairman of the Institution
For rescuing a man cut off by the tide on 25 May 2002.
Simeon Rabaiotti, Helmsman - 2002




See also


List of RNLI stations
List of former RNLI stations
Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats




References






External links


Penarth RNLI Lifeboat Station

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