Beaches · Mid Wales
Cardigan Lifeboat Station
Cardigan Lifeboat Station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Summer (Jun–Aug)
About
Cardigan Lifeboat Station is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Cardigan Lifeboat Station (Welsh: Gorsaf Bad Achub Aberteifi) is located at Poppit Sands, on the southern side of the River Teifi estuary in North Pembrokeshire, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of the town of Cardigan, Wales. A lifeboat was first placed at Cardigan in 1849. Management of the station was transferred to the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS) in 1851, which became the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1854. The station closed in 1932 but reopened in 1971 as an Inshore lifeboat station. The station currently operates a B-class (Atlantic 85) Inshore lifeboat, Albatross (B-871), on station since 2013, and the smaller D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat, John Darbyshire (D-845), on station since 2019.
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Background
History
The original Cardigan lifeboat station was built in 1849, on the south side of the River Teifi estuary below Penrhyn Castle, after the loss of the crew from the brig Agnes Lee. Management of the station was transferred to the RNIPLS in 1851. On 21 January 1861, the schooner Dewi Wyn wrecked on the Cardigan Bar, whilst on passage from Bristol. The Cardigan lifeboat was launched, and saved all eight crew members. The first RNLI lifeboat to be placed at Cardigan arrived in 1864. The new 32 ft self-righting 'Pulling and Sailing' (P&S) lifeboat, one with sails and (10) oars, was transported to New Milford free of charge by the Great Western Railway Company. Funded by the Manchester Lifeboat…
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- Coordinates
- 52.1048, -4.6996
- Address
- Poppit Sands
- Established
- 1849
- Official site
- rnli.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q15207551 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cardigan Lifeboat Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cardigan Lifeboat Station?
- Cardigan Lifeboat Station is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom.
- When was Cardigan Lifeboat Station built?
- Built or established in 1849.
- Who owns Cardigan Lifeboat Station?
- Cardigan Lifeboat Station is owned by border|23px Royal National Lifeboat Institution.