Port Talbot Lifeboat Station | |
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General information | |
Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Location | Princess Margaret Way, Port Talbot, Neath & Port Talbot. SA12 6QW |
Country | Wales, UK |
Coordinates | 51°35′36″N 3°49′00″W / 51.59333°N 3.81667°W |
Opened | 1966 |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Port Talbot Lifeboat Station (based in, Aberavon, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, Wales) was opened in 1966 as an Inshore Lifeboat Station with a D-class (EA16) lifeboat.[1] The station is currently housed in a purpose built building close to the coastguard and lifeguard station that was finished in 1998.
The station currently operates the D-class (IB1) lifeboat Craig Morris (D-848).
The lifeboat station works and trains closely with Port Talbot Coastguard, RNLI Lifeguards and RAF Search & Rescue.
Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum - 1995
Framed Letter of Thanks x 2 - 1995
Framed Letter of Thanks x 2 - 1999
Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum x 2- 2006
Framed Letter of Thanks - 2006
Op. No.[a] | Name | In service [2] | Class | Comments |
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D-88 | Unnamed | 1966–1971 | D-class (RFD PB16) | |
D-189 | Unnamed | 1972–1983 | D-class (RFD PB16) | |
D-297 | Unnamed | 1984–1990 | D-class (RFD PB16) | |
D-402 | Warwick | 1990–1999 | D-class (EA16) | |
D-550 | Gwenllian The Rotary Club of Port Talbot | 1999–2009 | D-class (EA16) | |
D-713 | Nigel Martin Spender | 2009–2020 | D-class (IB1) | [3] |
D-848 | Craig Morris | 2020– | D-class (IB1) | [4] |