The Mumbles Lifeboat Station
| The Mumbles Lifeboat Station | |
|---|---|
Gorsaf Bad Achub Y Mwmbwls | |
Mumbles Lifeboat Station, opened in 2014 | |
Mumbles, Wales | |
| Former names | Swansea Lifeboat Station |
| General information | |
| Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
| Location | Mumbles Pier, Pier Road, Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, SA3 4EN, UK |
| Coordinates | 51°34′11.6″N 3°58′26.9″W / 51.569889°N 3.974139°W |
| Opened | 1835 (taken over by RNLI - 1863) |
| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Website | |
| The Mumbles RNLI Lifeboat Station | |
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station (Welsh: Gorsaf Bad Achub Y Mwmbwls) is at Mumbles Pier, located at the south-western corner of Swansea Bay, near the village of Mumbles, within the city and county of Swansea, in the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales.
A lifeboat was first placed at The Mumbles in 1835, provided by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS), but managed by Swansea Harbour Trustees. Management of the station, by now located in Swansea, and known as Swansea Lifeboat Station, was taken over by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1863, and moved back to Mumbles in 1866.
The station currently operates a Tamar-class All-weather lifeboat, 16-27 Roy Barker IV (ON 1307), on station since 2014, and the smaller D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat, Hugh, Maureen and Heather Pope (D-895), on station since 2024.