Lifeboat Station : Atlantic College
Main Contact Details
Atlantic College Lifeboat Station, St Donat's Bay, Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
CF61 1WF
Telephone
01446 790611
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Station Information
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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Mr Paul Dowling
Telephone
01446 790611
Station Opening Times
By appointment only
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
Parking, Disabled access
About this station
Atlantic College was one of the first nine inshore lifeboat stations to be established by the RNLI. Experimental work on the development of fast inshore rescue boats was carried out here and it was also the first station to have a female helmsman.
Recent launches in wales (BST)
06/10/2008
Barry Dock - 21:4806/10/2008
Beaumaris - 16:4106/10/2008
Peel - 15:31
Last Launch
27/01/2008
Family rescued from grounded RIB
15/09/2008
By: Peter Wright
A rigid inflatable boat with two adults and two children onboard ran aground in Conwy Bay on Saturday afternoon.
Holyhead lifeboat leads historic procession
01/09/2008
By: Ray Steadman
A flotilla of gaff-rigged wooden boats sailed into Holyhead on 31 August, led by the town's Severn class lifeboat Christopher Pearce.
Scrum on the Beach
15/08/2008
By: Paul Cullen
England rugby players Danny Cipriani and Nick Easter enjoyed a day on the beach on Wednesday, in the centre of Birmingham, with RNLI Lifeguards giving safety advice.
Three rescued by St Davids lifeboats
07/08/2008
By: Jim Phillips
St Davids' lifeboats were called out on Tuesday night to the aid of three teenage girls trapped in a gulley at the foot of cliffs at Caerfai Bay.
Lifeguards and lifeboats rescue kayakers
07/07/2008
By: Sandi Hill
RNLI lifeguards in Pembrokeshire worked with their local lifeboats to rescue four kayakers on Saturday.