New Quay Lifeboat
Last updated: 17 August 2006
Like many a seaside town, New Quay has a long and proud lifeboat tradition. Albert Moller is the RNLI operations manager at New Quay and he's contributed the following information about the station's history. The pictures were taken by Tony Denton a lifeboat enthusiast unless otherwise stated. The archive photos are published courtesy of the RNLI archive in Poole.
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New Quay lifeboat on a call out in May 2006
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The first lifeboat station in New Quay was constructed in 1864 at the request of the local inhabitants. The first lifeboat, 'Forester' arrived in December of that year and was renamed `Nelson' in 1871. She was 35 feet 9 inches long with a beam of 8 feet and rowed by 12 oars. Arthur Wood was the first Hon. Sec. but unfortunately the name of the first Coxswain was never recorded.
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your comments
Melissa and Alex
I have volunteered! There are no toilet facilites on the boat...
Sat Apr 21 16:08:18 2007
Have you ever volunteered on the life boats? What did you enjoy about the experience? Add your comments below:
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Lynwen Haf Roberts yn sôn am ei chyfnod oddi cartref yn yr Amerig.
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