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 Lifeboats on exercise
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The Mersey Class Lifeboat was designed and developed by RNLI staff for stations where variable tides demand the lifeboat be launched into the sea from a carriage. There are 22 such stations around the coast and New Quay is one of them. The Mersey has a speed of over 17 knots, double the speed of the Oakley and Rother class lifeboats she replaced durinq the late 1980's and early 1990's.
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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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Un o hoelion wyth y byd Cymraeg, Yr Athro Hywel Teifi Edwards, wedi marw yn 75 oed wedi cyfnod byr o dostrwydd.
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