Aerial view of St Justinian Lifeboat Station, near St Davids Pembrokeshire Wales
St Davids Lifeboat Station (based in St Justinian, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution station. It was opened in 1869 and to date over 360 lives have been saved at sea in more than 420 launches. The station was established by the RNLI in 1869 following appeals from local residents after a number of shipwrecks nearby. The Institution had already awarded a silver medal to local man Thomas M Rees for risking his life in an incident in 1867. The station was provided with the 32-foot Augusta, donated by the Earl of Dartmouth. Augusta remained in service until 1885, saving 23 lives. From 1885 to 1910 16 lives were saved. The lifeboat was wrecked on The Bitches reef during a rescue on 13 October 1910, and three crewmen drowned. A temporary lifeboat, Charlotte was stationed for two years; meanwhile, a new station and slipway were constructed to accommodate the station's first motor-powered lifeboat, General Farrell. General Farrell remained on station until 1936, her crew saving 17 lives in the intervening years. She was replaced by Swn-y-Mor which her crews saving 108 lives in her 26 years which was marked in 1956 by the loss of lifeboatman Ieuan Bateman. Two years earlier the tanker World Concord broke in two in hurricane-force winds; St Davids and Rosslare Harbour lifeboats rescued 42 people from the tanker. Today, The station employs two full-time members, Coxswain and Mechanic. The remaining crew are volunteers. In 2014 construction started on a new larger lifeboat station and slipway capable of accommodating the Tamar-class, with improved access for bringing in equipment and evacuating casualties and more extensive modern facilities; the cost is in the region of £ million. The new facility is a short distance from the existing boathouse which remains in service. The lifeboat station is the embarkation point for ferries to Ramsey Island.
Size: 5184px × 2916px
Location: St Justinian near St Davids, Pembrokeshire Wales UK
Photo credit: © DV Aerial / Alamy / Afripics
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