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The Mumbles Lifeboat, 1947
... broke into three and her entire crew of 39 lost their lives. The Mumbles Lifeboat, Edward Prince of Wales, which had gone to the aid of the Samtampa,
Every year brings its quota of storms and every century brings two or three violent super-storms. Such a storm occurred on 23rd April 1947 and brought tragedy once more to our village.
The master of the SAMTAMPER ordered the radio officer to make a distress call and this message was relayed to Mumbles Coastguard.
... S. Samtampa aground and nearer the shore upside down on the rocks, the Mumbles lifeboat with oil everywhere. The day of the funeral, being naval Cadets we paraded as a ..
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by Fred Gammon 1903
On the last day of January 1903 a ship was run aground at Port Talbot. The following day, 1st February 1903, Mumbles Lifeboat launched out to sea With a crew of fourteen men all told' . . .
The volunteer members of the Mumbles Lifeboat crews have been famous for well over 150 years for their dedication in rescues at sea. On this occasion, 3 October 1968, the ...
by Tom Ace
'One by one the men jumped over the raging sea into the lifeboat and eventually the 37th man was safely taken off' . . .
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station History
8 May 2020: VE Day Commemoration
As we commemorate 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe we also remember the courageous service given throughout the war by the crews of all our lifeboats.
Book
from RNLI author Kate Jones
Available from the Lifeboat Station at Mumbles Pier (please check opening hours)
On the lighthouse island Keeper Abraham Ace watched a darkly-clad man picking his way across the sounds from the mainland. The main was his assistant, William Walkey, and the tide was coming in . . .'
1801 - 1900 By Carol Powell For several years there had been a lifeboat at Swansea, but in 1863 Mumbles obtained her first, the 'Martha and Ann', an open boat pulled by ten ...
... Hutchings from the lighthouse fort, rescued John Thomas and Williams Rosser, two of the lifeboat crew who had successfully rescued the crew of the German barque, Admiral Prinz Adalbert
The Mixon Sands Adventure, by Carol Powell,
To mark the occasion a small group, which included Derek Scott (Coxswain of the lifeboat) and his father, Les; Gwyn John, Assistant Secretary of the Lifeboat Committee and his wife . . .
... lifeboats Pictured together on 8 February 2014, at Mumbles Pier the new Tamar class Lifeboat, Roy Barker IV, with the old Tyne class , Babs and Agnes Robertson © Nicholas Leach
Everyday Life on Mumbles Coastguard Station 1930 & 1940s by Bet Ogbourne & Pat Symmons
At the entrance to the site was a house which had large green doors on which were emblazoned the letters L.S.A, where all the ropes and equipment were kept in readiness for a rescue. When the Distress Rocket was fired, there was a tremendous bang and the sky would be lit up with a glow. T
Grandpa Darling by Maisie Harris
In common with many oystermen and fishermen, Grandpa was a member of the lifeboat crew. In those days, it was an open boat rowed by ten oarsmen and there ...
...The wind had risen to gale force! Father told me to get the coxswain of the lifeboat, who just lived by us and his granddaughter came with a hurricane lamp.
In 1947, there was another sea tragedy. The entire Mumbles Lifeboat crew was lost, trying to rescue the crew of the Samtampa.
Four Lifeboat Stations at The Mumbles