Angle lifeboat station
| Angle Lifeboat Station | |
| RNLI Lifeboat station | |
 Angle's Boathouse
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| Country | Wales, United Kingdom |
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| Unitary authority | Pembrokeshire |
| Town | Angle |
| Location | Point Angle, Pembrokeshire, UK |
| - coordinates | 51°41′08″N 5°04′51″W / 51.68556°N 5.08083°WCoordinates: 51°41′08″N 5°04′51″W / 51.68556°N 5.08083°W |
| Founded | 1868 |
| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Visitation | 9am - 4pm every weekday |
 Angle, Pembrokeshire
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Angle Lifeboat Station (near Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales) first opened in 1868 after a letter from the local Coastguard requested a lifeboat station within the Milford Haven.
The station was originally called Milford Lifeboat Station until 1892 when it was officially changed after an RNLI Committee of Management meeting.
The station currently operates a Tamar-class lifeboat Mark Mason and a D-class (IB1) lifeboat SuperG II.
The station was established by the RNLI in 1868, although three silver medals had already been awarded for rescues. A boat house and wooden slipway were built, the latter replaced by a stronger slipway in 1888. A new boathouse and roller slipway were built in 1927 and two years later the station took delivery of its first motor-lifeboat.
In 1991 construction began of a new, larger, boathouse and slipway adjacent to the 1927 structure. Following completion in 1992, the old boathouse and slipway were demolished.
In the 1990s an inshore lifeboat station was established and in 1996 a D-class lifeboat, D-493 Isabella Mary began service at the station. The 1992 all-weather lifeboat station was able to be adapted for the new, larger, Tamar class lifeboat and in 2009 the station took delivery of the Tamar-class, 16-11 Mark Mason.
For other historical details, see under Station honours, below.
The first rescue in which the crew received medals was in the rescue of 27 (some say 33) people who were on board the 1878-built Loch Shiel which had run into rocks off Thorn Island. Two lifeboat crew members and the honorary secretary received silver medals. One of the crew members was Thomas Rees. He is buried in the church yard at St Mary's. It was said that the lifeboat was unable to reach the crew of the Loch Shiel, but these brave people managed to get to them by climbing around Thorn island and getting a rope to the ship. They literally held on by their finger tips to achieve this.
The rescue is otherwise noteworthy as it is described as Wales' "Whisky Galore". The Loch Shiel was carrying goods from Scotland to Adelaide and included gunpowder, beer and 7,500 (some say 7,000) cases of Glasgow whisky. Much of this was never recovered. Some of the bottles are still amongst the wreck which are described as "undrinkable", but much of the cargo was only partially recovered by the customs men. It was said that one local drank himself to death on the 100 proof whiskey. In 1999, bottles of beer from the wreck were auctioned for £1000 per bottle.
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