Atlantic College Lifeboat Station
Atlantic College Lifeboat Station was an inshore lifeboat station based at the United World College of the Atlantic on the coast of South Wales, responsible for rescues in the challenging waters of the Bristol Channel.
| Atlantic College Lifeboat Station | |
|---|---|
Atlantic College Lifeboat Station | |
Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan | |
| General information | |
| Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
| Location | St Donat's Castle, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, UK. CF61 1WF |
| Country | Wales, UK |
| Coordinates | 51°24′5″N 3°31′57″W |
| Opened | 1963 |
| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
The station opened in 1963, shortly after the school had been launched the previous autumn, as one of the first experimental inshore lifeboat stations established by the RNLI. The station pioneered innovative boatbuilding techniques, including inventing the Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) and creating the prototype for the Atlantic 21-class lifeboat in the early 1970s.
The RNLI withdrew the lifeboat from Atlantic College in June 2013, and the college now concentrates on training beach lifeguards.
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