Atlantic College Lifeboat Station
| Atlantic College Lifeboat Station | |
| RNLI Lifeboat station | |
 Atlantic College Lifeboat Station
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| Country | Wales, UK |
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| State | Vale of Glamorgan |
| Town | Llantwit Major |
| Location | St Donat's Castle, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, UK. CF61 1WF |
| - coordinates | 51°24′5″N 3°31′57″W / 51.40139°N 3.53250°WCoordinates: 51°24′5″N 3°31′57″W / 51.40139°N 3.53250°W |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Visitation | By appointment only |
 Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan
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Atlantic College Lifeboat Station (based in Atlantic College, South Wales, a United World College) opened in 1963 as one of the first experimental inshore lifeboat stations established by the RNLI.
The RNLI withdrew the lifeboat from Atlantic College in June 2013. The college now concentrates on training beach lifeguards.
Atlantic College was instrumental in the design and development of the RNLI's first fast rescue boats under the supervision of the headmaster, Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare. He was the pioneer of the Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) and of the first B-class Atlantic 21-class lifeboat which was named after the college and entered service in the 1970s. In the early 1960s the college had designed a rigid inflatable boat which subsequently became the basis for the B-class. The college sold the patent to the RNLI for £1 in 1973. An early example was discovered in Barry in 2012 and restored in 2014.
On 20 May 1971, the station recorded the first service at any station involving a female crew member took place. Penelope M. Sutton was a member of the crew when the ILB was launched to investigate a Swedish motor cruiser, reported to be at anchor and flying a distress signal. The incident was a false alarm, as the courtesy Red Ensign flown on the cruiser had been misinterpreted.
In 1973, the station received its first official RNLI Atlantic 21 lifeboat. Previous lifeboats operated by the station were owned by the college with the RNLI paying expenses.
In 2000, the station received an Atlantic 75-class lifeboat.
The RNLI withdrew the lifeboat from Atlantic College in June 2013.
In 2015, Atlantic College joined a number of other organisations to campaign for the establishment of a lifeboat service in Japan, coordinated by college alumnus and current RNLI crew member Robin Jenkins.
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