Fishguard Lifeboat Station
| Fishguard Lifeboat Station | |
| RNLI Lifeboat station | |
 Fishguard Lifeboat Station
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| Country | Wales, UK |
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| County | Pembrokeshire |
| Town | Fishguard |
| Location | Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| - coordinates | 52°0′47.78″N 4°59′5.05″W / 52.0132722°N 4.9847361°WCoordinates: 52°0′47.78″N 4°59′5.05″W / 52.0132722°N 4.9847361°W |
| Founded | 1822 |
| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Visitation | Summer Months only |
 Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
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Fishguard Lifeboat Station (based in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station.
Located on the quay between Fishguard railway station and the northern breakwater, the station is staffed by two crews and has around 30 members. Operating two lifeboats, a Trent-class lifeboat Blue Peter VII and an inshore D-class (IB1) lifeboat Edward Arthur Richardson, it is one of seven stations with a lifeboat funded by the BBC children's television series Blue Peter.
The station has operated since 1822 and crews have been presented with 29 awards for gallantry including, in 1847, two Silver Medals to the first women to receive a lifeboat award. The RNLI took over the station in 1855.
In May 1874 the RNLI awarded the Fishguard lifeboat No.1 crew £27 for their lifesaving services over the previous month; they included saving a total of 17 crew from the schooners J.T.S., Squirrel and Gem and the smack Lerry. On 16 November 1882 the lifeboat attended 15 different vessels and saved 46 lives.
A slipway was built by the Great Western Railway in 1911 for a new boathouse; both were replaced in 1930. The lifeboat Charterhouse (ON563) was on station between 1909 and 1931, during which time her crews saved 47 lives. Her centenary was celebrated in 2009, still afloat and renamed Marian.
In February 1946 White Star was at sea for more than 24 hours in severe weather standing by the broken down submarine HMS Universal and helping to rescue her crew.
A number of awards have been made for outstanding achievements during lifeboat services -
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