| Newcastle Lifeboat Station | |
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 Newcastle Lifeboat Station | |
  Newcastle, County Down | |
| General information | |
| Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
| Location | Newcastle Lifeboat Station |
| Address | South Promenade |
| Town or city | Newcastle, County Down, BT33 0EX |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°11′53.2″N 5°53′13.6″W / 54.198111°N 5.887111°W |
| Opened | 1854 |
| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Website | |
| Newcastle RNLI Lifeboat Station | |
Newcastle Lifeboat Station is situated at South Promenade, Newcastle, a seaside town in County Down, located the foot of Slieve Donard, the highest of the Mourne Mountains, overlooking the Irish Sea, in the south east corner of Northern Ireland.
A lifeboat was first stationed at Newcastle in 1854 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).[1]
The station currently operates the All-weather Mersey-class lifeboat, 12-20 Leonard Kent (ON 1177), on station since 2022, and the smaller D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat Eliza (D-775), on station since 2014.[2]
- ^ "Newcastle's station history". Newcastle Lifeboat Station. RNLI. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 4–132.