Howth Lifeboat Station | |
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General information | |
Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Location | Middle Pier |
Address | Howth Harbour |
Town or city | Howth, County Dublin |
Country | Ireland |
Coordinates | 53°23′22.6″N 6°04′05.6″W / 53.389611°N 6.068222°W |
Opened | 1817 1862 RNLI |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Website | |
Skerries RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Howth Lifeboat Station sits on the middle pier at Howth Harbour in the fishing village of Howth, on Howth Head, a peninsula located on the north side of Dublin Bay, in the administrative region of Fingal, historically County Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland.
A lifeboat was first stationed at Howth in 1817 by the Corporation and Port of Dublin. Management of the station was transferred to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1862.[1]
The station currently operates a Trent-class All-weather lifeboat, 14-33 Roy Barker III (ON 1258), on station since 2002, and the D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat Aideen Cresswell (D-796), on station since 2016.[1]