Newcastle Lifeboat Station | |
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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]