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Porthcawl Lifeboat Station
Porthcawl Lifeboat Station (based in Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales) opened in 1860 and a boathouse was subsequently built on the promenade to house the lifeboat. This station was closed in 1902 when Porthcawl Dock was closed.
The station reopened in 1965 as an Inshore Lifeboat Station with a lifeboat. The current boathouse was built in 1996 to house a new lifeboat which now houses an lifeboat.
History.
The station opened in April 1860, with the boathouse being built on the promenade, at the
SS Samtampa
SS "Samtampa" was a 7,219 ton steamship wrecked on Sker Point, off Porthcawl and Kenfig, Wales, in the Bristol Channel on 23 April 1947. At the time of the shipwreck, the "Samtampa" was operated by the Houlder Line.
There were 47 fatalities in the incident, 39 from the ship and 8 volunteer crew of the lifeboat RNLB "Edward, Prince of Wales" (ON 678) from The Mumbles Lifeboat Station who died attempting to save the crew of the "Samtampa"