Lifeboat Station : Newcastle
Main Contact Details
County Down Northern Ireland
BT33 0EX
Telephone
(028 4372) 5138
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Visitor Contact
Patrick Pinkerton
Telephone
078 02940654
Station Opening Times
9:30am - 4pm daily
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
Parking, Disabled Access
About this station
A lifeboat has been stationed at Newcastle for over 180 years and the crews have been honoured with 36 awards for gallantry. Today the station operates two lifeboats – an inshore D class lifeboat and an all weather Mersey class lifeboat.
Recent launches in ireland (BST)
19/08/2008
Dun Laoghaire - 20:2419/08/2008
Rosslare Harbour - 20:1618/08/2008
Dunmore East - 21:45
Last Launch
Launched this week
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from Ireland in Compass, available here.
Family rescued from grounded yacht
30/06/2008
By: Charles W. Glynn
Kilrush lifeboat crew rescued a family from their grounded yacht on Saturday afternoon.
Bangor called out to dinghy race
23/06/2008
By: Kevin Baird
Bangor's B class lifeboat was launched on Sunday afternoon to help rescue children involved in a dinghy race that had been disrupted by severe weather.
New Fethard lifeboat named
09/06/2008
By: Niamh Stephenson
Fethard's new D class lifeboat was named Trade Winds on Saturday.
Flood Rescue team exercise
09/05/2008
By: Niamh Stephenson
A specially trained team of 20 RNLI lifeboat crew members will take part in an emergency exercise this weekend in counties Fermanagh and Donegal.