LIFEBOAT STATION
Gorsaf Bad Achub Portdinllaen.
In the 19th Century, North Wales lacked good roads, and so the sea was the easiest way to access many places. Porthdinllaen, on the northern coast of the Llyn Peninsula, with its sheltered north facing bay, became important as a harbour of refuge and a busy port, with over 700 ships passing through the port in 1861.
After storms in 1863, the local parish priest wrote to The Royal National Lifeboat Institution to request that a lifeboat be positioned in the harbour.
The boat shed and slip were conmmissioned in 1864. Manned constantly since.
LIFEBOAT STATION
Gorsaf Bad Achub Portdinllaen.
In the 19th Century, North Wales lacked good roads, and so the sea was the easiest way to access many places. Porthdinllaen, on the northern coast of the Llyn Peninsula, with its sheltered north facing bay, became important as a harbour of refuge and a busy port, with over 700 ships passing through the port in 1861.
After storms in 1863, the local parish priest wrote to The Royal National Lifeboat Institution to request that a lifeboat be positioned in the harbour.
The boat shed and slip were conmmissioned in 1864. Manned constantly since.