Welcome to the website of the Loughor Inshore Lifeboat. The Crew of the Loughor Inshore Lifeboat are on-call 24 hours a day to help preserve life in and around the River Loughor.

The Lifeboat is one of around 80 independent Lifeboats set up around the country, who are not part of the RNLI and receive no funding from them, although we do work together on exercises and call-outs. On the sub menus you will find all the information about the station, including photos of the crew and the Lifeboat currently on station, as well as a history of the station and also of the call-outs that we have attended.

The next call-out could come at any time, day or night, and the crew will always attend, whether they are at home or in work. Our crew come from all walks of life, we have students, a nurse, three mechanics, a water sports instructor, and also a finance manager on the crew. We currently have over 20 crew members who are trained to the highest possible standard, so that when the call comes in, they will respond in the best possible way.

We hope you enjoy looking at the website and, if you are local to Loughor, or in South Wales on holiday, you are more than welcome to visit us at the station. We are there Sunday mornings, and also Wednesday evenings, however please be reminded that the station is a working station and, due to the nature of the work carried out, it might not be possible to visit at certain times. We welcome schools, and also associations on organised visits, when you will be give a tour of the Station and the Lifeboat. You will meet the crew and, whenever possible, you will be able to watch the crew demonstrate the Lifeboat's capabilities on the water.

Latest News

The Coxswain and crew would like to thank all the people who came to see us at the Margam Boat Show. Also the Loughor Boating Club regatta this year.

Latest Callouts

Tuesday 3rd July 2007
Crew paged by Swansea CG at 21:00hrs after reports of a pony in distress on Penclawdd marsh. The Fire Brigade were already in attendance, and the lifeboat was launched to assist in the incident. Once on scene, Loughor CG advised that the search was for a foal in the vicinity of a horse that was separated by a considerable distance from the rest of the herd. The horse was over 1 mile out into the Marsh from the main Penclawdd to Gowerton road. Two crew members went ashore from the lifeboat in the main channel to conduct a shore search, as there had been no sign of a foal since their arrival on scene. After wading through numerous pills, they managed to get close enough to the horse to see a foal lying on the ground. After observing, and consulting with the coastguard it was agreed that sadly, the foal was already dead and unfortunately there was nothing anyone could do. With night falling, the tide ebbing and a stiff breeze, the crew returned to station at around 22:45pm

Sunday 24th June 2007
We were paged by Swansea Coastguard at 13:18hrs, to assist a cow stuck in mud approx. 3/4 mile upstream from Llangennech. The cow turned out to be a young bull, and Loughor auxiliary coastguard were concerned that he would be covered and drowned by the rising tide. The lifeboat was launched, but was unable to travel far enough upstream due to tidal conditions. The crew deployed the smaller auxiliary vessel from near the sewage works at Llangennech. This combined with a shore team managed to free the animal and guide him safely ashore.

Having returned to station and cleaned the equipment the crew were about to leave for our homes, when a boat was spotted stuck on a sand bank upstream of the Loughor Boating club. The crew responded immediately and launched in readiness, but the skipper of the stricken vessel managed to clear the sandbank and return safely.

For more callouts please click here