Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 18th April 2026

Time: 11am

Venue: National Waterfront Museum, Swansea

Description: This talk is about the start of The RNLI in 1824 and how it developed from then. It also looks at the history of the Mumbles Lifeboat through the ages from 1835 and the disasters with loss of 18 crew over a period of time.

How to book: No booking required

Price: Free

Email: historyliz1565@yahoo.com

Website: www.haswansea.org.uk

Organiser: Swansea Branch

Lecturer: Sid Wilkins

Comments: Sidney worked for Ford Motor Company in Swansea and Bridgend as management for 27 years. After that time he took early retirement and came back home to Swansea, settling in Mumbles and joined the LIfeboat Station in 1998.

Region: Wales

Branch: Swansea