Ground Source Review: RNLI Porthdinllaen. December 19, 2014 Porthdinllaen is a small coastal fishing village situated on the northern coast of the Llyn peninsula in North Wales. With its sheltered north-facing bay, Porthdinllaen was historically used as a harbour of refuge and became a busy fishing port in the nineteenth century. It is also home to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Station. In 2012, the old lifeboat which had been in service since 1987 was replaced by a new boat the ‘John D Spicer’ . It was temporarily kept on a mooring whilst work to build a new boathouse was undertaken. Due to the size and scale of the new boat, a new lifeboat house and slipway was also constructed as part of an 18- month project which saw the improved crew facilitie

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