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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Penlee lifeboat disaster
		The Penlee lifeboat disaster of 1981 happened when the Penlee lifeboat attempted to go to the aid of a stricken freighter and was lost with all hands.
		The lifeboat from Sennan Cove tried to search and rescue, but it proved impossible for her to round the corner of Gwennap Head, to the west of the wreck and south of Lands End.
		The search for survivors was extensive, from ashore and from the lifeboats of St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly and The Lizard, and with the helicopters from RNAS Culdrose.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Penlee-lifeboat-disaster (627 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Penlee lifeboat disaster occurred on 19 December 1981 off the south-west coast of England, United Kingdom, when the Penlee lifeboat went to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
		The lifeboat of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly crossed over to join in the search for survivors, and the lifeboat of the Lizard crossed Mount's Bay in hurricane conditions, causing herself structural damage in the process.
		The disaster prompted a massive public appeal for the benefit of the village of Mousehole, where the lifeboat was based and the home of the crew and their families, raising over Â£3 million.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Penlee_lifeboat_disaster (1009 words)

	Penlee History
		1803 The forerunner of Penlee lifeboat station was a lifeboat stationed at Penzance.
		The lifeboat Solomon Browne launched into very difficult waters, so rough that the crew of the Royal Navy Sea King helicopter from RNAS Culdrose were unable to lift any of the eight crew from Union Star.
		A flagstaff made from the wreckage of the Solomon Browne, and her flag, were presented to the Dean and Chapter of Truro Cathedral as a memorial and in appreciation of the support given by the Bishop and cathedral authorities to the Penlee families and the RNLI at the time of the disaster.
	www.rnli.org.uk /rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/PenleeCornwall/history (921 words)

	Penlee Lifeboat Disaster Encyclopedia Article @ Befell.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Royal National Lifeboat Institution's Gold medal, while the remainder of the crew were all posthumously awarded Bronze medals.
		The disaster prompted a massive public appeal for the benefit of the village of Mousehole, where the lifeboat was based and the home of the crew and their families, raising over
		A formal inquiry in 1982 found that no person was to blame for the disaster, which was attributed to the severe weather conditions.
	www.befell.org /encyclopedia/Penlee_lifeboat_disaster (944 words)

	Lifeboat Launches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		With the new tow established, the Emma Jane was taken into Dartmouth with the Salcombe Lifeboat standing by in the event of difficulties at the entrance to the River Dart.
		Brixham Coastguard MRCC requested the both lifeboats to launch at 1520 to a vessel reported to be turning in circles and the sound of shouting.
		As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat disaster it is worthy of note how the Salcombe Bar took the lives of 13 out of the 15 crew of the then Salcombe Lifeboat in it’s own disaster in 1916.
	www.salcombelifeboat.org.uk /html/lifeboat_launches.html (889 words)

	Scuba Diving: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster : Devon Shipwrecks: Submerged Productions
		What made the tragedy infinitely worse was the further loss of eight men, the complete crew of the lifeboat Solomon Browne, which itself was smashed to pieces on that dreadful night when it tried to go to the aid of the Union Star.
		Because of the truly awful weather the helicopters scrambled from Culdrose could do little to help, and it was left to the Penlee lifeboat, the Solomon Browne, launched at twelve minutes past eight in the evening from the little village of Mousehole.
		In a magnificent effort the lifeboat snatched four people from the stricken Union Star, radioed her intentions back to base, and then went in again to try and save the rest.
	www.submerged.co.uk /penlee.htm (603 words)

	penlee.html
		There was no further radio contact with the lifeboat, but her lights were seen to disappear some ten minutes later, at about the same time that the Union Star was overwhelmed and laid on her side to the west of Tater-du Lighthouse.
		The Vincent Nesfield Lifeboat which was temporarily on station at Sennen Cove, was launched in the very early hours of December the 20th.
		The Oakley class lifeboat was under the command of Coxwain/Mechanic Maurice Hutchens but, heading into the full force of the storm and with wind against tide increasing the ferocity of the seas, she was unable to round Land's End.
	www.erdingtonrnli.com /penlee.html (535 words)

	The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - December 1981 - The Cornwall Guide
		Cornwall > Mousehole > The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
		In the darkness and chaos of the enormous swell four people eventually managed to clamber aboard, however it was the lifeboat men’s selfless return to rescue the remaining four that proved fatal.
		Although empty, as the modern replacement lifeboat is now stationed at Newlyn, its coxswain the son of one of those lost in 1981, the lifeboat house at Penlee Point stands as a memorial to its brave crew.
	www.cornwalls.co.uk /Mousehole/penlee_lifeboat.htm (632 words)

	Royal National Lifeboat Institution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Royal National Lifeboat Institution ('''RNLI''') is a charity dedicated to saving lives at sea around the coasts of Britain and Ireland.
		Since the RNLI was founded its lifeboats have saved over 136,275 lives.
		The RNLI operates 5 classes of inshore lifeboats, both inflatable boats and RIBs, of 20-40 knots, and 5 classes of all-weather lifeboats with maximum speeds of 16-25 knots.
	royal-national-lifeboat-institution.mindbit.com (392 words)

	Nancy Banks-Smith on last night's TV \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		Mary Richards was the mother of Trevelyan Richards, coxswain of the Penlee lifeboat, lost with all hands in 1981.
		For 25 years I have remembered the peculiar poignancy of her words: "With that he was gone, and the door slammed in the wind." Quite apart from its freight of sorrow, that line is poetry.
		The coaster rolled sickeningly and the lifeboat, limpet-like, rose out of the water on its side.
	www.guardian.co.uk /tv_and_radio/story/0,,1835180,00.html (760 words)

	Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A lifeboat was launched from Southport in response to distress signals from the Mexico.
		The lifeboat, on her maiden rescue, rowed for a mile and a half through the River Ribble, and then rowed to the Mexico, rescuing all twelve members of the barque's crew.
		The disaster was the worst in the history of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, with 28 lifeboat crew lost.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southport_and_St_Anne's_lifeboats_disaster (446 words)

	Shipwreck of the M.V. Union Star & the loss of the Penlee Lifeboat - A Cornish tragedy.
		On 19th December, 1981 the crew of the RNLI Penlee lifeboat - Solomon Browne - were called to give assistance to the 1,400 ton coaster Union Star.
		On at least two occasions the lifeboat was lifted onto the deck of the Union Star and then slid back into the sea - stern first.
		The Oakley class lifeboat was under the command of Coxwain/Mechanic Maurice Hutchens but, heading into the full force of the storm and with wind against tide increasing the ferocity of the seas, she was unable to round
	www.janwillmott.com /penlee1.html (928 words)

	Yachting and Boating World forums: Penlee Lifeboat disaster documentary
		Tune in to BBC1 on Tuesday, 1 August at 10.35pm for Cruel Sea, the documentary of a lifeboat disaster that touched a nation.
		On 19 December 1981 the Penlee lifeboat, Solomon Browne, was lost with all her volunteer crew and the four souls they had rescued from the stricken freighter Union Star.
		Yea looks good, every evening at 1900 all week, should be worth a look........as for the Penlee disaster the new boat that replaced the lost Penlee lifeboat (an Arrun class Lifeboat) has now been sold out of the RNLI and is being used as the Strathclyde Police launch here on the Clyde.
	www.ybw.com /forums/showflat.php?Number=1117563&page=0 (552 words)

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		The lifeboat had been wrecked with the loss of her crew of eight.
		Lights in the shape of a white cross were turned on above the village on the hillside and the RNLI flag at the old lifeboat station, from where the Solomon Browne left, flew at half mast.
		The ceremony was attended by former and current members of the lifeboat station and their families.
	www.ypn.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1937638 (413 words)

	Mowzel Kitchen Cottage Mousehole... for the perfect Holiday
		In 1981 the coaster Union Star developed an engine fault and got into difficulty and the local lifeboat was launched to help from Penlee station.
		Sadly, both the ship and the lifeboat were lost, together with all the crew and passengers from the coaster and the whole crew of the lifeboat.
		On 19th December each year, the lights are switched off at 8:00 pm for an hour as an act of remembrance for the Penlee lifeboat disaster.
	www.mowzelkitchen.com /mowzlights.htm (207 words)

	BBC - Cornwall - Sea Sense - Solomon Browne Remembered
		The anniversary of the disaster is on Tuesday 19 December and BBC Radio Cornwall broadcast live from the Penlee Lifeboat Station.
		But in 1981 he was the launching authority and Deputy Reserve Coxwain for the Penlee Lifeboat.
		It's 25 years since the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster, and the BBC in Cornwall is looking back on the tragic events of 1981.
	www.bbc.co.uk /cornwall/content/articles/2006/12/15/penlee_feature.shtml (631 words)

	Paul Humphreys's Weblog
		It is a real shame it is on so late and at the moment the BBC does not have it on its front page - maybe later in the day it will be - the program deserves better publicity.
		I remember the days after the disaster banks acted as collection points for donations to the families affected by the disaster.
		Twenty five years ago the Penlee lifeboat was called out to help a stricken coaster off the coast of Cornwall.
	blogs.sun.com /paulhu/entry/the_penlee_disaster (215 words)

	Tavistock Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		There have been massive advances in the lifeboat service since the war, in particular since the 1960s, with the introduction of fast lifeboats and inshore boats and the creation of a beach lifeguard service.
		The Penlee lifeboat disaster features heavily and other rescues include the Torbay Gold Medal rescue of the crew of the Lyrma and the Fraserburgh disaster.
		The difficulties facing the RNLI in the future with changing attitudes is outlined, with one challenge being to ‘balance the old-fashioned paternalistic humanity of the lifeboat service, caring for all its people who in turn care for others, with the stark reality of running a multi-million-pound organisation’.
	www.tavistock-today.co.uk /today/options/news/newsdetail.cfm?id=33631 (489 words)

	Results from Form 1 of Page GuestBook.htm
		The Charles Henry Ashley was commissioned from Portsmouth and Frank Foale took his engineer and brought the new boat round the coast to Porthdinllean to begin her duty.
		Frank Foale lost two of uncles and a great uncle in the Salcombe disaster of 1916 with the wreck of the Western Lass.I miss Frank Foale, he was my Dad.
		Word has it the present owners are intending to sell the lifeboat, which has been internally converted into a pleasure craft and has received modern electronics.
	www.pylifeboat.org /guestlog.htm (1054 words)

	Links
		Penlee: Shipwreck of the M.V. Union Star and the loss of the Penlee Lifeboat Solomon Browne
		Rye Harbour: Mary Stanford Lifeboat Disaster of 1928
		Lifeboat Stations and Branches of the RNLI and Lifeboat Museums:
	www.troonlifeboat.ukf.net /links.htm (482 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Cornwall \| New lifeboat named
		A new Penlee lifeboat was named at a ceremony in Newlyn on Tuesday.
		The Severn class vessel replaced the Mabel Alice, which has been serving at the station since the Penlee lifeboat disaster 22 years ago, when eight crewmen of the Solomon Browne lost their lives.
		The 17 metre-long all-weather Severn class lifeboats are the largest in the RNLI fleet.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/3152296.stm (194 words)

	Enjoying Cornwall - walking Mousehole to Newlyn
		Stop here to read the inscription on the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster Memorial to the crew of the RNLI Lifeboat 'Solomon Browne' lost 19th December 1981.
		A short film on The Penlee Disaster from the BBC Archives.
		A new Atlantic 75 Class lifeboat, the 'Paul Alexander' was inaugurated at Newlyn harbour in May 2003.
	www.shimbo.co.uk /walking/newlyn.htm (368 words)

	BlurtIt: How many people died in the lifeboat disaster at Mousehole in Cornwall ...
		The lifeboat disaster of 1981 happened when the Penlee lifeboat based at Mousehole went to the aid of the Union Star, a cargo ship that was in trouble in heavy seas.
		In the hurricane force winds, the ship was being dragged towards the rocks, but because of the high winds, the helicopter sent in response to the distress call was unable to remove any of those on board.
		The lifeboat was deployed and made several attempts to get beside the ship.
	www.blurtit.com /q447738.html (329 words)

	newlyn.info - from newlyn to newlyn in cornwall - BBC1 programme "Cruel Sea-The Penlee Disaster" to be ...
		The BBC's documentary on the Penlee Lifeboat disaster "Cruel Sea-The Penlee Disaster" will be screened again on the 23rd of August at 1.10am.
		I would advise that nearer the time you visit the BBC 'What's On' website which carries listings up to seven days in advance.
		At present, there are no current plans to release 'Cruel Sea - The Penlee Disaster' commercially.
	www.newlyn.info /content/view/149/41 (197 words)

	Disaster Dictionary Definition @ Befell.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Agricultural disaster declared in SE Missouri because of storms
		The disaster declaration from the US Department of Agriculture will make farmers in a dozen counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans.
		The downpour and gales turned the wedding into a disaster.
	www.befell.org /dictionary/disaster (289 words)

	Disaster Quotes @ Befell.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Boeing, operated by Brazilian airline Gol, crashed into the Amazonian jungle killing all aboard in Brazil's biggest air disaster.The smaller executive jet...
		"You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster." ~
		"Disaster is a natural part of my evolution.
	www.befell.net /quotes/Special:Search/Disaster (304 words)

	Britain and the World 1981
		The world's worst rail disaster, seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train were blown off the tracks into the River
		The Polish government imposed martial law in an attempt to crush the Solidarity movement.
		disaster occurred off the coast of SW Cornwall.
	www.chrishobbs.com /1981.htm (851 words)

	Contact - University College Falmouth, UK
		This ranged from producing and reporting the news and editing a weekly political programme, to delving into the archives for a series which looked back at past events in the region and brought back to the screen some of the personalities involved.
		Guy became News Editor when Television South West succeeded Westward TV in 1982, responsible for regional and national coverage of many of the region’s major news stories, involving blizzards, floods and heat waves, strikes and industrial stories, air crashes and shipwrecks, including the Penlee lifeboat disaster.
		He was able to bring his interest in railways to bear when he succeeded in having a high speed train named after the evening news magazine Today South West, and produced the show on board.
	www.falmouth.ac.uk /index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=26&Itemid=352 (484 words)

	It's been 25 years . . . . . . . [Archive] - Divernet Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		:(Whilst surfing the net, i was reminded that on this day, 25 years ago, the Penlee lifeboat disaster, was about to unfold.
		Whilst i was very young back then, i still remember it clearly.
		This week marks 25 years since the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster which saw the tragic loss of the crew of the Solomon Browne.
	www.divernet.com /forumvb/archive/index.php/t-746.html (329 words)

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