Penlee lifeboat disaster - Inquest

Title

Penlee lifeboat disaster - Inquest

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

22 Mar 1983

Year of production

1983

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:05:48

Description

Report on the inquiry into the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81), when the Cornish Penlee lifeboat went to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas. Both vessels were lost with all hands, leaving 16 dead, 8 from each vessel. Includes interview with Pat Smith, mother of victim Kevin Smith. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Pat Smith

Keywords

Accidents; Deaths; Shipwrecks; Sailors; Cornwall; Lifeboats; Inquests; Public inquiries; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Coastguard services; Mousehole; Penlee; Union Star; Solomon Browne; Pat Smith; Kevin Smith

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.