Penlee lifeboat disaster - New crew members already volunteering

Title

Penlee lifeboat disaster - New crew members already volunteering

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Dec 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:43

Description

Unidentified male speaker on the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81. He says tragedies like this are unusual - the last lifeboat disaster was in Fraserburgh, Scotland in 1970. Within hours of the tragedy, other men from the village were volunteering to become the next generation of lifeboat crew. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Accidents; Cornwall; Boats; Lifeboats; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Maritime rescue; Lifeboat services; Mousehole; Penlee; Lifeboat crew members; Union Star; Solomon Browne; Charles Greenhaugh; Kevin Smith; William Trevelyan Richards; James Madron; Nigel Brockman; John Blewett; Barrie Torrie; Gary Wallis

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