Penlee lifeboat disaster - Events leading up to disaster

Title

Penlee lifeboat disaster - Events leading up to disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Dec 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:07

Description

Unidentified male speaker on the events leading up to the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81. He says the stricken vessel Union Star may have initially refused assistance from a salvage tug before the lifeboat Solomon Browne was sent out to assist. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Accidents; Cornwall; Boats; Lifeboats; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Maritime rescue; Ship masters; 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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