Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funerals of Trevelyan Richards and Nigel Brockman

Title

Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funerals of Trevelyan Richards and Nigel Brockman

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Dec 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:50

Description

Report on the funerals of two of the Penlee lifeboatmen who died on 19/12/81. One was Trevelyan Richards; the other was Nigel Brockman, whose son had not been allowed to board the doomed vessel because Trevelyan, the Coxswain, did not want two members of the same family to risk their lives. Includes a sermon by the Bishop of St Germans, Reginald Fisher (also known as Brother Michael SSF), and a reading by the Dean of Paul parish, Hugh Cadman. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Hugh Cadman; Reginald Fisher

Keywords

Accidents; Deaths; Sailors; Cornwall; Funerals; 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; Hugh Cadman

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