Penlee lifeboat disaster - New lifeboat crew

Title

Penlee lifeboat disaster - New lifeboat crew

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Dec 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:48

Description

Unidentified male speaker (poss. RNLI training officer Les Vipond) on the formation and training of a new lifeboat crew following the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). He says the new crew is made up of existing and former lifeboatmen and fishermen. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Les Vipond?

Keywords

Accidents; Cornwall; Boats; Lifeboats; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Maritime rescue; Training; Lifeboat services; RNLI; 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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