LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Penlee lifeboat disaster - Amateur radio recording

Genre

News report; Special

TX Date

16 Mar 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:16

Description

Report on the recording made by an amateur radio enthusiast on the night of the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81), when the 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 excerpts of recorded exchanges including one between the Union Star (skipper Henry (Mick) Morton) and Land’s End Coastguard. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Henry Morton

Keywords

Accidents; Deaths; Shipwrecks; Cornwall; Radio; Lifeboats; Inquests; Public inquiries; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Coastguard services; Ship masters; Mousehole; Penlee; Union Star; Solomon Browne

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