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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LBC/IRN, "Penlee lifeboat disaster - New crew members already volunteering". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0027300343002 (Accessed 25 Feb 2026)