April 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
April 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Today is the anniversary of the Penlee lifeboat disaster & a stark reminder of the dangerous conditions RNLI volunteers face whilst saving lives
The Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne battled heavy seas & hurricane force winds to reach the Union Star, which was being swept towards the coast in Cornwall
The Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne battled heavy seas & hurricane force winds to reach the Union Star, which was being swept towards the coast in Cornwall
December 19, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Today is the anniversary of the Penlee lifeboat disaster & a stark reminder of the dangerous conditions RNLI volunteers face whilst saving lives
The Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne battled heavy seas & hurricane force winds to reach the Union Star, which was being swept towards the coast in Cornwall
The Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne battled heavy seas & hurricane force winds to reach the Union Star, which was being swept towards the coast in Cornwall
March 22, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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March 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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March 22, 2026 at 6:19 PM
March 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM
March 22, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The Penlee lifeboat station moved to Newlyn, where a bigger replacement boat was established.
Neil Brockman, whose father had been on the Solomon Browne, eventually became its Coxswain.
Neil Brockman, whose father had been on the Solomon Browne, eventually became its Coxswain.
September 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The Penlee lifeboat station moved to Newlyn, where a bigger replacement boat was established.
Neil Brockman, whose father had been on the Solomon Browne, eventually became its Coxswain.
Neil Brockman, whose father had been on the Solomon Browne, eventually became its Coxswain.
Good Day!
The Rain It Raineth Every Day by Norman Garstin 1889
Oil on Canvas
(Penlee House Museum Gallery)
The Rain It Raineth Every Day by Norman Garstin 1889
Oil on Canvas
(Penlee House Museum Gallery)
January 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Good Day!
The Rain It Raineth Every Day by Norman Garstin 1889
Oil on Canvas
(Penlee House Museum Gallery)
The Rain It Raineth Every Day by Norman Garstin 1889
Oil on Canvas
(Penlee House Museum Gallery)
English stonecrop growing in a crevice on a lichen-covered rockface on #Cornish coast at Penlee Point
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
March 22, 2026 at 8:52 PM
English stonecrop growing in a crevice on a lichen-covered rockface on #Cornish coast at Penlee Point
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
Silvery, unfurling hart's tongue ferns, in the woods between Cawsand and Penlee Point, #Cornwall #coast
#Wildflowerhour
#Wildflowerhour
March 22, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Silvery, unfurling hart's tongue ferns, in the woods between Cawsand and Penlee Point, #Cornwall #coast
#Wildflowerhour
#Wildflowerhour
Sunday (27 September), the doors open to visitors for the last time this year:
"The RNLB Solomon Browne arrived at Penlee in the summer of 1960, and she was still based here when she disappeared with her crew at Christmas 1981"
cornishstuff.com/rnli/last-ch...
"The RNLB Solomon Browne arrived at Penlee in the summer of 1960, and she was still based here when she disappeared with her crew at Christmas 1981"
cornishstuff.com/rnli/last-ch...
Last chance this year inside the Solomon Browne's Penlee boathouse - CornishStuff
The Old Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole, home of the RNLB Solomon Browne from 1960 until 1981, opens free to visitors from 11am to 3pm on Sunday 27 September, the last open day of 2026.
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September 24, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Sunday (27 September), the doors open to visitors for the last time this year:
"The RNLB Solomon Browne arrived at Penlee in the summer of 1960, and she was still based here when she disappeared with her crew at Christmas 1981"
cornishstuff.com/rnli/last-ch...
"The RNLB Solomon Browne arrived at Penlee in the summer of 1960, and she was still based here when she disappeared with her crew at Christmas 1981"
cornishstuff.com/rnli/last-ch...
Some of us are old enough to remember the Penlee lifeboat disaster. That was heroism.
September 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Some of us are old enough to remember the Penlee lifeboat disaster. That was heroism.
The 2006 BBC documentary - Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - is on YouTube if anyone wants to watch it. It's one of the most moving documentaries I've watched.
September 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The 2006 BBC documentary - Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - is on YouTube if anyone wants to watch it. It's one of the most moving documentaries I've watched.
Remembering the crew of the Solomon Browne and the Penlee Lifeboat disaster, OTD 1981. Such bravery. May their light shine on. 🙏
#RNLI #PenleeLifeboat #Cornwall
#RNLI #PenleeLifeboat #Cornwall
December 19, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Remembering the crew of the Solomon Browne and the Penlee Lifeboat disaster, OTD 1981. Such bravery. May their light shine on. 🙏
#RNLI #PenleeLifeboat #Cornwall
#RNLI #PenleeLifeboat #Cornwall
Penlee lifeboat day, absolutely wonderful weather, so good in fact I think everyone was on the beach. Still a reasonable turnout & at least some money raised.
August 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Penlee lifeboat day, absolutely wonderful weather, so good in fact I think everyone was on the beach. Still a reasonable turnout & at least some money raised.
One of the helicopter crew said: “The greatest act of courage that I have ever seen, and am ever likely to see, was the penultimate courage and dedication shown by the Penlee when it manoeuvred back alongside the casualty in over 60 ft breakers.”
September 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
One of the helicopter crew said: “The greatest act of courage that I have ever seen, and am ever likely to see, was the penultimate courage and dedication shown by the Penlee when it manoeuvred back alongside the casualty in over 60 ft breakers.”
This happened within sight of my house when I was nine. I wasn’t there - I was at school in London by then - but Penzance and Newlyn felt it for *decades*. The memorial garden on the cliffs is a hundred metres from where I scattered my parents’ ashes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penlee_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penlee_...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 19, 2026 at 10:29 AM
This happened within sight of my house when I was nine. I wasn’t there - I was at school in London by then - but Penzance and Newlyn felt it for *decades*. The memorial garden on the cliffs is a hundred metres from where I scattered my parents’ ashes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penlee_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penlee_...
When the shout came, the RNLI volunteers who lived in Mousehole made for their station at Penlee point.
A father and son had both arrived. Coxswain William Trevelyan Richards only picked the father, Nigel Brockman, for the crew. The son, Neil, stayed ashore.
A father and son had both arrived. Coxswain William Trevelyan Richards only picked the father, Nigel Brockman, for the crew. The son, Neil, stayed ashore.
September 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
When the shout came, the RNLI volunteers who lived in Mousehole made for their station at Penlee point.
A father and son had both arrived. Coxswain William Trevelyan Richards only picked the father, Nigel Brockman, for the crew. The son, Neil, stayed ashore.
A father and son had both arrived. Coxswain William Trevelyan Richards only picked the father, Nigel Brockman, for the crew. The son, Neil, stayed ashore.