Lifeboat Station : Penlee
Main Contact Details
Penlee lifeboat station C/O Newlyn Harbour Office Newlyn Penzance Cornwall
TR18 5HW
Telephone
01736 369246
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Neil Brockman
Telephone
01736 369246
Station Opening Times
By appointment
Shop
Apr - Oct 10.30am - 4.30pm. Not open weekends until end of June. Tel: 01736 351695
Accessibility
Parking, disabled parking
About this station
Penlee has a remarkable history of bravery with the lifeboat crews being presented with 44 awards for gallantry during its 200-year history. The station has also witnessed tragedy with nine lifeboat crew losing their lives saving others at sea.
Recent launches in the southwest (BST)
08/08/2008
Fowey - 20:4608/08/2008
Appledore - 19:5108/08/2008
Falmouth - 19:49
Last Launch
24/07/2008
Wrestling with the raging sea
27/07/2006
By: Liz Cook
The RNLI provides its volunteers with the best lifeboats, equipment and training for the job, and so it must. But sometimes, nothing is a match for the sheer ferocity of nature.
Lifeguards complete Paddle for Life
07/08/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
Eight RNLI lifeguards paddled 10 miles on their rescue boards from Whitsand Bay to Looe in Cornwall yesterday to celebrate Lifeguard week and raise money for the Life first campaign.
£24,000 cheque presentation
05/08/2008
By: Becky King
The RNLI was presented with a cheque for £24,000 yesterday by the Freemasons' Grand Charity – the first installment of a 3-year grant worth £72,000.
Dart lifeboat out before champagne dries
04/08/2008
By: John Fenton
Dart's B class inshore lifeboat Spirit of the Dart was called out twice on the day of her official naming ceremony.
RNLI MOB Guardian saves fishermen's lives
24/07/2008
By: Julia Sylvester
The lives of two young fishermen have been saved off the coast of Cornwall thanks to the RNLI's MOB Guardian fishing safety system.