Penlee lifeboat 1981

[sarabande]

Did we really forget to mark yesterday on the forum ?

" Penlee lifeboat, Penlee lifeboat. This is Falmouth Coastguard, Falmouth Coastguard. Over."

 

[magicol]

Marked it with an assembly topic every year for thirty years at my school. Those of us who sail should never forget, nor tire of reminding others.

 

[sarabande]

Thank you, Magicol. That means a lot.

 

[Frogmogman]

I did think about it, but I didn’t think to post something. What a tragic loss, all those brave men of the Solomon Browne, and those from the Union Star.

God bless all of them, and all of the lifeboat men and women who risk their all to keep the rest of us safe.

 

[[2574]]

Not forgotten here. Who could ever forget that VHF RT and all that it means.

 

[dunedin]

Here here. Brave souls.

But let’s remember all those who have lost their lives in lifeboat disasters - List of lifeboat disasters in Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

Shockingly 5 out of the last 10 (in UK & Ireland) happened in Scotland - and Fraserburgh station suffered not one but three fatal lifeboat capsizes in the 20th century. Rough waters

 

[fisherman]

Little is said about the MV Mark. Lizard lifeboat thought they passed her W of the Lizard, they saw lights. She disappeared, a lifeboat was washed up.

https://www.facebook.com/penlee.lifeboat/posts/4823529291041548

 

[14K478]

 

[Poignard]

A terrible sight.

 

[14K478]

There do not seem to be any pictures of the “Union Star” in happier times but this was her twin sister:

 

[14K478]

 

[14K478]

Dick Stone QC, the Wreck Commissioner, was a man whom I saw a good deal of and whom I greatly admired. He also handled the Formal Enquiry into the loss of the Marques, three years later.

 

[rogerthebodger]

It is always sad when those who loose their lives attempting to save others.

This reminds me of the sailors hymn written by William Whiting

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose hand does bind the restless wave,
Who bidst the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

 

[Poignard]

It is always sad when those who loose their lives attempting to save others.

This reminds me of the sailors hymn written by William Whiting

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose hand does bind the restless wave,
Who bidst the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

 

[Elessar]

Little is said about the MV Mark. Lizard lifeboat thought they passed her W of the Lizard, they saw lights. She disappeared, a lifeboat was washed up.

https://www.facebook.com/penlee.lifeboat/posts/4823529291041548

You can’t read that without allowing Facebook to track you sadly. I will never knowingly allow Facebook or anything to do with meta to track me.