Lifeboat Station : Penlee
Main Contact Details
Penlee lifeboat station C/O Newlyn Harbour Office Newlyn Penzance Cornwall
TR18 5HW
Telephone
01736 369246
- Observe this station
Station Information
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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Neil Brockman
Telephone
01736 369246
Station Opening Times
By appointment
Shop
Easter-Oct 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)
20/07/2008
Appledore - 09:3019/07/2008
Weymouth - 20:0119/07/2008
Appledore - 19:20
Last Launch
Launched this week
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.
Version 1 18072008
18/07/2008
By: South West Region
All you need to know about the history of the St Agnes lifeboat Blue Peter IV and her crew's lifesaving services over the past 40 years can be found in the St Agnes Lifeboat Yearbook 2008 - 2009.
New recycling partners
07/07/2008
By: Rhys Parker
Millions of cartridges and mobile phones are discarded every year.
RNLI lifeguards for Kennack Sands
04/07/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
RNLI lifeguards will patrol Kennack Sands beach in Cornwall for the first time from Saturday 12 July.
All-new press centre launched
03/07/2008
By: Mairead Dwane
The online multimedia press centre is the latest addition to rnli.org.uk.