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
Patrick Harvey
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)
09/01/2009
St Peter Port - 17:4609/01/2009
Looe - 06:0704/01/2009
Swanage - 18:28
Last Launch
10/11/2008
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.
Headquarters open days
05/01/2009
By: Laura Fennimore
The RNLI opens its Headquarters and the Lifeboat College to the public on 5–6 September.
RNLI lifeguards for Teignbridge
04/12/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
The RNLI will take on lifeguarding duties in Teignbridge in Devon from next year.
Bobby's Boat named at College
24/11/2008
By: Amy Ross
A D class lifeboat for the RNLI relief fleet was named Bobby's Boat at the Lifeboat College on 14 November.
RNLI trainer awarded prestigious medal
17/11/2008
By: Tamsin Thomas
RNLI Sea Survival Trainer Paul Savage has been awarded the prestigious Thomas Gray Silver Medal at the Annual Court of the Marine Society and Sea Cadets.