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
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)
19/11/2008
Falmouth - 22:4819/11/2008
Weymouth - 05:3418/11/2008
Exmouth - 14:52
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.
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.
£5M software donation
24/10/2008
By: Julia Sylvester
Microsoft is donating software worth £5M to the RNLI over the next 3 years.
Lifeguard patrols extended into Winter
02/10/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
The traditional RNLI lifeguard season drew to a close at the end of September, but patrols have been extended on six beaches in the south west of England.