Captain’s Notes: Light a Candle and Donate to the RNLI to Mark the Anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat Tragedy

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On the evening of December 19, 1981, the ship Union Star suffered engine failure off the south coast of Cornwall. With a storm building, the Coastguard attempted a helicopter rescue. But the weather forced them to stand off and the RNLI launched the Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne to help instead. Nobody from the Union Star …

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Captain’s notes: on St Piran’s Day, March 5, dip into our archive and explore Cornwall’s stunning coastal towns

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To mark St Piran’s Day (March 5), we’ve collected a series of our short films exploring the beauty of Cornwall’s coastline. We invite you to enjoy these stunning landscapes and picturesque seaside towns with us… As with many saints, there’s little in the way of concrete evidence to tell us much about the life of …

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