Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster 18 years old

A moving documentary made to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster on 19 December 1981. The eight-man crew of the RNLB Solomon Browne, the lifeboat from the Penlee station in Mousehole, Cornwall, put to sea in an exceptionally severe gale to rescue the five-man crew of the MV Union Star, a cargo ship whose engines had failed two miles off the coast and which was in danger of being swept onto the rocks. The Solomon Browne was initially able to rescue the captain's family and one of the crew from Union Star but, as they attempted to rescue the captain and the remaining crewmate, radio contact with the Solomon Browne was lost and both crews perished.

Credits

Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster Cast

Name Character
Bernard Hill He was 61, now 79 years old as Narrator (voice)

Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster Crew

Name Department
Sally Thomson as Director. Directing
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster poster
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster (18 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, August 01, 2006
  • Runtime: 60 minutes