page_title: Penlee Lifeboat Station
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Penlee Lifeboat Station / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: The Old Lifeboat House Bistro, Penzance. Built of Lamorna granite in 1884, this was used as a lifeboat station until 1917, although largely replaced by the Penlee station in 1913.
context_page_description: Penlee Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution search and rescue operations for Mount's Bay in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The lifeboat station operated at various locations in Penzance from the early 19th century. It moved to Penlee Point near Mousehole in 1913, thus gaining its current name, but was moved to Newlyn in 1983 without any change of name. The station is remembered for the loss of the entire lifeboat crew on 19 December 1981.
  Since 2003 the station has operated a Severn-class all weather boat and an Atlantic-class inshore lifeboat. The Severn-class lifeboat has an operating range of 250 nautical miles and a top speed of 25 knots, enabling it to reach any casualty up to 50 miles, and within two hours in good weather. Adjacent lifeboats are at The Lizard to the east, and Sennen Cove to the west.
context_section_description: The 1856- and 1867-built boathouses no longer exist, but the 1884-built boathouse still stands at the corner of Wharf Road and Jennings Street in Penzance. It is separated from the harbour by Wharf Road and now houses a bistro.
  The 1913-built boathouse at Penlee Point is built into the cliffs below the Newlyn to Mousehole road. It is a single-storey building with a short slipway. It launched boats into Mount's Bay facing St Michael's Mount. Although no boat is now stationed here, the boathouse is still maintained and a small memorial garden has been created on the north side of the boathouse where people can sit and remember the crew of the Solomon Browne.
  The new station at Newlyn harbour comprises two buildings. The main one, which houses the crew facilities, workshop, and fund-raising gift shop, is a single-storey masonry structure with a tile roof. The ALB berth is alongside a modern pontoon that is accessed by a metal truss walkway. A separate masonry and corrugated metal boathouse contains the ILB, which is launched from a shallow slipway by its entrance.
caption: The 1884 boathouse in its current guise
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