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Penlee Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations for Mount's Bay in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The lifeboat station was opened at Penlee Point in Mousehole in 1913 but was moved to Newlyn in 1983. The station is remembered for the loss of the entire crew of the ''Solomon Browne'' on 19 December 1981. Since 2003 it has operated a all weather boat (ALB) and an inshore lifeboat (ILB). ==History== The first lifeboat in Cornwall was purchased for Penzance in 1803. Part of its cost was paid by Lloyd's of London but in 1812, it was sold without ever being used in service and was not replaced. In 1824 a District Association was formed. It was part of the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck and the next lifeboat in Mount's Bay was again stationed at Penzance from 1826 to 1828 by the recently formed Institution. The boat was kept at several different places around the town until a boathouse was built in 1856, for £88, by the RNLI (as the Institution was now known). The boathouse cost £88 and was, at what is now the entrance to the railway station. Once tidal there is now a road and car park between the site and the water's edge. There was local controversy when the boat did not launch on several occasions in 1862, and as a consequence, there was a proposal to move the lifeboat to Newlyn which would have been unpopular with the residents of Penzance. As a compromise the lifeboat station moved to Wherrytown where a new timber lifeboat house was opened in 1867 at the bottom of Alexandra Road, near the Coastguard Station. A decision was made to move back to Penzance harbour and in 1884 a new boathouse built of Lamorna granite at a cost of £575–6s–6d. This was paid for by a £1000 gift from Henry Martn Harvey of Hexworthy, which also paid for a new lifeboat (''Dora'') and carriage. This was in use until 1917 and still stands at the bottom of Jennings Street. In 1908, the Penzance Lifeboat ''Elizabeth and Blanche'' was moved to Newlyn where it was kept under a tarpaulin beside the harbour. This arrangement lasted for five years until a new boathouse was built at Penlee Point south of Newlyn on the outskirts of Mousehole. This was elevated a little above the water and the lifeboat could be launched down a slipway into open water at all states of the tide. The old 'pulling and sailing' lifeboat was replaced by one with a motor in 1922. This station was in use until 1983 when a larger, faster lifeboat was moored at a berth in Newlyn harbour, although the station continues to be called 'Penlee'. In 1991, a ILB was stationed on the opposite side of Mount's Bay at Marazion (although it was actually kept on St Michael's Mount). It proved difficult to find sufficient volunteer crews in this small village so in 2001 the station was closed and a larger B Class boat was added to the complement at Penlee, with a new boathouse built to house it. The following year a new pontoon was built in Newlyn harbour so that crews could board the ALB more easily.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Penlee Lifeboat Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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