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The Penlee lifeboat disaster occurred on 19 December 1981 off the coast of Cornwall. The Penlee Lifeboat ''Solomon Browne'' went to the aid of the coaster ''Union Star'' after its engines failed in heavy seas. After the lifeboat had rescued four people, both vessels were lost with all hands; in all, sixteen people died including eight volunteer lifeboatmen. ==MV ''Union Star''== The MV ''Union Star'' was launched in Ringkøbing in Denmark just a few days before it was wrecked on the Cornish coast. A mini-bulk carrier registered in Dublin, Ireland, it sailed to IJmuiden in the Netherlands to collect a cargo of fertiliser for its maiden voyage to Arklow in Ireland. It carried a crew of five: Captain Henry Morton; Mate James Whittaker, Engineer George Sedgwick, Crewman Anghostino Verressimo, and Crewman Manuel Lopes. Also on board was the captain's family who had been picked up at an unauthorised stop on the east coast of England:〔 his wife Dawn and teenage stepdaughters Sharon and Deanne.〔 Near the south coast of Cornwall, east of the Wolf Rock, the new ship's engines failed.〔 It was unable to restart them but did not make a mayday call.〔 Assistance was offered by a tug, the ''Noord Holland'', under the Lloyd's Open Form salvage contract but Morton initially refused the offer, later accepting after consulting his owners. Winds were gusting at up to – hurricane, force 12 on the Beaufort scale – with waves up to high. The powerless ship was blown across Mount's Bay towards the rocks of Boscawen Cove, near Lamorna. 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 disaster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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