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relieved. The second coxswain and a fresh crew put out again and saved the eight men still aboard the wrecked ship. Five silver medals were awarded on this occasion, to
Coxswain Thomas Carbis, Second Coxswain Samuel Higgins, R.B. Cay, William Blackmore and Samuel Higgs Junior. Richard Lewis, the secretary of the RNLI after whom the lifeboat was named, made a special journey to Penzance to present the medals in a special ceremony at the Town Hall.
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run aground. It took the lifeboat three attempts to safely get in among the rocks to save the four people on board. The RNLI awarded silver medals to
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was taken to the beach and launched but some of the barque's crew had already taken to the ship's boats. One capsized and another was broken against the side of the larger ship. The people on the shore saved as many of these as they could. Meanwhile the lifeboat had a difficult time making headway.
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lifeboat that was trying to rescue the crew of a steam boat that had run aground on the sandbank at the entrance to the harbour in a gale. Thomas Carbis, the
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being involved in a rescue was on 29 January 1865. After two attempted launches that were unsuccessful because of the weather, it was taken to Newlyn. The crew then rowed back to where the
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dressings and a slate roof. It was equipped with a small bell turret and bell, and there are
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got into trouble in Mount's Bay on 6 December 1868. The lifeboat
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836:"Plans for the new Penzance lifeboat station ...".
386:inspector who took command of the lifeboat as its
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861:. Vol. 12, no. 137. 1885. p. 637.
294:town from 1826 but was wrecked in 1827 or 1828.
770:. Chacewater: Twelveheads Press. pp. 4–5.
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959:. Vol. 5, no. 58. 1865. p. 735.
354:RNLI roundels set into the wall. It was given
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1031:(2nd ed.). Macmillan. pp. 126–130.
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42:The 1884 lifeboat house photographed in 2010
16:Lifeboat Station in Penzance, United Kingdom
550:Built in Penzance by Semmens & Thomas.
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821:27 December
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457:At Penzance
255:Mount's Bay
145: /
120:Coordinates
1430:Categories
1385:Portmellon
1380:Porthleven
1350:Mevagissey
1276:The Lizard
1251:Port Isaac
938:2024-08-22
901:Leach 2006
794:Leach 2006
750:References
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483:1803–1812
422:lifejacket
384:Coastguard
368:Alexandria
313:£575 6s 6d
308:Wherrytown
215:Designated
201:– Grade II
181:£575 6s 6d
130:50°07′08″N
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1292:St Mary's
1047:Life-boat
1012:Life-boat
975:Life-boat
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859:Life-boat
685:in 1969.
562:Alexandra
495:Greathead
478:Comments
449:Lifeboats
352:terracota
338:Buildings
317:Hexworthy
133:5°32′01″W
1451:Penzance
1411:St Agnes
1365:Penzance
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