19/12/2022
The lights will be switched off this evening to remember the crew of the Penlee Lifeboat Solomon Browne lost 41 years ago attempting to rescue the crew and passengers of the Union Star.
The lights will be lit again tomorrow at 5pm
Switch-off in remembrance
Today, on the December 19th all of the Lights except the Millenium Cross on St Clements Island, the Cross and Angels on Raginnis Hill and the cross on the Penlee Lifeboat Station will be switched off from 8pm. The lights will be lit again on the 20th December at 5pm. This is in memory of the tragic loss of life that occurred on the same date in 1981, when the Penlee Lifeboat Solomon Browne was lost with all hands during a valiant attempt to rescue the crew and passengers of the coaster Union Star who also perished.
