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Rockymz
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As to night’s winds blows loud and strong remember the the crews of the Penlee Lifeboat Solomon Brown and the Irish registered coaster MV Union Star .
On December 19th 1981 the coaster Union Star was bound for Arklow with a cargo of fertiliser,on her maiden voyage .As the weather worsened and the wind increased off the coast of Cornwall her engine failed . All efforts to restart her engine failed and by now she had drifted perilously close to the rocks.Falmouth coastguard asked that the Penlee lifeboat launch as the Air Sea Rescue helicopter could not get in close enough to take off her crew and sadly her master’s wife and two daughters were also on board.
The lifeboat struggled in very bad sea conditions to get to her as her position was much closer to the rock than had being thought. In a magnificent display of seamanship the lifeboat Coxswain got alongside and got most of her crew off. Then went back in to take of the reamining crewmen however the lifeboat was lost in their final attempt to save them
Sadly there was no survivors.just think of the crew of the lifeboat Solomon Brown and crew of the Union Star and the master’s family

  
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Date Posted：19/12/2022 11:19 PMCopy HTML

Enjoy everyday because life is too short not to xx
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So very saddening.
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Date Posted：18/12/2022 11:59 PMCopy HTML

Thank you Rocky.

I will be remembering them. 

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Date Posted：18/12/2022 4:13 PMCopy HTML

Thank you for this timely reminder Rocky. It helps is remember these eight brave men and their total sacrifice. I know how keenly you feel the loss as they were your friends, and i know you lay a wreath every 19th  December. 
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