RNLI - On this day in 1981, less than a week after Guernsey's Gold Medal service to the Bonita, the eight volunteer crew of the Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne were killed trying
![Callum Mitchell on Twitter: "SOLOMON BROWNE, my first work for radio, will be broadcast one month today (20/12/21) on @BBCRadio4, at 14:15. Written to mark the 40th anniversary of the Penlee lifeboat Callum Mitchell on Twitter: "SOLOMON BROWNE, my first work for radio, will be broadcast one month today (20/12/21) on @BBCRadio4, at 14:15. Written to mark the 40th anniversary of the Penlee lifeboat](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEoYtILWUAU6vtJ.jpg:large)
Callum Mitchell on Twitter: "SOLOMON BROWNE, my first work for radio, will be broadcast one month today (20/12/21) on @BBCRadio4, at 14:15. Written to mark the 40th anniversary of the Penlee lifeboat
![Remembering the heroes of the Penlee Lifeboat the Solomon Browne who died during 'the greatest act of courage' - Plymouth Live Remembering the heroes of the Penlee Lifeboat the Solomon Browne who died during 'the greatest act of courage' - Plymouth Live](https://i2-prod.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/article945057.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/The-Penlee-Lifeboat-Solomon-Browne.jpg)