Penlee RNLI escorts Scillonian III home to Penzance one last time
Forty-nine years is a long time to make the same crossing. So when Scillonian III came home to Penzance from the Isles of Scilly for the very last time, she was never going to arrive on her own.
Penlee RNLI marked the ship’s final voyage by escorting her as she arrived home.
Your daily dose of Cornwall
News, events and goings on across the Duchy
Two lifeboats alongside
Out in front was Penlee RNLI’s replacement boat, the all-weather Severn class lifeboat Volunteer Spirit. Beside her ran the station’s B class Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat, Mollie and Ivor Dent.
The aerial pictures and video of the moment were taken and supplied by RNLI volunteer Lewis Williams.
49 years out of Penzance
Scillonian III went into service at Penzance in 1977 and stayed on duty there for 49 years.
Her replacement, Scillonian IV, will carry 600 passengers.
A lifeboat with 200 years behind it
The Penlee Lifeboat has a rich history of saving lives at sea that stretches back 200 years. Scillonian III’s story at Penzance ran to 49 of them.
Read Next
- PenzanceUnder a clear blue sky, with the sea flat behind them, hundreds of people stood together at Battery Rocks in Penzance to remember.
Share This Story, Choose Your Platform!
To keep up with the latest cornish news follow us below
Follow CornishStuff on Facebook - Like our Facebook page to get the latest news in your feed and join in the discussions in the comments. Click here to give us a like!
Follow us on Twitter - For the latest breaking news in Cornwall and the latest stories, click here to follow CornishStuff on X.
Follow us on Instagram - We also put the latest news in our Instagram Stories. Click here to follow CornishStuff on Instagram.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
