B/w print copy
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1989.622
Identification
Item: Launching the lifeboat 'Elizabeth and Blanche II' from Penzance Harbour
Description: The launching the lifeboat 'Elizabeth and Blanche II' from Penzance Harbour. She was built in 1899 and stationed in Penzance from 1899 to 1908. In November 1907 the Thames barge, Baltic, was wrecked off Mousehole Island. Her crew was rescued by local men in the crabber, Lady White as the Elizabeth and Blanche got stuck in the mud in Penzance Harbour. In 1908 she was moved to Newlyn and kept under cover near the Old Harbour. In 1913 the Penlee Lifeboat House was inaugurated where she was kept until 1922. Her most famous service was to the Norwegian barque Saluto on 13 December 1911 when 13 crew were rescued.
Condition: Good
Description
Height: 245 mm
Width: 165 mm
Material: Photographic paper
Production
Method: Printed
Category: Photography
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