Roy Pascoe and Janet Madron aboard 'Ivan Ellen', the Penlee RNLI Severn class lifeboat, 24th September 2015

A black and white fine art photographic print entitled 'Roy Pascoe and Janet Madron aboard 'Ivan Ellen', the Penlee RNLI Seven class all-weather lifeboat, 24th September 2015', taken by Jack Lowe as part of the The Lifeboat Station project. This photograph was taken using the wet-plate collodion process.

On 19th December 1981, Penlee RNLI station lost all 8 crew members of the 'Solomon Browne', along with 8 people aboard the vessel they were attempting to rescue, the 'Union Star'. Roy (left) has volunteered for the RNLI for 40 years, serving on the Solomon Browne after the disaster with a new crew. Janet (right) lost her husband that night, and has been fundraising at the station for 50 years.

Object Details

ID: ZBA9656
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lowe, Jack
Date made: 24 September 2015
Credit: © Jack Lowe. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich London
Measurements: Overall: 406 mm x 508 mm