Nim, Dudley, Nabo and Raymond at the old Penlee RNLI boathouse, Mousehole, 23rd September 2015

A black and white fine art photographic print entitled 'Nim, Dudley, Nabo and Raymond at the old Penlee RNLI boathouse, Mousehole, 23rd 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'. Dudley and Raymond were part of the launch crew that night, with Nim and Nabo being two of the last surviving crew members that served on the 'Solomon Browne'.

Object Details

ID: ZBA9657
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lowe, Jack
Date made: 23 September 2015
Credit: © Jack Lowe. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich London
Measurements: Overall: 406 mm x 508 mm