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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 96. Chapters: Canals in Cornwall, Cornish shipwrecks, Lifeboat stations in Cornwall, Ports and harbours of Cornwall, Torpoint Ferry, Truro, Padstow, St Ives, Cornwall, Falmouth, Cornwall, Looe, Liskeard and Looe Union Canal, Newlyn, Penzance, Hayle, Scilly naval disaster of 1707, Fowey, USS Jacob Jones, Falmouth Lifeboat Station, Penlee Lifeboat Station, Fowey Lifeboat Station, Polperro, Bude Canal, SS Flying Enterprise, Gulflight, Cadgwith, Penlee lifeboat disaster, MV RMS Mulheim, SS Mohegan, HMS Colossus, Torrey Canyon, St Ives Lifeboat Station, 1979 Fastnet race, Padstow Lifeboat Station, HMS Association, Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station, Par, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, HMS Anson, Pentewan, Charlestown, Cornwall, Mevagissey, MV Cita, Maria Asumpta, HMS Scylla, Scillonian, Mousehole, Boscastle, West Cornwall Steam Ship Company, RMV Scillonian III, Duporth Holiday Village, The Lizard Lifeboat Station, St Anthony, HMS Firebrand, HMS K5, Porthleven, Ben Asdale, Portreath, Guide of Dunkirk, Clio, Cremyll Ferry, HMS Eagle, Porthoustock, Merchant Royal, King Harry Ferry, HMS Primrose, Coverack, SS James Eagan Layne, Gry Maritha, Devoran, Hollandia, Mullion Cove, SS Minnehaha, Kaskelot, Black Tor Ferry, St Columb Canal, Carrick Roads, Scilly Isles Steam Navigation Company, Rachel Harvey, Parnall's Canal, Fal River Links. Excerpt: Penzance (; Cornish: also Penzans) is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles (120 km) west of Plymouth and 300 miles (500 km) west-southwest of London. Granted various Royal Charters from 1512 onwards and incorporated in 1614, it has a population of 21,168. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay, the town faces south-east onto the English Channel, is bordered to the west by the ...