Lifeboat Hillary Memorial
Lifeboat Hillary Memorial
Lifeboat Hillary Memorial
Lifeboat Hillary Memorial
Lifeboat Hillary Memorial
Lifeboat Hillary Memorial
Lifeboat Hillary Memorial
Lifeboat Hillary Memorial
Lifeboat Hillary Memorial
Lifeboat Hillary Memorial

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A bronze cenotaph, with a relief of a lifeboat on the stormy sea, commemorating Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI and men who perished at sea.
Title

Lifeboat Hillary Memorial

Date

2001

Medium

bronze

Accession number

IM1_PT_S002

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Isle of Man Arts Council and the Henry Moore Foundation

Work type

Relief

Owner

Douglas Borough Council

Custodian

Douglas Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

29th June 2002

Inscription description

front plaque: SIR WILLIAM HILLARY & HIS VOLUNTEER / CREW GO TO THE AID OF THE STRICKEN / ST GEORGE 20TH NOVEMBER 1830 / MICHAEL SANDLE / SCULPT 2001; rear inscription: THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION / SIR WILLIAM HILLARY / WHO LIVED IN DOUGLAS FOUNDED THE R.N.L.I. IN 1824 / HIS COUAGE AND THAT OF HIS VOLUNTEER CREW / SAVED MANY LIVES. MOST FAMOUSLY THE CREW OF THE ST.GOERGE. WRECKED IN DOUGLAS BAY IN 1830 IN 1832 ON THE SITE OF THE DISASTER HE BUILT THE / TOWER OF REFUGE. A SHELTER FOR THE SHIPWRECKED. / IN HONOUR OF ALL LIFEBOAT CREWS DOWN THE YEARS.

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Located at

Loch Promenade, A11, Douglas

IM1 2LR

Set within the promenade gardens.