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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.
Loch Promenade, A11, Douglas
IM1 2LR
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