The 46ft 9in Watson lifeboat Sir Samuel Kelly on her last journey from Bangor Shipyard last summer to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Bangor Road, Holywood. Sir Samuel Kelly was stationed at Donaghadee from 1950 to 1976 when she entered the Relief Fleet; she is best remembered for the part she played in January 1953 in the rescue of 31 people from the sunken car ferry Princess Victoria. Another recent acquisition to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum is the 35ft 6in Liverpool lifeboat William and Laura which was stationed at Newcastle, Co. Down, from 1949 to 1980.

photograph by courtesy of Crawford Phin.