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Welcome to our archive section. Here you can find shots from the station's past, present, featuring ships aground, storm-lashed seas, royalty, tv-personalities, commission days and more.

Doubtless this will soon be an extended section with who-knows-what kind of memorabilia within. If you've ever been here on holiday and have a good lifeboat boat-related snap, send it in!

image:Sunken yacht in harbour entrance.

image:Sunken yacht in harbour entrance.
image: sunken yacht in Portpatrick Harbour.

Left and opposite. This yacht ran aground on the rocks to the harbour southside and sustained a great deal of damage to her hull. Although freed next morning on a high tide, she sank within two minutes.

 image: sunken yacht in Portpatrick Harbour.

Another shot of the yacht. She was swept onto the rocks after suffering an engine failure whilst running in at night. The yacht had been knocked down whilst out at sea and may have sustained some rudder damage as a result.

image: The Portpatrick Lifeboat on her first day with us.

The 'Mary Irene Millar' (47-033) on her commissioning at Portpatrick, 19th May, 1989. Princess Alexandra came to the harbour for the event.

 image: Average summer day at Portpatrick harbour....

Summer time, and the fishing is easy....although not today! This is what the weather can be like inside the harbour some days....
image: HRH Princess Alexandra visits Portpatrick to commission the 'Mary Irene Millar' lifeboat.

HRH Princess Alexandra at the commissioning of the 'Mary Irene Millar' in 1989. The boat replaced the 'Douglas Currie'.

 image: This boat was a little too far to starboard whilst leaving the harbour.

Sometimes you don't have to travel far on a shout. This one was right in the harbour mouth. This boat got a little too far to starboard whilst leaving....
image: And this boat was a touch too far to port whilst leaving the harbour.

Whilst this boat was just a tad too far to port whilst attempting an exit....

 image: Donaghadee and Portpatrick lifeboats towing another ship.

Portpatrick & Donaghadee lifeboats on a towing mission for a fishing vessel.
image: The 'Douglas Currie' barelling along. She was on station here between 1986 and 1989.

'The Jeanie' surfing along nicely...The boat was supplied by an anonymous benefactor.

 image: Another shot of the boat aground on the starboard rocks exiting the harbour.

Another shot of a boat aground on the rocks at the harbour mouth. If you don't get the right line here you've had it....

image: Peter Duncan, ex-'Blue Peter' presenter prepares to drive onto the sea whilst locals open a book on the likely outcomes......

Peter Duncan, former 'Blue Peter' presenter announces his intention to drive to Ireland, via the quickest route, to sceptical locals. The crew open a book on the likely outcome: Success - 100/1, A Shout - 10/11, Disaster - Odds On.

image: Duncan Dares to try driving at sea, Portpatrick lifeboat crew are on hand for the quick bale-out and to collect their winnings.......

Later that same tide. The celebrity has to quickly abandon...er....car before it turns into a one-way submarine. Lifeboatmen are on hand with a liferaft and to collect their bets....

image: the Lifeboat Station.The Portpatrick Lifeboat Station. We have a wee souvenier shoppe, offering a small but interesting selection of momentoes and suchlike, open during the summer.

image: the Lifeboat Station.Another shot of the Lifeboat Station. The crew room is around to the right of the station and has great sea views.

   
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