Peel History
1829 A lifeboat station was established by the Isle of Man District Association and operated two lifeboats.
1836 The first lifeboat was wrecked.
1843 The second lifeboat became unserviceable and the station appears to have lapsed.
1885 The RNLI established a lifeboat station where there was a ‘large and increasing fishing population’. A boathouse was built beneath the outer wall of Peel Castle and a slipway was built parallel to the breakwater.
1889 Medals were presented to the lifeboat crew by the Norwegian Government for rescuing 23 people from the barque St George of Christiania.
1913 A new slipway was built closer to the boathouse to make launching easier.
1928 A Centenary Vellum was awarded to the station.
1970 The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Coxswain WE Gorry for a service, with the Port Erin lifeboat, to the coaster Moonlight off Bradda Head on 9 September.
1972 The all weather lifeboat was withdrawn on 7 May.
An inshore lifeboat station was established on 20 June with a McLachlan inshore lifeboat.
1976 The McLachlan inshore lifeboat was withdrawn and replaced by a B class Atlantic 21 lifeboat on 8 September.
1978 A commemorative 150th Anniversary Vellum was awarded to the station.
1980 Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum were awarded to Helmsman Edward Allen and Helmsman Brian Maddrell for the skill and determination displayed by them during two services to the fishing vessel Southern Scott which had grounded and was listing heavily on the Old Bath's Beach on 29 March.
1991 A new launching slipway was built.
1992 A new boathouse was built on the same site for the station's new Mersey class lifeboat and launching tractor, providing a workshop, souvenir outlet and improved crew facilities.
The Atlantic 21 lifeboat was withdrawn. A new Mersey class lifeboat was placed on service on 10 June, establishing an all-weather lifeboat station. The boat is named Ruby Clery after the donor, who was also the great great granddaughter of Sir William Hillary, the founder of the RNLI, and resident of the Isle of Man.
1995 The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Crew Member Frank Horne for the courageous personal risk he took during a service to the fishing vessel Three Sisters. He transferred from the lifeboat to the swamped fishing vessel and pulled three people to safety as the vessel suddenly rolled over and began to sink, 20 miles north west of Peel in moderate seas on 17 October 1994.
2001 His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI visited the station on 30 October.
Station honours
At Peel lifeboat station the following awards have been made:
Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum 4
