Island Images - The Isle of Man in Pictures
'RNB Sir William Hillary' heads back to the harbour passing a local landmark, the Tower of Refuge,  completed in 1832 on the orders of Sir William Hillary to provide shelter for shipwrecked mariners.  Sir William was the founder of the RNLI in 1824 and served on the orginal Douglas lifeboat (rowed with oars!)
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 An Island Images picture  © Jon Wornham