MovieTone newsreel 31 January 1953

See survivors and Lifeboat Coxswain Hugh Nelson Senior talk about their terrible ordeal

The Return of the 'Kelly

Discover how the people of Donaghadee brought their Lifeboat home

Elegy for the Dead of the Princess Victoria

This poem by Ulster poet Roy McFadden evokes the terrible events of 31 January 1953

Remembering Sir Walter Smiles MP

Lady Sally Grylls remembers the day her grandfather perished in the wreck of the MV Princess Victoria and talks about the impact the loss of Sir Walter Smiles, MP for North Down, had on her whole family

The role of a Lifeboat mechanic

Walker Simpson MBE tells stories of his time serving as a Lifeboat mechanic in Donaghadee

Memories of Portavo

Lady Sally Grylls remembers good times at the family home at Portavo Point --and talks about her love of Donaghadee

Pioneering Lifeboat crew member Ruth Lennon

Donaghadee's Ruth Lennon was one of the first women to join an RNLI  Lifeboat crew in Ireland.