The heroism of lifeboat crews across the UK will be commemorated over the next month at a north-east museum.
A special exhibition titled Hope in the Great War pays tribute to the life-saving efforts of RNLI volunteers – including those in Fraserburgh – during World War I.
Images and stories from these rescues are on display at the Arbuthnot Museum in Peterhead until April 7.
The exhibition showcases the story of the heroic efforts of Fraserburgh’s lifeboat crew on August 8, 1915, when volunteers rescued 14 people from the SS Glenravel after it was targeted by a German submarine.
That and similar stories from crews in Baltimore in the Republic of Ireland, Port Eynon and Whitby are being told through pictures, text and animations.
Fraserburgh’s Sea Cadet troop helped arrange some of the displays.
A spokesman for the RNLI said that during the war crews were launched 1,808 times, rescuing more than 5,000 people.
“With younger men on active duty, it was often down to the older generation to go to the aid of those in danger around our coasts,” he said.
“RNLI lifeboat crews were called out to ships that had been torpedoed or struck mines. There were also calls to ships on official war duty, such as the hospital ship Rohilla.”
The exhibition includes free, family-friendly craft sessions from 11am to 12.30pm on Friday April 6 and Friday April 13.
Sessions will be themed around medal-making and are suitable for children aged eight and above.
The Arbuthnot Museum is open from 10am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and from 10am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3pm on Saturdays.
