Peel to remember selfless plight of 'The Wanderer' and its crew

A Manx fishing vessel and the heroics of its captain and crew will be remembered in Peel next month.

On May 7^th it will be 100 years since the sinking of the Lusitania.

The luxury liner was struck by a German U-boat launched torpedo off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915.

A Peel fishing boat was in the area catching herring at the time; they were first on the scene, bringing two lifeboats in tow.

The boat sank in 18 minutes, with the efforts of ‘The Wanderer’ saving 160 lives; in total 761 survived and 1,198 people died.

We found out what Peel has planned, from Commissioner Jackie O’Halloran: