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Motor Life-Boats That Want Names!

Nine for England; six for Scotland; one for Wales; three for Ireland.

The Institution now has 61 Motor Life-boats in its Fleet of 214. Another seven Motor Life-boats are under con- struction, and a further seventeen have been approved for early construction.

Of the seven under construction only two at present have names chosen by their donors. Of the seventeen to be laid down shortly, three have names.

Station.

Eastbourne, Sussex Piel (Barrow), Lan- cashire.

BOATS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHICH HAVE NAMES.

Type of Boat, Cost. Donor.

35-foot Self -righting Type £4,500 Legacy from the late Mr. Alfred 45-foot Watson Cabin £8,500 Henry Pett, of Hastings, with which it is hoped to amalgamate other legacies and names.

Gift from the Trustees of the Estate oi the late Mr. Stephen H. Thompson, of Edgbaston, Birmingham, through Mr. H. S. Thompson, and a legacy from the late Mrs. M. C. Myers.

BOATS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AWAITING DONORS.

Station. Type of Boat.

Wexford, Co. Wexford .

45-ft. Watson Cabin Stromness, Orkneys Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex Southend-on-Sea, Essex Swanage, Dorsetshire 51-ft. Barnett Twin Screw 48-ft. Ramsgate Type 48-ft. Ramsgate Type 40-ft. Self-righting Type .

Cost.

£8,500 £11,000 £8,500 £8,500 £6,500 BOATS TO BE BUILT WHICH HAVE NAMES.

Donor.

Civil Service Life-boat Fund {and a Legacy from the Rev. G. Bowers Watson, of Weybridge, Surrey, to provide the engine).

Station. Type of Boat. Cost.

Whitehills, Banfshire 35-ft. Self-righting Type £4,500 Berwick on Tweed . 35-ft. Self-righting Type £4,500 Westmorland Motor Life-boat Fund. Folkestone, Kent . 35-ft. Self-righting Type £4,500 Nottingham Motor Life-boat Fund.

BOATS TO BE BUILT AWAITING DONORS. Station. Type oi Boat. Cost. Humcer, Yorkshire 45 ft. 6 in. Watson Cabin . £8,500 Clacton-on-Sea, Essex . 45 ft. 6 in. Watson Cabin . £8,500 Fowey, Cornwall . ... 45 ft. 6 in. Watson Cabin . £8,500 Galway Bay, Co. Galway 45 ft. 6 in. Watson Cabin . £8,500 Cromarty, Cromartyshire 45 ft. 6 in. Watson Cabin . £8,500 Stornoway, Island of Lewis . 45 ft. 6 in. Watson Cabin . £8,500 Thurso, Caithness-shire . 45 ft. 6 in. Watson Cabin . £8,500 Ramsey, Isle of Man 35-ft. Self-righting Type . . £4,500 Clogher Head, Co. Louth 35-ft. Self-righting Type . £4,500 Angle, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire 45 ft. 6 in. Watson Cabin . . £8,500 Troon, Ayrshire .... 40 ft. Watson Type . £7,000 Port Patrick, Wigtownshire . 40 ft. Watson Type . . £7,000 Weymouth, Dorsetshire 40 ft. Watson Type . . £7,000 In addition to these Boats the Insti- tution has in hand a number of costly constructional works, such as the adap- tation of old Boathouses and Slipways to suit them for Motor Life-boats, or the building of new Houses and Slipways.

Some of these works are in connexion with Motor Life-boats already on tie coast, others in connexion with the Boats in the above list.

BOATHOUSES WHICH HAS A NAME.

Station.

Selsey, Sussex Work.

New Boathouse and Approach Gangway cm Piles.

Approximate Cost.

£5,000 Donor.

Birmingham Centenary Fund.

BOATHOUSES AND SLIPWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AWAITING DONORS.

Station.

Longhope, Orkneys Montrose, Forfarshire .

Porthdinllaen, Carnarvonshire Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbright- shire. ....

Stromness, Orkneys Work. Approximate Cost.

Adaptation of old Boathouse and Slipway . . £8,450 Adaptation of old Boathouse and Slipway . . £6,900 Adaptation of old Boathouse and Slipway . . £11,200 Adaptation of old Boathouse and Slipway . . £1,500 Hew Boathouse and Slipway . . . £10,600

BOATHOUSES AND SLIPWAYS TO BE BUILT AWAITING DONORS.

Station. Work.

Angle, Milford, Pembrokeshire New Boathouse and Slipway Approximate Cost.

£16,100 £4,600 £14,100 £6,700 £6,100 £8,400 £3,000 Berwick-on-Tweed Piel (Barrow), Lancashire Portrush, Co. Antrim .

Swanage, Dorsetshire .

Thurso, Caithness-shire Whitehills, Banffshire .

New Boathouse New Boathouse and Slipway New Boathouse and Slipway Adaptation of Old Boathouse and Slipway Adaptation of Old Boathouse and Slipway New Boathouse ....

This list shows the very large capital expenditure which the Institution is incurring now, or about to incur in the immediate future. We would ask all readers of The Life-boot to help us by bringing this list to the notice of their wealthy friends, pointing out that every Life-boat bears the name chosen by the donor, that in those cases where permission has been obtained to amalga- mate legacies, the name of the Life-boat is formed of the initials of the donors, and their full names are inscribed inside the Boat, and that in the case of Boathouses and other works a tablet recording the donor's name is affixed in a prominent position, so that the name is permanently linked with a permanent work of construction, as essential as the Life-boats themselves to saving life.