EIGHT motor life-boats have been named during 1938, two on the coast of Devon, at Salcombe and Appledore, two on the Irish coast, at Arklow and Dun Laoghaire, and the other four at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Whitby, Yorkshire, Peel, Isle of Man, and Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.

The motor life-boat which was stationed at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, in 1936, was destroyed last year in a fire at the building yard at Cowes, when she was being overhauled.

Another boat of the same type was completed and sent to the station this year. She is of the Watson cabin type, 46 feet by 12 feet 9 inches. On service, with crew and gear on board, she weighs about 20 tons. She is divided into seven water-tight compartments, and is fitted with 142 air-cases. She has twin screws, and is driven by two 40-h.p. Diesel engines. The engine- room is a water-tight compartment, and each engine is itself water-tight, so that it could continue running even if the engine-room were flooded. Her speed is 8J knots and she carries enough fuel to travel about 200 miles at full speed without refuelling. She carries a crew of eight, and in rough weather can take ninety-five people on board. She has a line-throwing gun, and electric searchlight, is lighted throughout with electricity, and is fitted with wireless.

She has cost about £8,400, and has been given the same name as the destroyed life-boat. The names of the donors of that boat have been in- scribed in her, the late Mr. D. Altschul, of London, the late Miss H. Gartside, of Holmfirth, Yorkshire, and the late Mr. J. E. C. Edmunds, of Newport, Isle of Wight.

The naming ceremony took place on April 12th at the building yard of Messrs. Samuel White at Cowes. The Institution was represented at the ceremony by Commander Henry Strong, R.D., R.N.R., a member of the com- mittee of management. The life-boat was dedicated by the Rev. Charles Paterson, chaplain to the Royal Yacht Squadron, and Lady Baring named her S.G.E.

Whitby, Yorkshire.

A new motor life-boat was stationed at Whitby this year, replacing another " motor life-boat. She is of the Watson type, 41 feet by 11 feet 8 inches. On service, with crew and gear on board, she weighs just over 15 tons. She is divided into eight water-tight compart- ments and is fitted with 145 air-cases.

She has twin screws, driven by two 35-h.p. engines. The engine-room is a water-tight compartment, and each engine is itself water-tight, so that it could continue running even if the engine-room were flooded. Her speed is just over 8 knots, and she carries enough petrol to be able to travel about 120 miles, at full speed, without re- fuelling. She carries a crew of eight, and in rough weather can take fifty people on board. She has two cock- pits, a line-throwing gun and an electric searchlight, and is lighted by electricity.

She has cost about £6,600, and has been named Mary Ann Hepworth, in gratitude for a gift from Mr. W. W.

Hepworth, of Hessle, near Hull.

The naming ceremony took place on June 27th with Mr. Kenneth McNeil, J.P., chairman of the Whitby Urban District Council, presiding. Mr.

Hepworth himself was unable to be present, and Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, in present- ing the life-boat to Whitby on his behalf and on behalf of the Institution, expressed the Institution's thanks to him for his generous gift. The life-boat was received by Captain R. W. Milburn, chairman of the branch, and the Marquess of Normanby welcomed her to Whitby. She was dedicated by the Rev. Canon Sykes, M.A., assisted by the Rev. Ivor J. Roberton, M.A., D.D., and the Marchioness of Normanby then named her Mary Ann Hepworth.

A vote of thanks to the Marchioness was proposed by Captain W. W.

Milburn and seconded by Captain A. D. Milner. The singing of the hymns was led by the choir of the Missions to Seamen, accompanied by the band of the Whitby branch of the British Legion.Peel, Isle of Man.

A new motor life-boat for Peel was stationed there in 1937, replacing a pulling and sailing life-boat. She is of the light Liverpool type, for launching off the open beach. She is 35 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 3 inches, and weighs only 7 tons. She is divided into six water-tight compartments, and is fitted with 115 air-cases. If a sea breaks on board, she can free herself in twelve seconds. She has one screw, driven by a 35-h. p. engine in a water-tight engine-room. The engine itself is water-tight, so that it could continue running even if the engine-room were flooded. Her speed is 7J knots, and she carries enough petrol to be able to travel 100 miles, at full speed, without refuelling. She carries a crew of seven and can take thirty people on board in rough weather.

She has cost £3,637 and is a gift from the executors of the will of the late Mrs.

Helen C. Sutton, of London.

The naming ceremony took place on June 28th in a downpour of rain. His Honour the Deemster W. P. Cowley, J.P., vice-president of the branch, was in the chair. The life-boat was pre- sented to Peel, on behalf of the donors and the Institution, by Lieut.-Com- mander G. R. Cousins, D.S.C., R.N., district inspector of life-boats, and was received by His Honour the Deemster W. P. Cowley, J.P. His ExceUency Vice-Adrniral the Hon. William Spencer Leveson-Gower, C.B., D.S.O., Lieu- tenant-Govemor, welcomed the life- boat to the Isle of Man and presented certificates of service, awarded on their retirement, to Coxswain James Cannon and Bowman Charles Moore.

He also presented a certificate won by a Peel girl in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools.

The Bishop of Sodor and Man (the Right Rev. William Stanton Jones, D.D.) dedicated the life-boat, assisted by the vicar of Peel, the Rev. E. L.

Morris, L.Th.

The Lieutenant-Governor then named the life-boat Helen Sutton, in the absence of Lady Rose Leveson-Gower, a sister of the Queen, who was unable to be present owing to the death of her mother, the Countess of Strathmore.

After a vote of thanks had been proposed by Captain Kinley, chairman of the branch, and seconded by Captain Richard Trenam, M.B.E., M.C., the district organizing secretary for the North-West of England, the life-boat was launched.

Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.

A new motor life-boat was stationed at Barry Dock in 1937, replacing another motor life-boat. She is a 41-feet Watson motor life-boat, as described in the account of the naming ceremony at Whitby, and has cost £6,459. She has been built in part out of a legacy from the late Mr. T. D.

Evans, of Malpas, near Newport, Monmouthshire.

The naming ceremony took place on July 16th in the presence of about 2,000 people. The Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth, P.C., G.B.E., C.B., president of the branch, was in the chair. The new boat was presented to the Barry Branch on behalf of the donor and the Institution by Captain Vivian M. Lewis, M.C., the organizing secretary for Wales, and was received by Mr. E. V. Swallow, chairman of the branch. The Bishop of Llandaff (the Right Rev. Timothy Rees, M.C., B.A.) dedicated the life-boat, assisted by the Rev. D. Evans, L.D., and the Rev.

J. Mydyr Evans.

Mrs. Patrick Munro then named her Rachel and Mary Evans.

A vote of thanks to Lord Plymouth, the Bishop of Llandaff and Mrs.

Patrick Munro was proposed by Mr.

C. B. Griffiths, O.B.E., J.P., chairman of the Barry Urban District Council, and seconded by Mr. Dudley Howe, J.P., deputy chairman of the Council.

The life-boat was then launched.

The singing of the hymns was led by the St. Baruch's Church Choir, Barry Island, accompanied by the Barry Silver Band, and the Barry Sea Cadets sold programmes and made a collection on behalf of the branch.

Salcombe and Hope Cove, Devon.

A new motor life-boat was stationed at Salcombe this year, replacing another motor life-boat. She is of the 46-feet Watson cabin type, as described in the account of the naming ceremony at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, but she hascertain important modifications made to suit her for working over the dangerous Salcombe Bar. She is of lighter draft, but, owing to her other modifications, she weighs over 21 £ tons, a ton and a half more than the standard type. She has whale-backs forward and aft, instead of a flat deck, to throw off the water. Her after-shelter has been carried forward to cover the engine- room. This has been done partly to give added strength to meet the blow of the seas and partly to shed the water quickly. She has been given a strong stern frame below the rudder to protect it from damage should she strike the bar, and the steering-gear is provided with an auxiliary tiller, which can be quickly shipped should the wheel be damaged. She has cost about £8,600 and has been built in part out of a legacy from the late Mrs. Marie Park- house, of Cricklewood, Middlesex, who left the money to provide a motor life- boat on the south coast of Devonshire.

The naming ceremony took place on September 5th in the presence of many hundreds of townspeople and visitors, many of them joining in the service from boats in the harbour. Mr. Ernest Capel-Cure, president of the branch, was in the chair, and Captain Guy Fanshawe, R.N., a member of the committee of management of the Institution, presented the life-boat to the branch on behalf of the donor and the Institution. Mr. Capel-Cure ac- cepted the boat on behalf of the branch, and she was dedicated by the Bishop of Crediton (the Right Rev. W. F.

Surtees, M.A.).

Mrs. Arthur Reed, an honorary life-boat governor of the Institution, and president of the Exeter Ladies' Life-boat Guild, then named the life- boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse.

Votes of thanks were proposed and seconded by Mr. F. Murch, chairman of the Salcombe Urban District Council, Mr. A. Head, chairman of the Kings- bridge Urban District Council, Mr.

Arthur Reed, J.P., M.P. for the City of Exeter, and a member of the com- mittee of management of the Institu- tion, and Mr. W. G. Cooke, chairman of the branch.

The singing of the hymns was ac- companied by the Kingsbridge Silver Prize Band.

Appledore, Devon.

A new motor life-boat was stationed at Appledore this year. She has replaced another motor life-boat and is of the 46-feet Watson cabin type, with modifications on the standard type, similar to those in the Salcombe life-boat, already described, to suit her for working over the dangerous Appledore Bar.

She has cost about £8,600, and has been built out of a gift from Mr.

Gordon Armstrong, of Beverley, York- shire, in memory of his wife who died in the spring of last year when they were on a cruise. Mrs. Armstrong was a Devonshire woman, and it is at Mr.

Armstrong's request that his gift has been used to provide a motor life-boat on the Devonshire coast.

The naming ceremony took place on September 21st, with Captain the Hon.

Denys Scott, president of the branch, in the chair. The Mayor of Bideford opened the proceedings. Mr. Gordon Armstrong himself presented the life- boat to the Institution and after the boat had been described by Com- mander E. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., the chief inspector of life- boats, Captain Guy Fanshawe, R.N., a member of the committee of manage- ment of the Institution, received her, thanked Mr. Armstrong for his generous gift and formally handed the life-boat to the branch. She was received by Captain the Hon. Denys Scott, and the Bishop of Exeter (the Right Rev.

C. E. Curzon, D.D.) dedicated her.

The Rev. H. C. A. S. Muller, M.A., R.N., vicar of Appledore, and the Rev.

A. Brockett, pastor of the Appledore Congregational Church, also took part in the religious service.

Mr. Gordon Armstrong then named the life-boat Violet Armstrong.

A vote of thanks to Mr. Armstrong was proposed by Brigadier-General R. C. Boyle, C.B., C.M.G., chairman of the branch, and seconded by the Rev. A. Green, chairman of the Northam Urban District Council.

Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

A new motor life-boat was stationed at Arklow this year, replacing another motor life-boat. She is of the 41-feet Watson type, already described in theaccount of the naming ceremony at Whitby. She has cost £6,506 and has been built out of the general funds of the Institution.

The naming ceremony took place on August 24th, the Earl of Wicklow, chairman of the branch, presiding.

Mr. T. L. M. Fuge, the district organ- izing secretary for Ireland, presented the life-boat to the branch on behalf of the Institution, and she was received by Mr. Robert Tyrrell, the honorary secretary of the branch. Mr. Michael Tyrrell welcomed her on behalf of the people of Arklow and County Wicklow.

Mr. Granville Proby, patron of the branch, then named the life-boat Inbhear Mor.

Votes of thanks were proposed and seconded by the Very Rev. M. Behan, P.P., the Rev. W. Carroll, Mr. T. P.

Kavanagh, chairman of the Arklow Harbour Commissioners, and Mr.

William Cleary, chairman of the Arklow Urban District Council.

There was no service of dedication, as the life-boat had already been blessed by the parish priest, and a service had been held in one of the Protestant churches on the morning of the naming ceremony.

Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

A new motor life-boat was stationed at Dun Laoghaire this year, replacing another motor life-boat, the Dunleary.

She is of the 46-feet Watson cabin type, as described in the account of the naming ceremony at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She has cost about £8,600 and has been built out of the general funds of the Institution.

On August 24th the new life-boat was blessed by the Rev. Canon Boylan, P.P., in the presence of members of the Borough Corporation and representa- tives of the branch, with Sea Scouts and members of the C.Y.M.S. forming the guard of honour.

The naming ceremony was held on October 1st, with Mr. Gerald Byrne, chairman of the branch, presiding, supported by the Lord Mayor of Dublin (Alderman Byrne, T.D.), and members of the Dun Laoghaire Cor- poration. Two days before the cere- mony, the agreement about Czecho- slovakia between Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy, which prevented the outbreak of war, had been signed at Munich, and in presenting the life-boat to the branch on behalf of the Institu- tion, Lieut.-Colonel C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., the secretary of the Institution, said: " At a time when, under God's providence, the shadow of a very great calamity appears to have passed, is it not fitting that we should be dedi- cating a life-boat to the service of all humanity—a fitting and glorious emblem of the cause of peace between the nations? " Mr. C. S. McNeill, the honorary secretary of the branch, accepted th« life-boat, and Mr. John P. Dooge, P.C., chairman of the Dun Laoghaire Borough Council, welcomed her on behalf of the people of Dun Laoghaire.

Mrs. Gerald Byrne then named the life-boat Dunleary II.

Votes of thanks were proposed and seconded by Captain W. H. Davis, R.D., R.N.R., inspector of Irish Lights, Lieut.-Commander R. Shiel, R.N.R., harbour-master at Dun Laoghaire, Mrs. J. C. Cathcart, honorary secretary of the Dun Laoghaire Ladies' Life-boat Guild, and Mr. T. L. M. Fuge, district organizing secretary for Ireland..