SEVEN new life-boats were named dur- ing 1953. Four of these boats are stationed on the English coast, at Bridlington, Ilfracombe, Flamborough and Peel; two are in Scotland, at Campbeltown and St. Abbs; and one is in Wales, at Pwllheli. An account of the naming ceremony at Pwllheli will appear in the next number of The Life-boat.

BRIDLINGTON The naming of the new Bridlington life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II took place at Cowes on the 12th of May. Sir Godfrey Baring, Chairman of the Committee of Management, was in the chair. Commander E. W.

Middleton, district inspector, described the life-boat. The Rev. C. E. Paterson, vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Cowes, dedicated the boat, which was then named by Mrs. W. D. Gale, honorary secretary of the Cowes Ladies' Life- boat Guild. The chairman and honor- ary secretary of the Bridlington branch, Mr. J. M. Deheer, Mrs. Deheer and members of the Bridlington Ladies' Life-boat Guild were present.

The new life-boat is a 35-feet 6-inches Liverpool type boat.

CAMPBELTOWN The new Campbeltown life-boat City of Glasgow II was named at Campbeltown on the 26th of August.

Major George M. Duncan, president of the Campbeltown branch, was in the chair. The Rt. Hon. Thomas A.

Kerr, the Lord Provost of Glasgow, presented the life-boat to the Institu- tion. Commodore the Earl Howe, deputy chairman of the Institution, handed the life-boat over to the branch, Major Duncan accepting her on the branch's behalf. Lieut.-Commander W. L. G. Dutton, R.N.R., district inspector, described the boat. The Rev. B. B. Blackwood, Lochend U.F.

Church of Scotland, read the lesson, and the Rev. J. R. H. Cormack, Lowland Church of Scotland, Camp- beltown, dedicated the life-boat. Mrs.

Thomas Kerr then named her.

The new life-boat, which is a 52-feet Barnett type boat, is a gift from the City of Glasgow Life-boat Fund.

FLAMBOROUGH The new Flamborough life-boat Friendly Forester was named at Flam- borough on the 8th of September.

County Councillor A. R. Burton, chairman of the Flamborough branch, was in the chair. Commander H. L.

Wheeler, district inspector, described the boat. Mr. W. N. J. Huggins, High Chief Ranger, presented the boat to the Institution on behalf of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society. Captain Guy D. Fanshawe, R.N., a vice-president of the Institu- tion and a member of the Committee of Management, accepted the boat and handed her over to the branch, on whose behalf she was received by Mr. J. W. Bayes, honorary secretary of the branch. The Rev. G. Coates, the vicar of Flamborough, dedicated the life-boat, and the Countess of Halifax named her.

The new life-boat, which is a 35- feet 6-inches Liverpool type boat, is a gift of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society.

PEEL The new Peel life-boat was named Helena Harris—Manchester and Dis- trict XXXI at Peel on the 2nd of July.

Mr. Frank Lightowler, chairman of the Peel branch, was in the chair.

Commander L. F. L. Hill, R.N.R., district inspector, described the boat.

Lieut.-Commander W. E. Mercer, R.N.Y.R., chairman of the Manchester and District branch, presented the life-boat to the Institution. Mr. M.

Arnet Robinson, a member of the Committee of Management, received her and handed her over to the branch, on whose behalf she was accepted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Ambrose Flux Dundas. The Bishop of Sodor and Man, the Right Rev. J. R.

Strickland Taylor, dedicated the boat and Mrs. Cubbin, a prominent supporter of the Institution in the Isle of Man, named her.

The new life-boat, which is a 35-feet 6-inches Liverpool type boat, has been built out of a legacy from the late Miss Helena Harris, of Manchester.

ILFRACOMBE The new Ilfracombe life-boat, Robert and Phemia Brown, was named at Ilfracombe on the 20th of August.

Mr. C. E. Hutchings, chairman of the Ilfracombe branch, was in the chair.

Captain G. R. Cousins, district inspec- tor, described the life-boat. In the absence, owing to illness, of Mr.

Arthur Capewell, a member of the Committee of Management, Mr. A. R.

Dickinson, District Organising Secre- tary for the south-west of England, presented the life-boat to the branch, on whose behalf she was accepted by Mr. F. G. Reed, honorary secretary of the branch. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Crediton dedicated the life- boat, and Mrs. B. W. Brown, repre- senting the donor, named her. A vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. H. P.

Smith, chairman of the Ilfracombe Urban District Council, and seconded by the Rev. R. P. Johnston, Chaplain of the Seaman's Institute.

The new life-boat, which is 35-feet 6-inches Liverpool type boat, has been built out of a legacy from the late Captain Robert Brown, of Anstruther.

ST. ABBS The new St. Abbs life-boat was named W. Ross Macarthur of Glasgow at St. Abbs on the 21st of July. Mr.

R. B. Bell, chairman of the St. Abbs branch, was in the chair. Mr. A.

Sommerville, of Glasgow, presented the life-boat to the Institution on behalf of the trustees of the late donor. Captain the Hon. Sir Archi- bald Cochrane, R.N., a member of the Committee of Management and a vice-president of the Scottish Life- boat Council, received the boat and handed her over to the branch, on whose behalf she was accepted by Mr.

Bell. Lieutenant E. D. Stogdon, district inspector, described the boat.

The Rev. R. D. Burnett, Minister of St. Abbs Parish Church, dedicated the life-boat, and Mrs. Sommerville then named her.

The new life-boat, which is a 35-feet 6-inches Liverpool type boat, has been built out of a legacy from the late Mr.

William Ross Macarthur, of Glasgow..