HER Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, President of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, named the new Berwick-upon-Tweed life-boat William and Mary Durham on the 25th of July, 1957. The ceremony took place at Spittal harbour.

Commander W. M. Phipps Hornby, president and chairman of the Berwick- upon-Tweed branch, was in the chair. The Chief Inspector of Lifeboats, Commander T. G. Michelmore, described the boat and the Duke of Northumberland, who is the treasurer of the Institution and also Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northumberland, handed the boat over to the branch.

Mr. J. M. Edney, honorary secretary of the Berwick-upon-Tweed branch, accepted the life-boat on the branch's behalf, and the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, attended by the Rev. Canon Little, Rural Dean of Norham, the Rev. G. A. Elcoat, Vicar of Spittal, Rev. R. M. McCaughey, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Berwick, Rev. L. Henderson, Vicar of Tweedmouth, and Rev. J.

Strachan-Hughes of the Presbyterian Church of England, dedicated the boat.

After a vote of thanks had been proposed by Mrs. W. R. Sprunt, chairman of the Berwick-upon-Tweed Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Her Royal Highness named the new boat.

The boat, which is one of the 42-feet Watson type, has been provided out of legacies left by Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Durham, of Norham, Northumberland, and Mrs. Mary Grace Davenport, of Oxford, and the general funds of the Institution.

At the ceremony a guard of honour was provided from the depot of The King's Own Scottish Borderers; the pipes and drums of the 4th (Border) battalion, the King's Own Scottish Borderers (T.A.), played, and the singing was led by the choirs of St.

John's Church, Spittal, and Holy Trinity Church, Berwick.

Two New Welsh Life-boats Two new life-boats were named in Wales in July, 1957, the naming ceremony of the new Fishguard boat taking place on the 6th of July, and that of the new Angle boat on the 10th of July.

Mrs. Raymond Cory, the wife of a member of the Committee of Management, named the Fishguard life-boat Howard Marryat at a ceremony held at the Lower Tower pier. The boat was provided out of a legacy left by Mr. Howard Marryat, of Richmond, Surrey, and a gift from his son, Mr.

Robert Anthony Marryat, of London.

The boat is one of the 46-feet 9-inches Watson cabin type.

After a bouquet had been presented to Mrs. Cory by the granddaughter of the Fishguard coxswain, Miss Rosemarie Thomas, Captain J. J.

Kelly, the president of the Fishguard branch, opened the proceedings. The Vice-Chairman of Fishguard and Goodwick Urban District Council, Councillor Richard Williams, gave an address of welcome, and the Western District Inspector, Lieut.-Commander W. L.

G. Dutton, described the boat. Mr.

R. A. Marryat then presented the life-boat, Mr. Raymond Cory accepting her on behalf of the Institution and handing her over to the Fishguard branch, on whose behalf Captain Kelly received her.

The Dean of St. David's, The Very Rev. T. E. Jenkins, assisted by the Rev. J. F. G. Richards, Vicar of Fishguard, Rev. Vernon Johns, Vicar of Llanvrada and Manorowen, and Rev. G. Wynn Owen of the Free Church, dedicated the boat, and a vote of thanks to Mrs. Cory and Mr.

Marryat was proposed by Captain C. W. Sanderson, patron of the Fishguard branch, and seconded by Mr.

N. O. Mabe, honorary secretary of the branch.

The singing was led by the Fishguard and Llanwnda church choirs, accompanied by the Pembroke town band, and a guard of honour was mounted by Fishguard sea cadets.

The Angle naming ceremony took place at Angle pier, Mrs. Allen- Mirehouse naming the boat Richard Vernon and Mary Garforth of Leeds.

The new boat was provided out of legacies left by Mr. Richard Vernon, of Stone, Staffordshire, and Mr. Isaac Garforth, of Leeds, Yorkshire, and the general funds of the Institution. She had been exhibited at the National Boat Show at Olympia earlier in the year, and is one of the 46-feet 9-inches Watson cabin type.

After a bouquet had been presented to Mrs. Allen-Mirehouse by Miss Ruth Thomas, daughter of the Rector of Angle, the honorary secretary of the Angle branch, Major J. N. S. Allen- Mirehouse, opened the proceedings, and Lieut.-Commander Button described the life-boat. Captain Guy D.

Fanshawe, R.N., a Vice-President of the Institution and a member of the Committee of Management, handed her over to the Angle branch and Lieut.-Colonel G. A. Jackson, honorary treasurer of the branch, received her.

The Bishop of St. David's, the Right Rev. J. R. Richards, assisted by the Rev. Paul Thomas, Rector of Angle, and the Rev. D. G. Thomas, Vicar of Rhoscrowter, conducted the service of dedication, and after a vote of thanks to Mrs. Allen-Mirehouse by Sir Thomas Meyrick, Bt., the life-boat was named.

The singing was led by the Angle parish church choir accompanied by the Pembroke borough band.

New Life-boat for Dungeness The new Dungeness life-boat was named Mabel E. Holland by Mrs.

Arthur F. Francis on the 14th of September. The boat, which was provided by a gift from Miss Maud E.

Holland in memory of her late sister, is one of the 42-feet beach type.

After the Mayor of Lydd, Alderman Gordon T. Paine, who is also chairman of the Dungeness branch, opened the proceedings, Commander II. B. Acworth, Eastern District Inspector, described the boat. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey R. Bromet, a member of the Committee of Management, handed the life-boat over to the branch, Mr.

A. I. Tart, honorary secretary of the branch, accepting her. The Rev. H.

A. Hodge, Rural Dean of South Lympne, dedicated the life-boat and Mrs. Francis then named her. A vote of thanks was proposed by Brigadier Sir H. R. Mackeson, Bt., Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe.

The singing was accompanied by the Hythe town military band..