H.M. THE QUEEN and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh visited Holy Island on the 29th of June, 1958. They landed at the life-boat slipway and were received at the life-boat house by the Duke of Northumberland, Treasurer of the Institution, and the Bishop of Newcastle.

Members of the life-boat crew and officers of the branch and ladies' guild had the honour of being presented.

The Berwick and North Sunderland life-boats escorted the royal barge to Holy Island. The account of a service rendered by the North Sunderland life-boat during the royal visit appears on page 126..