AT a meeting of the Committee of Management of the Institution in April it was decided to submit the name of Coxswain Daniel Kirkpatrick to the Italian Embassy in London for the San Remo "Figurehead of Courage" award for 1965. His name was submitted in connection with the service carried out by the Longhope life-boat to the trawler Ben Barvas on 3rd January, 1964, For this service Coxswain Kirkpatrick was awarded the Institution's silver secondservice clasp.

The award of the presentation figurehead was instituted early last year by the city council of San Remo as an international prize. It is being awarded annually to the seaman whose technical and human skill in an action at sea shows the sea-faring spirit at its greatest..