Anstruther combined the naming ceremony for their new life-boat The Doctors with their centenary celebrations. H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester named the boat after a service of dedication on 28th July, 1965.

The proceedings were opened by Provost J. Armour, J.P., Chairman of the Anstruther branch of the RNLI, to whom Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham- Quin, R.N., Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution, handed over the centenary vellum. The provost accepted the vellum on behalf of both the Anstruther life-boat station and also on behalf of the town.

The donor of the new life-boat, Dr. Nora M. Allan, then handed it over to the RNLI and it was formally accepted by His Grace the Duke of Atholl, a member of the Committee of Management of the Institution and Convener of the Scottish Life-boat Council, who delivered the boat to the care of the Anstruther branch. Mr. F. Patterson, joint honorary secretary of the branch, accepted the boat on behalf of the branch.

The Doctors is a 37 foot Oakley type, which is now the standard type of lifeboat for launching from an open beach. She is self-righting, carries a normal crew of seven, and can take the weight of 35 people on board in safety. The life-boat has been given by Dr. Nora M. Allan in memory of her father, Dr.

Richard Allan, late Medical Officer of Health, Dumbarton, and of her brothers Dr. John Allan, Dr. William Allan, and James Allan.

A vote of thanks to the namer and others was proposed by Miss Helen M.

Watson, M.A., president of the Anstruther ladies' life-boat guild. The service of dedication was conducted by the Rev. J. Matthews, M.A., B.D., assisted by the Rev. J. F. M. Crawford, M. A., J.P.

The Doctors is the sixth life-boat to be placed at Anstruther since the station opened in 1865..