Dover PRINCESS MARINA, Duchess of Kent, the president of the R.N.L.I., named the new Dover life-boat, Faithful Forester, at Dover on 26th July, 1967. The 44-foot steel boat was a gift from the Ancient Order of Foresters - the eighth to be donated by the Order in the past century.

Mr. J. Hyatt, the High Chief Ranger of the Order, presented the boat to the Institution, and Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution, accepted the boat on behalf of the Institution. Mr. B. D. Ebsworth, the local secretary, then accepted the boat on behalf of the branch.

ENORMOUSLY COSTLY Princess Marina, in naming the boat, said: 'This is a time when the life-boat service needs funds badly. More and more is being demanded of our life-boat crews, and to provide them with all they need is enormously costly. We are, therefore, particularly grateful to the Ancient Order of Foresters for again coming forward with such a splendid gesture of support'.Dun Laoghaire DUN LAOGHAIRE'S new 44-foot steel life-boat, the John F. Kennedy, was named at Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, on i2th August, 1967, by Mrs. de Courcy Ireland, wife of the honorary secretary of the local life-boat station. The boat was pro- vided by the legacy from Miss Charlotte M. H. Gibson, of Wellington, Somerset, and by the general funds of the R.N.L.I.

Mr. Stirling Whorlow, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution, handed the life- boat over to Dr. J. E. de Courcy Ireland who accepted it on behalf of the branch.

The blessing was performed by the Right Rev. Monsignor P. Boylan.

The life-boat, which was commissioned in May, had been called out shortly before the naming ceremony to a dismasted yacht and arrived back 'barely in time' for the great day.

Harwich THE naming ceremony for the new Harwich life-boat, Margaret Graham, took place at Trinity House Pier, Harwich, on 2yth September, 1967. Provided by a gift from an anonymous donor, the 44-foot steel boat was named by Captain G. E. Barnard, the deputy master of Trinity House.

Mr. Stirling Whorlow, O.B.E., Secretary of the Institution, who took the place of Rear Admiral R. St. V. Sherbrooke, V.C., C.B., D.S.O., delivered the life-boat on behalf of the Institution to the care of the Harwich and Dovercourt branch. Mr. T. H. F. Bernard, M.B.E., M.M., president of the branch, accepted the life-boat.

Wemyss Bay THE 70-foot steel life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie was named at a ceremony at Wemyss Bay Pier, Scotland, on 6th September, 1967, by Mrs. T. Lyle, a friend of the late Miss Grace Paterson Ritchie, the donor.

Mr. Andrew C. Syme, an agent for the trustees of the late Miss Ritchie, handed over the life-boat to the R.N.L.I. on behalf of the trust. Brigadier J. W. H. Gow, C.B.E., a vice president of the Committee of Management of the Institution and chairman of the Glasgow branch, accepted the life-boat on behalf of the Institution.

The Duke of Atholl, a member of the Committee of Management and Convenor of the Scottish Life-boat Council, proposed a vote of thanks.

The ceremony was watched by more than 500 people.

North Sunderland LADY VICTORIA PERCY, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, named the new 37-foot Oakley life-boat, Edward and Mary Lester, at Seahouses, Northumberland, on i6th September, 1967. The boat was provided by a legacy and a gift made by the late Mrs. Mary Lester, of Carmarthen.

Before the boat was launched, Lady Victoria said that her father's family had been connected with the R.N.L.I. for over 100 years, and it gave her great pleas- ure to be the first of the younger generation to follow.

Mr. R. Liversidge presented the North Sunderland life-boat on behalf of the donor, and Mr. P. Denham Christie, a member of the Committee of Manage- ment of the Institution and himself a former life-boat coxswain, accepted her..