The new Eastbourne life-boat Vincent Nesfield, which is a 37-foot Oakley, was named by Esmond Knight, the actor, at Eastbourne on 9th April, 1969, the boat having been provided from the proceeds of the Joyce Giddins Fund and legacies left by the late Mr. James Cowls, of Portleven, Cornwall, and Mr.

Mr. Thomas Ringer, of Docking, Norfolk.

The life-boat was dedicated by the Rev. M. L. Godden, M.A., Vicar of Glynde, and Mrs. Joyce Giddins presented the boat to the Institution. She was accepted by Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey R. Bromet, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., D.L., a Vice- President of the Institution, on behalf of the R.N.L.I..