CLYDE CLASS 70-003 LOA 71' : Beam 18' : Displacement 87 tonsLATEST OF the Clyde class lifeboats, 70-003, was named City of Bristol by the Lady Mayoress of Bristol, Mrs A. G.

Peglar, at Narrow Quay, Bristol, on Sunday, September 1.

City of Bristol will be stationed off Clovelly, in the Bristol Channel. 71' overall, with a beam of 18' and displacement of 87 tons, her twin 8L3B Gardner diesel engines, each developing 230 bhp at 1,150 rpm, give her a cruising speed of 10 knots; she has a radius of action at full speed of 350 nautical miles and can remain at sea for several days, if necessary. There is accommodation for her crew of five below decks.

One ILB, ready inflated, is carried on the aft deck; another is stowed below.

At the naming ceremony, the Lord Mayor of the City of Bristol, Councillor A. G. Peglar, announced the launching of the Bristol lifeboat appeal to raise, within a year, £150,000 to offset the cost of this lifeboat..