37' Rather class lifeboat Hampshire Rose went on service at Walmer on February 3. On passage to her station she visited Lymington (left), Southampton and Gosport, giving the opportunity for her to be visited by the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire and patron of the Hampshire Rose appeal, civic dignitaries and many of the people who have worked to provide the money for her construction and fitting out.

Sir Alec Rose was at Caspart, both to greet her and to present a cheque for £20,000 to the chairman of the Committee of Management..