COVER PICTURE After naming the new Whitby lifeboat, White Rose of Yorkshire, on May 21, HRH the Duchess of Kent went aboard to meet the crew. (1. to r.) Lieut.-Commander H. F.

Teare, RD RNR, divisional inspector of lifeboats north east, Coxswain Robert Allen, the Duchess of Kent talking to Captain David Stevenson, Whitby honorary secretary, and Crew Members Dennis Carrick, Alfred Headlam and Howard Bedford.

Facing Her Royal Highness on right, ILB Senior Helmsman Mike Coates and Crew Member Barry Mason. The photograph was taken by T. M. Carter..