On the very hot, sunny day of June 6, Mrs Irene Carrington, wife of the president of the St Ives, Huntingdonshire, Rotary Club, named the new D class ILB for Wells station Spirit of Rotary, pouring champagne over her bows. The St Ives branch of the Rotary Club had raised the money for the replacement boat in the short space often months, and a number of their members travelled to Wells to be present at the ceremony.

photograph by courtesy of RNLI Enthusiasts Society, Cromer and District Research Group..