After the naming of The Scout by HM The Queen, Hartlepool coxswain, Robert Maiden and crew members are presented to Her Majesty by Lieut.-Commander Harry Teare, divisional inspector of lifeboats (NE), and to HRH The Duke of Kent by Captain Alexander Kirk, Hartlepool honorary secretary (hidden); (r. to I.) Coxswain Maiden, Crew Members M. Elwine, K. W. Baxter, W. Constantine and R. Latcham and Second Coxswain/Mechanic D. Wilson. Attending the lifeboat are Crew Members R. McCormack (/.) and D. Howe. With them are Commander Bruce Cairns, Chief of Operations (/.), and Major-General Ralph Farrant, Chairman of the Institution. The photograph was taken by T. M. Carter..