Lerwick's new 52ft Arun lifeboat Soldian with her crew and crew reserves. She was named by HRH The Duke of Kent, president of the Institution on September 12, 1978.

Included in the report of the ceremony published in the winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT, was a photograph of the Duke disembarking from an Arun, wrongly said to be Soldian. She was in fact Brought? Ferry's 52ft. Arun Spirit of Tayside at whose naming ceremony on July 17 the photograph was taken. We apologise to both stations for the error..