A. R. Pari Huws is researching the history of the 32ft Surf Lifeboat class (see letter above) and is particularly interested in details of the unusual Hotchkiss Internal Cone propulsion system used on many of the class.

The 32ft surf lifeboat illustrated here is the second to be built, Silver Jubilee 7970-7935, seenunder construction in Groves and Guttridge's yard during 1935. She entered service in 1936 and was stationed at Wells until 1945, when she was sold to the Dutch lifeboat service..