FlamborOUgh - Atlantic 75 Jason Logg It was a cool and windy morning at South Landing, Flamborough on 18 June 1994 for the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the new Atlantic 75 lifeboat Jason Logg - but fortunately the rain stayed away.

Preparations had been under way from the early hours and well before the appointed time the scene was set and the town ready to greet guests who had travelled from far and wide, including two coaches from Harrogate, North Yorkshire where Graham Logg and his many supporters had raised over £60,000 to cover the cost of this new boat.

At 1200 the organist from St Oswalds Church, Flamborough, started the proceedings by playing the national anthem and Councillor Norman Hall MBE, chairman of Flamborough station branch opened proceedings by welcoming everyone to the new lifeboat station at South Landing.

Guy Flatten, deputy divisional inspector of lifeboats, described the Atlantic 75 and introduced Graham Logg, father of the late Jason Logg and organiser of the memorial appeal. Jason was only 19 when he was lost at sea off the Humberside coast and his father, well supported by family and friends, launched the memorial appeal in Harrogate hoping to raise funds for a D class lifeboat. The response was so tremendous that Graham Logg decided to continue the fundraising, which included a charity shop in the city centre, and over a two year period sufficient funds were raised to cover the cost of an Atlantic 75.

Graham spoke of the support received and success they had enjoyed and how proud he and Jason's family are that such a fitting tribute has been possible.

Lt Cmdr Brian Miles, the Institution's director, accepted the lifeboat on behalf of the RNLI. He then handed her over to the care of Flamborough lifeboat station and the lifeboat was accepted by station honorary secretary Captain Chris Hoskison MN (Retd).

A service of dedication conducted by the Reverend Bruce Petfield, vicar of Flamborough, included the village's fa-vourite hymn 'The Lifeboat' and was followed by a vote of thanks proposed by Mrs D. Major, chairman of Flamborough ladies' guild.

Mrs Denise Wilson, sister of Graham Logg, then named the lifeboat Jason Logg and the boat was launched and put through her paces. At the close of official proceedings an air sea rescue helicopter from RAF Leconfield appeared from behind the magnificent cliffs and made a dramatic fly-past lowering the RNLI flag.

Everyone present was then invited to refreshments in the boathouse and the director unveiled a plaque declaring the new boathouse open. The station made presentations of bouquets to Mrs Wilson and her sister Mrs Deegan and a splendid framed photograph of the lifeboat was presented to Graham Logg.

Port Isaac - opening of new lifeboat house Until the new lifeboat house, which was officially opened on 26 June 1994, was built Port Isaac's D class inshore lifeboat was kept in the old fish cellars.

The official opening began with Miss Annie Price, chairman of the lifeboat station welcoming the guests and inviting the station honorary secretary David Castle to outline the history of the station.

Following a service of dedication conducted by the station chaplain, Michael Bartlett, guest of honour, Group Captain Simon Coy QBE RAF, commanding officer RAF St Mawgan, cut the tape and officially opened the boathouse.

Music was provided by the St Breward Silver Band which has been associated with the lifeboat station for 100 years.Aberystwyth - Atlantic 75 Enid Mary On Saturday 16 July 1994 Aberystwyth's new Atlantic 75 lifeboat was officially handed over and the new lifeboat house dedicated.

Following the playing of the national anthems, the president of Aberystwyth lifeboat station, Gwyn Martin, welcomed the guests, and George Rawlinson, deputy divisional inspector of lifeboats, described the lifeboat.

The Institution's director, Lt Cdr Brian Miles, then handed the lifeboat and lifeboat house into the care of David Jenkins, honorary secretary of the station.

Following a service of dedication Mrs Anne Miles cut the ribbon and declared the lifeboat house open.

Eastbourne - D class Humphry and Nora Tollemache II On Wednesday 20 July 1994 Eastbourne's new D class lifeboat was named and dedicated at the lifeboat station.

The chairman of Eastbourne station branch, Dr McKee, opened the ceremony and the lifeboat, which has been donated by the Tollemache (Buckminster) Charitable Trust, was handed over to Anthony Oliver, deputy head of fundraising and marketing by Sir Lyonel Tollemache. Brian Chessell, station honorary secretary, then officially accepted the lifeboat on behalf of the station.

The service of dedication which followed was led by the lifeboat chaplain, Canon Robert Butler. Lady Tollemache then named the lifeboat.continued Cleethorpes - D class Blue Peter VI The naming ceremony for the D class lifeboat Blue Peter VI took place in brilliant sunshine on Saturday 16 July 1994 at Cleethorpes inshore lifeboat station.

'Blue Peter' has organised four appeals on behalf of the RNLI and the 1993/94 appeal has replaced six inshore lifeboats, including Cleethorpes.

The boat was handed over to the station by Anthea Turner, one of the 'Blue Peter' presenters, and the boat was named by Peter Howarth, managing director of Royal Mail, which had provided free postal facilities during the appeal.

Mr John Leech, station honorary secretary, accepted the lifeboat on behalf of the station and the service of dedication was conducted by Father Terry Atkinson.

Mrs Monica Day of the Cleethorpes fundraising branch gave a vote of thanks.

The ceremony was made extra special by a fly-past by the air/sea rescue helicopter from RAF Leconfield which was followed by an exercise - in which Anthea Turner eagerly participated.Relief Fleet - Atlantic 75 The naming ceremony for the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Gordon England took place at the Institution's inshore lifeboat centre at Cowes on 29 July 1994.

Donated by Mrs Florence Ashingdon in memory of her cousin, proceedings were opened by Mike Brinton, deputy superintendent of the centre.

Anthony Oliver, deputy head of fundraising and marketing accepted the lifeboat from Mrs Ashingdon for use in the relief fleet and following a service of dedication conducted by the Reverend Stuart Cleaver, priest in charge, Whippingham and East Cowes, Mrs Ashingdon named the lifeboat Gordon England.Sheringham - Atlantic 75 Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows Sheringham's new Atlantic 75 class lifeboat Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows was named at a special dedication ceremony on 7 August 1994.

The lifeboat has been funded by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, long-term supporters of the Institution. In 1962 the new Sheringham Oakley class lifeboat had been named The Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows by HRH Princess Marina and the crew then, as now, were members of theSheringham Lodge of the Order.

The chairman of Sheringham branch, Maurice Goss, welcomed everyone to the proceedings. Brother W.H. Eason, president of the East Anglian Group Conference handed over the lifeboat to the Institution's director, Lt Cdr Brian Miles, who accepted her on behalf of the RNLI and delivered the Atlantic 75 into the care of Charles Hall, honorary secretary of Sheringham station.

After the service of dedication led by Canon Gwyn Blyth, with the participation of the churches of Sheringham, Brother J.W. Goulding, Grand Master of the Order, named the lifeboat Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows.Aldeblirgh - Mersey class Freddie Cooper The first of the summer sunshine appeared on 31 May 1994 to welcome the RNLI's President, HRH The Duke of Kent to the Suffolk coast - where he officially named Aldeburgh's new Mersey class lifeboat Freddie Cooper.

Four hundred guests packed the enclosure outside the new boathouse, with hundreds of local people and holidaymakers watching from the beach on either side to catch a glimpse of the Duke and join the service of dedication.

With the President on the platform were Mrs Irene Kilsby, representing the donor's executors, RNLI Chairman Michael Vernon, Vice Admiral Sir Charles Mills, the president of the Aldeburgh branch and station honorary secretary Lt Col (Retd) T.M. Plewman.

Most of the £680,000 needed to build the new lifeboat was left to the RNLI by the late Mrs Winifred Cooper in memory of her husband, Freddie, a Midlands newspaper publisher. The couple enjoyed holidays at Aldeburgh and wanted to do something for the town and its lifeboat station in return.

The result was Freddie Cooper, glinting in the sunshine and decked out for the occasion from end to end with gaily coloured bunting.

The crew lined the deck and the beach beneath the lifeboat to hear Vice Admiral Mills open the proceedings. Mrs Kilsby then handed over the lifeboat to the RNLI. The boat was officially accepted by Michael Vernon, who delivered her into the care of the Aldeburgh branch for use at Aldeburgh lifeboat station.

Following the honorary secretary's acceptance of the boat, the Reverend Anthony Moore, vicar of Aldeburgh, led the service of dedication.

The Duke of Kent is celebrating 25 years as RNLI President. In his speech he recalled how he had come to Aldeburgh in his early years as President to name the former Aldeburgh life-boat James Cable. Then it was time for the Duke to name the new lifeboat in the traditional shower of champagne.

The formalities completed, the Duke donned his lifejacket and climbed aboard Freddie Cooper. The tractor launched her down the beach and into a calm blue sea to the cheers of the crowd.

By this time the holidaymakers were mingling with the VIP guests at the water's edge to see the Mersey class being put through her paces with the police and Coastguard vessels.StIves - dedication of new boathouse On 16 July holidaymakers joined invited guests outside St Ives' new boathouse for an opening ceremony which marked the culmination of five years of planning and construction. The cost of the boathouse was funded by a generous bequest of Mrs Eugenie Boucher, together with gifts from the Civil Service Motoring Association and Frizzell Financial Services. A further legacy from Owen Charles Richards was used towards the cost of the new slipway.

This was the last of eight Penza lifeboat houses, named after the town in Old Russia where Mrs Boucher grew up.

The ceremony was opened by John Chalcraft, St Ives branch chairman, and following a brief history of the stationgiven by the honorary secretary, Captain Moran, Pastor Harold Stevens, the local Methodist Minister, spoke movingly of his own links with the lifeboat station and of his relatives lost in the disaster of 1939.

Following the service the lifeboat house was formally opened by Martin Douglas, nephew of the late Mrs Boucher. SWWhitby - re-opening of museum The official opening of Whitby's refurbished lifeboat museum took place on Sunday 19 June 1994.

The present curator, Peter Thomson MBE, opened proceedings by introducing the Institution's director, Lt Cdr Brian Miles and Eric Thomson, the founder and curator from 1958 until the mid-1980s, was then invited to cut the tape and declare the museum open.

Eric was honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station when Robert and Ellen Robson, the last pulling lifeboat was due to be replaced in 1957 and he persuaded the RNLI to allow him to start a museum with the lifeboat as a central exhibit. He then organised and administered the project until the mid-1980s when ill health prompted his son Peter, then coxswain of the lifeboat, to take over. Peter is now the curator and helps run one of the busiest lifeboat museums in the country - over 60,000 people visit it every year.

The museum has undergone 18 months of refurbishment and structural alterations which include fitting out a new shop area for the sale of RNLI gifts. Exhibits include many models of lifeboats and also one, made out of postcards by Eric Thomson, of the Rohilla - the hospital ship which was at the centre of Whitby's famous gold medal rescue in 1914.Southwold - dedication of new boathouse Southwold's new lifeboat house was opened and dedicated at a ceremony held at The Dock, Ferry Road on Saturday 11 June 1994. The ceremony began with John Adnams, station honorary secretary, welcoming the guests. He then described the history of the station and the development of the boathouse. The Reverend H.V.

Edwards, vicar of St Margaret's Church, Reydon and Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh conducted the service of dedication and the boathouse was then handed over to the RNLI by Mr T. Young executor of the bequest of Anthony 'Dicks' Mills Murray of Norwich whose legacy provided the boathouse.

CaptainG.A.B. King CBE, deputy chairman of the Institution's search and rescue committee, accepted the lifeboat house on the Institution's behalf and the station's Atlantic 21 lifeboat was then launched and recovered.

Relief Fleet - D class Palmer Bayer The second D class lifeboat to be funded by the Charity Challenge Cup organised by Better Bridge in Britain was named and dedicated at a special ceremony at the RNLI's Poole depot on 24 June 1994.

Better Bridge in Britain has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charities through the Charity Challenge Cup, which was founded in 1958, and the organisation has offered to provide three D class lifeboats over three years.

The first, presented in 1992, was named Jill Gatti after the founder of the Cup and this second lifeboat, the result of the 1993 promotion, has been named PalmerBayer in memory of a much respected founder member of Better Bridge in Britain.

Anthony Oliver, deputy head of fundraising and marketing accepted the lifeboat from Mrs Christine Duckworth, executive director of Better Bridge in Britain. After Michael Pennell, staff officer operations, had described the boat and its future role in the relief fleet the Reverend Stanley Holbrooke-Jones, Rector of Poole, conducted a service of dedication.

Mrs Peggy Bayer then named the lifeboat in memory of her husband, Palmer Bayer..