Following the untimely death of Phil Doolan of Fareham, his family asked that money be donated to the RNLI as he was a keen sailor and dinghy instructor.

Phil was a consultant in the defence industry and had a long association with the design of the Combat System of Type 23 Frigates for the Royal Navy. The above photograph shows his sons, Anthony, Jonathon, Timothy, Robert and Edward with a cheque for £1,229 during a conducted tour of HMS Westminster. The cash was donated by family, friends, colleagues and Phil's employers at the Land Based Test Site at Portsdown in Hampshire..