H.R.H. the Princess Royal named the new Hartlepool motor life-boat "The Princess Royal" on 2ist July. The boat is of the 46-feet Watson cabin type, was finished in 1939 and went to her station a month after the outbreak of war. She has been out on service 20 times and has rescued 42 lives. She is a gift from the Civil Service Life-boat Fund. There are now eight Civil Service motor life-boats in the fleet..