D742 Spirit of Leciester Naming Cermony 2 Apr 2011

Port St Mary Lifeboat Station

D Class Inshore lifeboat - D742, Spirit of Leicester Naming Ceremony

Port St Mary lifeboat station welcomed Leicester RNLI fundraisers to the station on Saturday 2 April 20011 for the naming ceremony of their new D class lifeboat.

Derrick Young, Chair of the RNLI Leicester Fundraising Branch, handed over the D class inshore lifeboat on behalf of the fundraisers to Matt Crofts, Deputy Divisional Inspector for the West, who accepted the lifeboat on behalf of the RNLI. The lifeboat was then accepted on behalf of the station by Alex Maddrell, Port St Mary Lifeboat Operations Manager.


Leciester branch, PSM station officials & crew & divisional staff -west with the new ILB		Mr Sutton names D742, the Spirit of Leicester

The inshore lifeboat was named the Spirit of Leicester by John D Sutton before she was launched to demonstrate her abilities to the fundraisers and supporters.


Getting ready to launch	Morgan G, George P & Jenni Q put the new inshore boat through its paces.

The following morning members of went to sea on the station Trent class lifeboat to see the new D class being put though her paces and enjoyed a trip round the Calf of Man.