Naming Ceremony for Sgt Bob Martin
The Lifeboat Fund's 50th lifeboat, Sgt Bob Martin, was officially named during a ceremony at the Poole Lifeboat Station, Dorset on Saturday 6 June 2009. Diana Allpress, The Lifeboat Fund's Hon. Secretary, handed over the lifeboat on behalf of the Fund.
Sgt Bob Martin is an Atlantic 85 rigid inflatable lifeboat. The lifeboat was named in memory of Sgt. Bob Martin, a Chelsea Pensioner who raised £200,000 for the RNLI.