ABERSOCH RNLI volunteers are looking forward to an exciting day in the station’s history as their new Atlantic 85 lifeboat is named.

The Atlantic 85, which arrived on station in October last year, is powered by two 115hp engines and has a stronger hull and greater top speed.

The lifeboat has been funded by a bequest from Ann Constance Setten from Shropshire, who was an RNLI supporter during her lifetime, and is named after her and her husband Peter.

During the ceremony the lifeboat will be named Peter and Ann Setten by two of Mrs Setten’s relatives – her niece Liz Badman and her great-niece Sarah Flook.

Liz said she is looking forward to travelling to Abersoch for the ceremony.

“My aunt always loved anything to do with boats, the sea and the Navy and she also had an interest in the lifeboats from her childhood holidays in Teignmouth in the 1920s and early ‘30s,” she said.

See the full story in this week’s Arfon/Dwyfor edition of the Cambrian News