THE memory of a teenager will live on when Cleethorpes' new RNLI lifeboat is named during a special ceremony.
On Saturday, more than 150 RNLI volunteers and supporters will gather to witness the formal naming of James Burgess II, donated to Cleethorpes station in memory of an 18-year-old North Yorkshire sailor who died in 1981.
The service will be lead by Reverend Paul Hunter of St Peter's Church, Cleethorpes with the Burgess family who donated the D Class inshore lifeboat.
Cleethorpes Lifeboat operations manager Jack Barlow said: "RNLI naming ceremonies are always very special occasions when we get the chance to celebrate the arrival of a new lifeboat.
"James Burgess II has proved a valuable asset to our crew.
"His family can rest assured every time we launch to save someone in trouble at sea, James' memory will live on."
James, pictured right, spent his young life at sea, sailing with his father and on foreign voyages to Holland and the Mediterranean.
His father, Ashley Burgess, said: "Our wish is James's memory is maintained.
"We feel there is no better way to do this than by supporting the RNLI, with a lifeboat saving lives in the waters James knew so well."
The £40,000 boat has been in use at the station since December, replacing the iconic D-618 Blue Peter VI, which had been saving lives in Cleethorpes for almost 20 years.
Blue Peter VI was one of seven boats to be funded by the children's television programme's Pieces Of Eight appeal, which raised money for RNLI stations around the country.
The original arrived in 1994 but was replaced ten years later due to general wear and tear. In that time she has been launched 480 times and rescued hundreds of people.
Mr Barlow explained: "The old boat was getting tired; it went out every week on rescue jobs as well as general training. We got some good use out of it."
The James Burgess II is the second inshore lifeboat Mr Burgess has funded. The first was called James Burgess, an Atlantic class lifeboat and was given to a station in Walmer, Kent, in 1993.
The RNLI is dependent on donations and by having the boat bought in one lump sum, it frees up money for vital training and exercises to enhance the crew's lifesaving skills.
See coverage of the official naming ceremony, which begins at 2.30pm, in your Grimsby Telegraph.
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