A five month old baby has been christened on a lifeboat on the coast of North Tyneside. Ewan Charlton was christened on the lifeboat at the Tynemouth RNLI station. Mark Charlton said the tradition of christening children in that way went back 200 years. He added that he hoped his son Ewan would follow in his footsteps and become a lifeboatman himself. Family, friends and crewmen attended the ceremony and Ewan slept right through. “We had the old brass bell from the previous lifeboat on board, so we upended it to use as the christening font. The Reverend had filled it with holy water he’d warmed up for the ceremony.” Volunteer lifeboatman Adrian Don said it was the first time in living memory the Tynemouth station had hosted a christening.