Appointments Fred Breck - Stromness lifeboat station Coxswain Mark Criddle -Torbay lifeboat station Coxswain Rob Fossett - Lyme Regis lifeboat station Deputy Launching Authority Dr George Knox - Newhaven lifeboat station Lifeboat Medical Adviser Trevor Lamb - Margate lifeboat station Coxswain Philip Lay - Penarth lifeboat station Lifeboat Operations Manager Geoff Mellett - Selsey lifeboat station Mechanic Roger Turner - Margate lifeboat station Mechanic Jo Ward - Filey lifeboat station Lifeboat Operations Manager Retirements Andy Brown - St Mary's lifeboat station Mechanic John Banks - Stromness lifeboat station Coxswain Fred Colbourne - Lyme Regis and Charmouth guild Chairman Dr Michael Draisey - Newhaven lifeboat station Lifeboat Medical Adviser Dave Hurford -Torbay lifeboat station Coxswain Joan Loney - Shaw, Crompton and Royton branch Honorary SecretaryHonours See page 15, also: Eddie Buckland - former Eastbourne lifeboat station: Shore Helper, Crew Member and Lifeboat Press Officer: Framed Certificate of Thanks for 48 years' continuous service to the RNLI Naming ceremonies D-655 Guardian Angel, ILC, Cowes, D class, 26 October 2005 (see page 33) D-650 Helen Olive Palmer, ILC, Cowes, D class, 10 November 2005 D-625John Charles Rayboutd, ILC, Cowes, D class, 10 November 2005 H-OQ6John Russell, RNLI Depot, Poole, relief hovercraft, 20 October 2005 (see page 33) D-640 Mabel Davies, ILC, Cowes, D class, 26 October 2005 B-803 William Hurst, ILC, Cowes, B class, 3 November 2005 On station D-654 Angel ofHolyhead, Holyhead, 10 November 2005 (D-507 withdrawn to the relief fleet) D-653 William Hadley, Mablethorpe, 23 November 2005 (D-506 withdrawn to the relief fleet) Mablethorpe station.