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Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Index Maritime and Coastguard Agency

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom working to prevent the loss of lives at sea and is responsible for implementing British and international maritime law and safety policy. [1]

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Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre

The United Kingdom's Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) is based at the National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC), Fareham, Hampshire.

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Alan Massey

Vice Admiral Sir Alan Michael Massey, KCB, CBE (born 9 March 1953) is a former senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as the Second Sea Lord.

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Anglian Sovereign

The Union Sovereign is a large sea-going tugboat owned and operated by Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. The vessel is powered by z-drives and was built as a multi-purpose anchor handling tug supply vessel.

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Ardnamurchan Point

Ardnamurchan Point (Ard na Murchan, meaning "the hill of the great sea") is an isolated peninsula with a lighthouse in Highland, Scotland.

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B.P. Marine Academy

B.P. Marine is a maritime training academy located at Navi Mumbai.

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BBC Weather

BBC Weather is the BBC's department in charge of preparing and broadcasting weather forecasts.

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Beachy Head

Beachy Head is a Chalk headland in East Sussex, England.

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Branscombe

Branscombe is a village in the East Devon district of the English county of Devon.

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Cardiff Harbour Authority

Cardiff Harbour Authority (CHA) is the managing authority for Cardiff Bay under the Cardiff Bay Barrage Act 1993, and was established on 1 April 2000.

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Cardigan Lifeboat Station

Cardigan Lifeboat Station, at Poppit Sands, North Pembrokeshire, near Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales, is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station opened in 1849.

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Caribbean Princess

MS Caribbean Princess is a modified Grand Class cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises, with a capacity of over 3,600 passengers, the largest carrying capacity in the Princess fleet until June 2013 when the new ''Royal Princess'', another Princess ship superseded its record.

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Cemaes Head

Cemaes Head (formerly Cemais, and historically anglicised as Cemmaes, Kemmaes or Kemmes) (Welsh: Pen Cemaes or Trwyn Cemaes) is a headland and nature reserve in north Pembrokeshire.

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CHC Helicopter

CHC Helicopter is a large helicopter services company, specializing in the following services.

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Chief Coastguard

In many territories and countries worldwide the Chief Coastguard is the highest-ranking officer of the Coastguard Service.

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Coast guard

A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country.

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Coastal Skipper

A coastal skipper is a yachtsman or woman who has the ability to skipper a yacht in coastal waters by day or night.

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Code of safe working practices

The Code of Safe Working Practices (COSWP) is published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) of the UK.

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COLREG Tutor

COLREG Tutor is an application created by Alistair Baillie, a merchant navy officer as a means of assisting cadets and deck officers studying for their Maritime & Coast Guard Agency Orals Examinations to learn the practical side of the International Rules for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea.

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Company of Watermen and Lightermen

The Company of Watermen and Lightermen (CWL) is a City Guild without Grant of Livery who historically licensed Thames Watermen (now licensed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency).

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Deck department

The deck department is an organisational team on board naval and merchant ships.

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Department for Transport

The Department for Transport (DfT) is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved.

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Don Lennox (rower)

Don Lennox is a Guinness World Record holding Scottish Ocean Rower.

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Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Transport (DfT).

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Duck tour

Duck tours, or DUKW tours, are tours that take place on purpose-built amphibious tour buses or military surplus DUKWs and LARC-Vs.

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E-class lifeboat

The E-class lifeboat forms part of the RNLI fleet in the United Kingdom, operating exclusively in the tidal reach of the River Thames in London.

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Electro-technical officer

The Electro Technical Officer (ETO) is a licensed member of the engine department of a merchant ship as per Section A-III/6 of the STCW Code.

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Emergency planning in Wales

Emergency planning in Wales is carried out in line with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 however as a result of devolution it is managed with its own ‘welsh flavour.’ For instance there are unique bodies operating in Wales like The Joint Emergency Services Group (JESG) and there is involvement from The Welsh Government.

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Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station

An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station is a distress radiobeacon, a tracking transmitter that is triggered during an accident.

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Emergency tow vessel

An emergency tow vessel, also called emergency towing vessel, (ETV) is a multi purpose boat used by state authorities to tow disabled vessels on high seas in order to prevent dangers to man and environment.

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English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Flag of Scotland

The Flag of Scotland (bratach na h-Alba; Banner o Scotland) is also known as St Andrew's Cross or the Saltire.

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Flag state

The flag state of a merchant vessel is the jurisdiction under whose laws the vessel is registered or licensed.

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FV Athena

Athena is a factory ship which was built in 1992.

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GIUK gap

The GIUK gap is an area in the northern Atlantic Ocean that forms a naval choke point.

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Great Offshore Limited

Great Offshore Limited (GOL Offshore) is an Indian offshore oilfield services company.

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Gwbert

Gwbert, also known as Gwbert-on-Sea, is a small cliff-top coastal hamlet in Y Ferwig community, Ceredigion, Wales.

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Halsewell (East Indiaman)

The Halsewell was an East Indiaman that was wrecked on 6 January 1786 at the start of a voyage from London to Madras.

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Hayling Ferry

The Hayling Ferry is a foot passenger ferry across the mouth of Langstone Harbour linking the Ferry Point on the west tip of Hayling Island with Eastney, Portsmouth on Portsea Island.

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Her Majesty's Coastguard

Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is a section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region.

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Highcliffe

Highcliffe-on-Sea (usually abbreviated to Highcliffe) is a small town in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.

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HMS Astute (S119)

HMS Astute is an operational nuclear-powered submarine in the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class.

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HMS Belfast (C35)

HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy.

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HMS Triton

Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triton or HMS Tryton, after Triton, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, and the personification of the roaring waters.

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Hovertravel

Hovertravel is a ferry company operating from Southsea, Portsmouth to Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK.

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HSC Condor Liberation

HSC Condor Liberation is a fast ferry which was built by Austal Shipbuilders in Henderson, Australia.

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Hythe Pier, Railway and Ferry

Hythe Pier, the Hythe Pier Railway and the Hythe Ferry provide a link between the English port city of Southampton and the Hampshire village of Hythe on the west side of Southampton Water.

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International Certificate of Competence

An International Certificate of Competence (ICC) is a certificate, which may be issued to anyone who has successfully completed certain national boating licenses or has passed an examination to prove the necessary competence for pleasure craft operation.

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International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGs) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and set out, among other things, the "rules of the road" or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other vessels at sea to prevent collisions between two or more vessels.

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International Yacht Training Worldwide

International Yacht Training Worldwide (IYT Worldwide) is an independent sailing and boating training organization which provides education and training standards for professional and recreational boaters and yachtsmen and women.

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Isle of Portland

The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel.

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Licensed mariner

A licensed mariner is a person who holds a license issued by one or more countries to hold senior positions aboard ships, boats, and similar vessels.

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List of accidents and incidents involving general aviation

This list of accidents and incidents involving general aviation is grouped by the years in which the accidents or incidents occurred.

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List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act

This is a list of all sites designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

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List of government departments, their agencies and their ministers in Northern Ireland

A list of Northern Ireland government departments, their agencies and their ministers and related organisations.

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Lough Neagh

Lough Neagh is a large freshwater lake in Northern Ireland.

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LT Cortesia

LT Cortesia is a 90,465-tonne container ship owned by German-based Conti Reederei, managed by NSB Niederelbe, and operated as part of the Evergreen Line fleet.

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Manston Airport

Manston Airport, formerly, is a closed British airport.

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Marchioness disaster

The Marchioness disaster was a fatal collision between two vessels on the River Thames in London on 20 August 1989, which resulted in the drowning of 51 people.

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Marine Accident Investigation Branch

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is a UK government agency, authorised to investigate all maritime accidents in UK waters and accidents involving UK registered ships worldwide.

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Marine Management Organisation

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an executive non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom established under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.

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Marine weather forecasting

Marine weather forecasting is the process by which mariners and meteorological organizations attempt to forecast future weather conditions over the Earth's oceans.

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Maritime administrations

Maritime administrations, or flag state administrations, are the executive arms/state bodies of each government responsible for carrying out the shipping responsibilities of the state, and are tasked to administer national shipping and boating issues and laws within their territorial waters and for vessels flagged in that country, or that fall under their jurisdiction.

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Maritime history of the United Kingdom

The Maritime history of the United Kingdom involves events including shipping, ports, navigation, and seamen, as well as marine sciences, exploration, trade, and maritime themes in the arts from the creation of the kingdom of Great Britain as a united, sovereign state, on 1 May 1707 in accordance with the Treaty of Union, signed on 22 July 1706.

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Mary Rose Trust

The Mary Rose Trust is a limited charitable trust based in Portsmouth in the United Kingdom.

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Master mariner

A Master Mariner is the professional qualification required for someone to serve as the Captain of a commercial vessel of any size, of any type, operating anywhere in the world.

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MCA

MCA may refer to.

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MCGA

MCGA may refer to.

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Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)

The Merchant Navy is the maritime register of the United Kingdom, and comprises the seagoing commercial interests of UK-registered ships and their crews.

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Merchant Navy Welfare Board

The is a registered charity located in Southampton, England that acts as the welfare umbrella for the United Kingdom Merchant Navy and fishing fleet charity sector.

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Metrication of British transport

A metrication programme for the United Kingdom was announced by the government in 1965 at the behest of the engineering industry and received government approval on condition that its implementation was voluntary, that it was implemented on an industry-by-industry basis and that costs were absorbed where they fell.

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Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit

The Marine Policing Unit (MPU), formally known as Thames Division, is a Central Operations (CO) branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

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MS Dunkerque Seaways

Dunkerque Seaways is a ro-pax ferry operated by DFDS Seaways on their cross-channel route between Dover, United Kingdom and Dunkerque, France.

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MSC Napoli

MSC Napoli was a United Kingdom-flagged container ship that was deliberately broken up by salvors after she ran into difficulty in the English Channel on 18 January 2007.

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MV Arctic Sea

The MV Arctic Sea is a merchant vessel cargo ship, formerly registered in Malta that was reported as missing between late July and mid August 2009 en route from Finland to Algeria.

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MV Discovery

MV Discovery (formerly Island Venture, Island Princess, Hyundai Pungak and Platinum) was a cruise ship, which was formerly operated by Voyages of Discovery and was last in service for Cruise & Maritime Voyages.

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MV Eilean Dhiura

MV Eilean Dhiura is a vehicle ferry operating across the Sound of Islay.

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MV Havengore

Havengore is a former hydrographic survey launch, originally launched in 1956 for service with the Port of London Authority (PLA).

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MV Hebrides

MV Hebrides is a ferry owned by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited and operated by Caledonian MacBrayne from Uig to Lochmaddy and Tarbert, the main settlements of North Uist and Harris respectively.

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MV Hotspur IV

The MV Hotspur IV is a historic passenger ferry, which previously operated on the Hythe Ferry service.

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MV Loch Bhrusda

MV Loch Bhrusda is a Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited water-jet propulsion ro-ro car ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne.

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National Coastwatch Institution

The National Coastwatch Institution is a voluntary organisation and registered charity providing a visual watch along the UK's coasts, and is not to be confused with HM Coastguard.

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Nautical Archaeology Society

The Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) is a charity registered in England and Wales The Nautical Archaeology Society is registered charity number 264209 and in Scotland and is a company limited by guarantee.

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Newhaven Lifeboat Station

Newhaven Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located in the town of Newhaven in the English county of East Sussex in the United Kingdom.

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North Sea

The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

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Ocean Star (schooner)

Ocean Star is a two-masted schooner which conducts educational programs for Seamester Global Programs in the Caribbean Sea.

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Oral exam

The oral exam (also oral test or viva voce; Rigorosum in German-speaking nations) is a practice in many schools and disciplines in which an examiner poses questions to the student in spoken form.

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Orwell Lady

The Orwell Lady (originally New Mary Louise.) is a purpose built river cruiser (built 1979) currently operating 13 miles of the river Orwell and sails from Ipswich, England.

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Parbuckle salvage

Parbuckle salvage, or parbuckling, is the righting of a sunken vessel using rotational leverage.

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Peter Cardy

Peter John Cardy (né Stubbings; born 4 April 1947)‘CARDY, Peter John Stubbings’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2013; online edn, Dec 2013 was a leading professional in the non-governmental sector in the United Kingdom, more recently he has switched to leading a government executive agency.

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Pietro Barbaro

Pietro Barbaro S.p.A. is an Italian ship transport company founded in 1885, working in both petroleum transport, shipping and tourism, with headquarters in Palermo.

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Pleasure craft

A pleasure craft (or pleasure boat) is a boat used for personal, family, and sometimes sportsmanlike recreation.

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Port of Southampton

The Port of Southampton is a passenger and cargo port in the central part of the south coast of England.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city in Hampshire, England, mainly on Portsea Island, south-west of London and south-east of Southampton.

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Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises is a cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.

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Professional qualifications in the United Kingdom

Professional qualifications in the United Kingdom are titles or awards granted by professional bodies.

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Protection of Military Remains Act 1986

The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (1986 c. 35) is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which provides protection for the wreckage of military aircraft and designated military vessels.

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Protection of Wrecks Act 1973

The Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 (c. 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provides protection for designated shipwrecks.

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Rachel Harvey

Rachel Harvey was a Jersey-registered fishing vessel which, at 9:45 p.m. on 1 October 1999, struck rocks off Peninnis Head in the Isles of Scilly in stormy seas.

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RAF Kinloss

RAF Kinloss is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland.

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RAF Search and Rescue Force

The Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force (SARF or SAR Force) was the Royal Air Force organisation which provided around-the-clock aeronautical search and rescue cover in the United Kingdom, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands.

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Rathlin Island

Rathlin Island is an island and civil parish off the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and the northernmost point of Northern Ireland.

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Real Rescues

Real Rescues is a British documentary broadcast on BBC One exploring the daily work of the emergency services aired since 15 October 2007.

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Receiver of Wreck

The Receiver of Wreck is an official who administers law dealing with maritime wrecks and salvage in some countries having a British administrative heritage.

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Red Ensign Group

The Red Ensign Group is a collaboration of United Kingdom shipping registries that include British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies.

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Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c.23) (RIP or RIPA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, regulating the powers of public bodies to carry out surveillance and investigation, and covering the interception of communications.

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Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II

The Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II is a turboprop twin engine utility aircraft manufactured and designed by Reims Aviation in cooperation with Cessna.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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RML 497 (motor launch)

RML 497 (Rescue Motor Launch number 497) is a former Royal Navy Fairmile B motor launch from World War II.

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RMV Scillonian III

RMV Scillonian III is a passenger ship based at Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, run by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company.

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RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)

Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) was one of the primary shore airfields of the Fleet Air Arm.

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Rockall

Rockall is an uninhabited granite islet within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the United Kingdom,.

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RV The Princess Royal

RV The Princess Royal is a research vessel owned and operated by Newcastle University as part of the School of Marine Science and Technology.

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RVL Aviation

RVL Aviation is an airline based at East Midlands Airport, United Kingdom, with the related RVL Survey it is part of the RVL Group.

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Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies

The Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies is one of India's advanced centres of marine engineering (marine propulsion) and navigation.

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Seamester

Sea|mester Global Programs is an organization which offers academic, study abroad programs on board two sailing vessels, Ocean Star and Argo.

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Search and rescue

Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.

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Shipping Forecast

The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles.

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SM U-8

SM U-8 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-8 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.

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Soteria Search and Rescue

Soteria Search and Rescue was a UK-based consortium which, from February 2010 to February 2011, was the preferred bidder for the contract to run all UK civilian search and rescue helicopter services from 2012 onwards.

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Sound of Harris

The Sound of Harris (Caolas na Hearadh) is a channel between the islands of Harris and North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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South East England

South East England is the most populous of the nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.

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Specialist reporting agency

A specialist reporting agency is an organisation other than the Police Service of Scotland who report alleged crimes to the Procurators Fiscal in Scotland.

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SS Narva

Narva was a cargo ship that was built in 1943 as Aletta Noot by Gävle Varvs & Verkstads Nya AB, Gävle, Sweden for German owners.

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SS Richard Montgomery

SS Richard Montgomery was an American Liberty ship built during World War II, one of the 2,710 used to carry cargo during the war.

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Stephen Payne (naval architect)

Stephen Payne, OBE, MNM, RDI, FREng, FRINA, HonFIED is a British naval architect.

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Sumburgh Airport

Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland.

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Teddington Lifeboat Station

Teddington Lifeboat Station is a lifeboat station in Teddington, in west London, on the River Thames.

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Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant

The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant was a parade on 3 June 2012 of 670 boats on the Tideway of the River Thames in London as part of the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

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The Polygon, Southampton

The Polygon (or simply Polygon) is an area in the city of Southampton, England.

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Tideway

The Tideway is the part of the River Thames in England that is subject to tides.

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Tombstoning

Tombstoning is the act of jumping in a straight vertical posture into the sea or other body of water from a high jumping platform, such as a cliff.

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Tower Lifeboat Station

The Tower Lifeboat Station is a lifeboat station on the River Thames in London, UK, operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

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Transport in Europe

Transport in Europe provides for the movement needs of over 700 million people and associated freight.

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Trinity House

The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, known as Trinity House (formally The Master Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St. Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent), is a private corporation governed under a Royal Charter (rather than a non-departmental public body).

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TS Queen Mary

TS Queen Mary is a retired Clyde steamer launched in 1933 and now being preserved as a museum ship.

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TSS T/T Calshot

TSS T/T Calshot is a tug tender built in 1929 by John I Thornycroft & Co, and completed in 1930 for the Red Funnel Line.

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UK Chamber of Shipping

The UK Chamber of Shipping is the trade body for shipping in the United Kingdom, representing over 140 shipping companies.

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UKSA (maritime charity)

UKSA in Cowes (previously called UK Sailing Academy) is a youth charity offering maritime training opportunities, founded by MFI entrepreneur Noel Lister in 1987.

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Vera Baird

Dame Vera Baird (née Thomas; born 13 February 1950) is a British politician, barrister, and academic.

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Volunteer Life Brigade

A Volunteer Life Brigade is a search and rescue organisation which assists HM Coastguard in the United Kingdom in coastal emergencies.

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Wescam

L3 Wescam, stylized as L3 WESCAM, is a Canadian company specializing in the production of gyro-stabilized, EO-IR imaging systems.

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West Cork oil spill

The West Cork oil spill was an oil spill off the southern coast of Ireland.

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Women in warfare and the military (2000–present)

This article is about women in warfare and the military (2000–present) throughout the world outside the United States.

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Yachtmaster

A Yachtmaster qualification is a certificate of competence of the ability to handle either a sailing boat or motor boat (as endorsed) in certain prescribed conditions.

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Zierikzee

Zierikzee is a small city in the southwest Netherlands, 30 km southwest of Rotterdam.

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1944 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1944 in the United Kingdom.

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2005 Birthday Honours

The Birthday Honours 2005 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 11 June 2005 to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2005.

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2006 Birthday Honours

The Birthday Honours 2006 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 17 June 2006, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2006.

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2008 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 2008 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries.

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2009 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 2009 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries.

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2012 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 2012 were announced on 31 December 2011 in The United Kingdom, New Zealand, (27 January 2012) 8 New Zealand Gazette 215.

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2013 New Year Honours

The New Year Honours 2013 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries.

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2017 Birling Gap incident

On 27 August 2017, Beachy Head and beaches including Birling Gap, in the English county of East Sussex were evacuated following a suspected chemical leak.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_and_Coastguard_Agency

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