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Coastguard history

Coastguard history

1 January 2025
An old chart of the British Isles
  • Coastguard history
Lifesaving link and much-loved icon: the Shipping Forecast and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency
21 November 2024
Winch Paramedic Abi Wild
  • Coastguard history
Down the wire: Meet 2022 Billy Deacon Awardee Abi Wild
18 November 2024
Stephen 'Shiner' Wright, Billy Deacon Awardee 2002
  • Coastguard history
“Billy lives on through our work”: SAR veteran and Billy Deacon Awardee Stephen ‘Shiner’ Wright
18 October 2024
Coastguards provide an emergency response during Storm Babet flooding.
  • Coastguard history
‘A risk to life’: Remembering Storm Babet one year on
16 August 2024
Emergency service personnel in Boscastle stand near damaged buildings
  • Coastguard history
'Devastation': remembering the Boscastle flood 20 years ago
1 January 2024
Storm waves crash over harbour wall and lighthouse in stormy seas
  • Coastguard history
The Shipping Forecast and safety as the iconic broadcast turns 100
15 January 2023
Events were held across the UK in 2022 to celebrate HM Coastguard's 200th year
  • Coastguard history
HM Coastguard marks its 201st birthday as double century celebrations draw to a close
18 September 2022
The King was a coastguard when at school at Gordonstoun. July 1967                       
  • Coastguard history
Maritime and Coastguard Agency pays tribute to Her Late Majesty

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