Tuesday 10 November 2009

Salvamento Maritimo


I was lucky enough to see some Spanish Coastguard vessels moored up. They look like pretty smart bits of kit (its not brown paper over the windows but cloth to keep them cool).



From what I can work out SASEMAR. / Salvamento Maritimo operates as Coastguard, Salvage, and Search and Rescue. A sort of Navy/Coastguard/RNLI/Salvage outfit rolled into one.

Apparently they call their helicopters, planes and boats ‘Units of Intervention’, with the boast known as ‘Fast Intervention Vessels’ or ‘Salvamares.’

http://www.salvamentomaritimo.es/

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