Marine Services Agency
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History and Roles
This was previously Her Majesty's Coastguard. Marine Services Agency is part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Main responsibilities are co-ordination of marine rescues, cliff, beach and mud rescues, shipping, disabled craft and swimmer rescues.
Structure
There are three divisions; Eastern, Scotland & Northern Ireland and Western. Operations are carried out from 6 Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centres (MRCC’s) and assisted by 13 Marine Rescue Sub Centres (MRSC’s):
- Eastern - Dover, Yarmouth, Humber, London, Portland, Solent, Thames
- Scotland/NI Aberdeen - Clyde, Belfast, Forth, Shetland, Stornoway
- Western - Falmouth, Swansea ,Brixham, Holyhead, Liverpool, Milford, Haven
There are a further 54 Sector Bases, and 186 Auxiliary Stations and the operational fleet is 334 vehicles, 110 Trailers and 34 boats.
