User:Blythb/sandbox/HM Coastguard Blyth

Welcome to Her Majesties Coastguard Station Blyth.

Volunteer life brigade is a search and rescue organisation which assists in the United Kingdom in coastal emergencies. Around 40 VLBs were established in the mid-to-late 19th century; today just three remain, continuing to provide shore-based search and rescue support from locations on the coast of north-east England. They are akin to, but predate, the volunteer Coastguard Rescue Service (which dates from 1931) and the National Coastwatch Institution (founded 1994). Blyth Volunteer life brigade was founded in 1863 and then changed to Blyth auxiliary coastguard in 1942. These are a few of todays roles in the modern HM Coastguard