His Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is the section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible, through the Secretary of State for Transport to Parliament, for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region. This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shoreline of the United Kingdom. Since 2015 it has also been responsible for land-based search and rescue helicopter operations.
HM Coastguard volunteer on Skye, Scotland
A Search and Rescue vehicle as seen in Brancaster Staithe
HM Coastguard 4x4 + trailer and rope rescue dump sheet and hardware.
Members of the Southbourne Coastguard Rescue Team deploying a rope technician during a training exercise at Hengistbury Head near Christchurch in Dorset
The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, also known as Trinity House, is the official authority for lighthouses in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. Trinity House is also responsible for the provision and maintenance of other navigational aids, such as lightvessels, buoys, and maritime radio/satellite communication systems. It is also an official deep sea pilotage authority, providing expert navigators for ships trading in Northern European waters.
The headquarters at Trinity House in Tower Hill, London, built in 1796.
Trinity House, London (January 2007)
A meeting at Trinity House c. 1808
Winston Churchill in his Trinity House uniform during the Atlantic Conference
