Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution
- Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution
The Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (Dutch: "Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij", abbreviated: "KNRM") is the voluntary organization in the Netherlands tasked with saving lives at sea. For that purpose, it maintains 39 lifeboat stations along the Dutch coast of the North Sea and Wadden Sea and on the IJsselmeer. Its headquarters have been in IJmuiden since 1996.
The KNRM was created May 22, 1991 by merging the Koninklijke Noord- en Zuid-Hollandsche Redding-Maatschappij (founded November 11, 1824), called the "Noord" (North), and the Koninklijke Zuid-Hollandsche Maatschappij tot Redding van Schipbreukelingen (founded November 20, 1824), called the "Zuid" (South).
The KNRM also operates the Dutch Radio Medical Service (a task taken over from the Dutch Red Cross on January 1, 1999) and provides medical advice by radio to about 700 ships each year.
Like the comparable British Royal National Lifeboat Institution and German Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger, the KNRM is entirely financed by private donations.
See also
Similar organizations in other European countries
* Royal National Lifeboat Institution (United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland)
* Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer (France)
* Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (Germany)
* Norsk Selskab til Skibbrudnes Redning (Norway, also called Redningsselskapet)
Famous lifeboat-saviors
* Henry Freeman
* Dorus Rijkers
* Grace Darling
* Henry Blogg
Famous rescues:
* Rescue of the Renown
External links
* [http://www.knrm.nl/ Official site (Dutch)]
* [http://www.knrm.nl/Extra%5FInformatie/English/ Official site (English)]
* [http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Board=EarthTourism&Number=596662&fpart=&PHPSESSID= Locations Lifeboat Stations KNRM in Google Earth]
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