Firth Patrol/LIfeboat
The Royal Westarctican Navy Headquarters Detachment (Scotland) is currently developing and undergoing certification as a Patrol and Search-and-Rescue (SAR) team. The unit is being established to operate as a patrol force within the Firth of Forth, particularly around the South Queensferry islands and the Three Forth Bridges.
Crews actively participate in Project ShoreBox, conduct island patrols, and support beach clean-up operations. The long-term goal is to become a fully operational maritime response unit.
Personnel are trained as powerboat bosuns, open-water rescue swimmers, radio operators, and SAR medical technicians. MORE TO COME SOON
Project ShoreBox
Project Shorebox was conceived by Captain Christopher Watson, Chief of Naval Operations of the Royal Westarctican Navy. Each Shorebox is stocked with vital survival equipment, including signalling devices, emergency thermal blankets and hoods, fire-starting tools, and emergency rations ensuring anyone stranded on the islands of the Firth of Forth near South Queensferry, Scotland has the essentials to stay warm, nourished, and safe.
The initiative has partnered with the charity SleepingPods, an organisation committed to providing thermal shelters for people experiencing homelessness across the UK, a collaboration made possible through Midshipman Lawrie Warke. You can find out more about SleepingPods by clicking the box below.