Burnham Area Rescue Boat
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Burnham Area Rescue Boat (BARB), also known as BARB Search & Rescue, is a voluntary independent search and rescue service, formed in 1992 in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset that operates two rescue hovercraft and two inshore rescue boats in the Bridgwater Bay area. It is a registered charity.
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Burnham Area Rescue Boat | |
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BARB Search & Rescue | |
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Type | Marine Rescue Center |
Location | The Esplanade, TA8 1BB |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51.2331°N 2.9999°W / 51.2331; -2.9999 |
Opened | 1994 |
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It operates BBV hovercraft and small inshore rescue boats. The construction of its boathouse on the seafront in 1994 was the subject of a television programme and took just three days.