heavily on experience from the work with "Liv". The first ship of the class, RS 1 Colin Archer'' was launched in 1894. It served until 1933, rescued 274 lives and 67 ships, and assisted 1522 ships. The extremely rugged Colin Archer class sailing vessels became iconic in Norway, and to this day several of the class are used as private pleasure craft, or preserved in museums. The class is still popular today, and vessels are still built based on Archer's drawings. An updated and motorized design by Bjarne Aas was launched in 1932, with RS 38 Biskop Hvoslef''' being the first in class. See also German Maritime Search and Rescue Service – German equivalent Lebanese Sea Rescue Unit – Lebanese equivalent National Sea Rescue Institute – South African equivalent Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue – West Coast Canadian equivalent Royal National Lifeboat Institute – British equivalent Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution – Dutch equivalent Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer – French equivalent Swedish Sea Rescue Society – Swedish equivalent Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group – One of the 3 last independent charitable lifeboat stations left in Western Australia after the others came under the government FESA umbrella (some coerced, some voluntarily), the group and the other two still face government pressure to be nationalised) New South Wales Marine Rescue - NSW Australia References 1891 establishments in Norway Transport organisations based in Norway Sea rescue organizations