On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands christened the new Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij Nh1816 rescue boat in IJmuiden.

According to the photo news agency, PPE, the new rescue boat was donated from “…the charity foundation Nh1816 insurance. Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij was founded in 1824 and saves more than 3,000 people in the North Sea.”

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