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Flag of the SESN - Image by Željko Heimer, 29 August 2017
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The Sociedad Española de Salvamento de Náufragos was established in Madrid on 19 December 1880, patronized by Queen Maria Christina and protected by Infante Maria Isabella. The establishment of the society had been proposed a few months earlier by the geographer and cartographer Martín Ferreiro y Peralta (1830-1896) (Martín Ferreiro y Peralta. 1880. Memoria sobre el salvamento marítimo : conveniencia de establecer una Sociedad Española de Salvamento de Náufragos).
The Law of 12 January 1887 proclaimed the society as a beneficial
association; its material was exempted of tax while the society was
equipped with boats supplied by the Navy.
The Royal Order of 19 May 1911 prescribed the building of first-aid
posts in the most dangerous coastal places. In 1930, the society owned 39
stations equipped with 81 grapnel- or rope-throwing devices, 40 towing
boats and another 16 motor boats.
The society published a bulletin providing recommendations to sailors
and listing all the rescue operations and awarded medals (18 golden, 996
silver and 2,377 bronze medals).
In 1960, Spain ratified the International Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea (SOLAS). The reorganization of sea rescue resulted in the
establishment of Cruz Roja del Mar (Red Cross at Sea) in 1971. On 22
February 1972, the Sociedad Española de Salvamento de Náufragos merged
into the Cruz Roja del Mar.
[Manuel Quero Oliván. 2014. La Sociedad Española de Salvamento de Náufragos Aljaranda, 47, 28-35]
Ivan Sache, 13 December 2017
The flag of the SESN, adopted on 29
June 1884, was white with a red fouled anchor
topped with a red five-pointed star with rays from it.
[Günter Mattern. Flags of National Life-Boat Societies]
Željko Heimer, 29 August 2017
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