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Željko Heimer, 23 September 2001 The SNSM was founded in 1967 by
the merging of the HSB and the SCS. The SNSM is a mutual aid
association and its members are volunteers. Rescue is free but
cargo salvage must be paid by the ship owner. Money received by
the SNSM members goes to the In most ports of France, the SNSM
has a boathouse, on which its flag is hoisted, and motor boats
which are always prepared to sail. The SNSM volunteers saved a
lot of human lifes and are highly respected by the seamen. The
SNSM has 255 stations, 100 of them being open only in
summertime. Its fleet has 156 ships: There are 3,500 members in
the SNSM, all volunteers. Several them are seamen (fishers,
members of the Navy and the Mer