Britannia Maritime Aid

Britannia Maritime Aid is a registered charity which has been launched to deliver immediate emergency aid, while also helping to train the next generation of British and Commonwealth seafarers. Our aim is to fund and operate a British-built merchant ship, manned by UK and Commonwealth seafarers, which will have the dual purpose of operating as a disaster relief platform and a sea training vessel for cadets, midshipmen, apprentices and trainees (both seafaring and non seafaring). It will provide an effective and regular means of directly delivering UK overseas humanitarian aid and skills training on a year round basis to UK overseas territories communities in need, and when required to provide direct, fast and cost effective emergency response to disaster hit islands and coastal commonwealth countries. Our senior project team includes highly experienced and qualified maritime experts. Influential figures from the maritime world, politics, business and society have also backed our cause. Our emergency relief vessel will sail under the command of a British Merchant Navy Captain with a permanent crew, professional first response personnel, NGO staff and young people in development. The ship will be specifically equipped to provide immediate disaster relief, providing a strategic base for co-ordinating disaster response, as well as hospital berths and stores of food, water and first response equipment which are so vital in the hours and days immediately after a natural disaster. The ship will also be capable of providing immediate field kitchens and on board facilities to feed those made homeless. It will be equipped with a medical centre, landing craft and helicopters and substantial cargo space for earth moving equipment, aid shipments, and able to operate either in isolation or within a task force. Your support - including pledges for our Crowdfunding campaign https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/BritanniaMaritimeAid