Special Boat Service Rare Footage ~ The RN's Special Forces The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The SBS can trace its origins back to the Second World War when the Army Special Boat Section was formed in 1940. After the Second World War, the Royal Marines formed special forces with several name changes—Special Boat Company was adopted in 1951 and re-designated as the Special Boat Squadron in 1974—until on 28 July 1987 when the unit was re

A unit of the Special Boat Service (SBS) rescues hostages on an offshore rig in this dramatised instructional film from 1983. You can find the full government-sponsored film on our website: https://bit.ly/3zQLzZX © Crown copyright. IWM (DRN 3195) | Imperial War Museum London

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