Rescue Buoy (Rettungsboje) were pioneering rescue craft designed to act as floating rescue stations for the lufftwaffe. Soon the British got in on the act, and we explore the two designs and history ...

It’s not so much that buoys are all bespoke designs; there are only so many ways to build something that will float in one place reliably. It’s more that the specifics of where the buoy will ...

The yellow buoy, about 10 meters in diameter, is carrying what appears to be meteorological observation equipment. Japan lodged a protest with China and demanded the anchored float be immediately ...