The Chief Ambulance Officer is delighted to announce that on the 60th anniversary of the Marine Ambulance Service, the Flying Christine III will be taking part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, which celebrates Her Majesty The Queens’ Diamond Jubilee.
At high water on the afternoon of Sunday 3 June 2012, up to a thousand boats will muster on the River Thames in London in preparation for Her Majesty The Queen to take part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. It will be one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river with many boats that have travelled from far and wide to represent UK port cities, the Commonwealth countries and other international interests.
The marine ambulance will represent the Guernsey Ambulance & Rescue Service, the Island of Guernsey, St John Ambulance, and the ambulance service’s nationally as the only vessel of its kind in the Pageant.