Editing Special Boat Service (section)

===Post-war era===
In 1946, the SBS, whether of Commando or SAS parentage, was disbanded.<ref name=paul>{{cite web|first1= James|last1= Paul|first2= Martin|last2= Spirit|title= The Special Boat Service|publisher= Britain's Small Wars Site Index|year= 2008|url= http://www.britains-smallwars.com/main/SBS.htm|format= Web|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100304200232/http://www.britains-smallwars.com/main/SBS.htm|archive-date= 4 March 2010|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The RMBPD was the only British Special Forces unit to survive the end of World War II intact, and one of three Special Service units to survive (the other two being the RM Commandos and the [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]]). In 1946, the RMBPD became the School of Combined Operations Beach and Boat Section (SCOBBS) at [[Fremington Army Camp|Fremington, Devon]].<ref>''Mammoth Book of Special Forces'', Jon E. Lewis {{page?|date=April 2023}}{{ISBN?}}</ref><ref>''Behind Enemy Lines; Captain Derek Oakley MBE RM,'' Royal Marines Historical Society</ref> Lt-Col [[Herbert Hasler|"Blondie" Hasler]] RM became the adviser to SCOBBS and wrote the pamphlet "''General Notes on the Use of Special Parties''". The basic SCOBBS course of fourteen weeks covered the range of skills of the wartime COPPS, SRU, SBS and Detachment 385. In October 1947 SCOBBS dropped the word School from its name and moved to [[Eastney Barracks|RM Eastney]] to become the Small Raids Wing (SRW) of the Amphibious School, Royal Marines. The school's Chief Instructor [[Norman Tailyour]] established the Royal Marines Special Boat Sections taking on the roles proposed in Hasler's paper.<ref>Blondie, [[Ewen Southby-Tailyour]], Leo Cooper, London, 1998, Chapter 11</ref> Their first missions were in [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]], involving [[Bomb disposal|ordnance removal]], and [[limpet mine]] removal from ships in [[Haifa]].<ref name=paul/> The SBS went on to serve in the [[Korean War]], deployed on operations along the North Korean coast, as well as operating behind enemy lines destroying lines of communication, installations and gathering intelligence. During the Korean War the SBS operated from submarines like their wartime predecessors.<ref name=paul/>

In the early 1950s, NATO doctrine for the defence of Western Europe called for a rapid fall-back to the west bank of the Rhine River, a natural defensive barrier. Royal Navy Rhine Flotilla's SBS detachment had the task of demolishing the bridges over the river as well as destroying the many river barges on the river. The SBS teams of a radio operator and two SBS swimmer-canoeists would then stay behind on the eastern side of the river providing reconnaissance and intelligence and to sabotage Warsaw Pact forces logistics. 2 SB Section, and later also the newly formed 3 SB Section, were part of the Rhine Squadron until around 1958 and took part in all major [[British Army of the Rhine]] (BAOR) exercises when they would be joined by 4 and 5 SB Section, formed from the [[Royal Marines Reserve]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Eyes on target: 'Stay-behind' forces during the Cold War|first=Tamir|last=Sinai|date=8 December 2020|journal=War in History|volume=28|issue=3|pages=681–700|doi=10.1177/0968344520914345|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In 1952, SBS teams were held at combat readiness in [[Egypt]] in case [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]'s [[Egyptian Revolution of 1952|revolution]] turned more violent than it did. The SBS were also allegedly operating in [[Cyprus]] during the [[Cyprus Emergency|emergency]] and on alert during the [[Suez Crisis]] of 1956 and [[Muammar al-Gaddafi#Military coup d'état|coup]] against King [[Idris I of Libya]] (1959), but in the cases of Egypt and Libya, not seeing action.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dimitrakis |first=Panagiotis |year=2008 |title=The International journal of intelligence and counter intelligence |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08850600701854474?needAccess=true |journal=[[Taylor & Francis]] |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=388 |doi= 10.1080/08850600701854474|issn=0885-0607 |quote=Allegedly, some members of the Special Air Service and the Special Boat Squadron (based abroad, not in Cyprus) conducted secret operations against EOKA members.}}</ref> In 1961, SBS teams carried out reconnaissance missions during the [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation|Indonesian Confrontation]] (see [[Operation Claret]]).<ref>Kennedy, p. 209</ref> In the same year, Iraq threatened to invade [[Kuwait]] for the first time, and the SBS put a detachment at [[Bahrain]]. In 1972, the SBS came into prominence when members of a combined SBS and [[RAOC]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/welsh-bomb-disposal-expert-1970s-2046417|title = Welsh bomb disposal expert in 1970s QE2 drama|date = 30 March 2012}}</ref> team parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean after a bomb threat on board the cruise liner ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]''. A thorough search of the ship found no evidence of any device drawing the conclusion that it was a hoax.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chriscunard.com/qe2_history.php |title=QE2 History|work=Chris' Cunard Page |access-date=5 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531152557/http://www.chriscunard.com/qe2_history.php|archive-date=31 May 2010}}</ref> The SBS conducted operations in [[Northern Ireland]] during [[The Troubles]] including with submarines.{{sfn|Hennessy|Jinks|2015}} In January 1975, two SBS kayak teams were inserted from [[HMS Cachalot (S06)|HMS ''Cachalot'']] to conduct an anti gun running operation in the area between Torr Head and Garron.{{sfn|Hennessy|Jinks|2015}}