Norwegian Coast Guard

Kystvakten Royal Norwegian Coast Guard
NoCGV Svalbard
active
Country	Norway
Armed forces	Norwegian Armed Forces
Type	Command ( marine )
Strength	740
insignia
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Racing Stripe

Nordkapp (W320)

Nornen (W330) in Kristiansand

The Kystvakten or Kystvakta ( German  Royal Norwegian Coast Guard ) forms the coast guard of Norway with 740 members (400 of them conscripts ) . They form part of the Norwegian Naval Forces within the Norwegian Armed Forces .

tasks

In addition to monitoring the territorial waters, the 200-mile zone , the fishery protection zones off Spitzbergen , Jan Mayen and mainland Norway, her tasks include SAR , environmental protection and support operations for other authorities.

equipment

The Coast Guard has its own patrol boats to carry out these tasks .

• Nordkapp class (built: KV Nordkapp: 1980 in Bergen, KV Senja: 1980 in Horten, KV Andenes: 1981 in Haugesund)
  • Nordkapp (W320), Senja (W321), Andenes (W322)
• Alta class (minesweeper, built 1990–1997 near Kværner in Mandal ):
  • Alta (M350), Otra (M351), Rauma (M352), Orkla (M353, decommissioned in 2002 after fire), Glomma (M354, launched in 1999, sold in 2009)
• Oksøy class (mine-hunting boat, built 1990–1995 at Kværner in Mandal ):
  • Oksøy (M340, launched in 2005, sold in 2009), Karmøy (M341), Måløy (M342), Hinnøy (M343), Glomma (M354)
• Norn class (built 2006-2008 by Morska Stocznia Remontowa Gryfia in Stettin ):
  • Nornen (W330), Farm (W331), Heimdal (W332), Njord (W333), Tor (W334), Magnus Lagabøte (W335)
• Barentshav class (built 2009–2010 by My Klebust Verft in Gursken , Norway):
  • Barentshav (W340), Bergen (W341), Sortland (W342)
• Pure class class (built 2010-2011 by Morska Stocznia Remontowa Gryfia in Stettin ):
  • Magnus Lagabøte (P381 - 2010-2013 at Marineheimwehr, W335), Olav Tryggvason (P380)

Ships that are only represented by one boat in the fleet:

• Harstad (W318, built in 2005 at Søviknes Verft in Syvikgrend )
• Svalbard (W303, icebreaker, built in 2000 on the Tangen Verft in Kragerø )
• Ålesund (W312, seaworthy coast guard boat, built in 1996 on the My Klebust Verft in Gursken , only put into operation in 2006).

In addition, other civilly chartered and armed boats are in use. Furthermore, the Kystvakten has nine fishery protection vessels in use; for air missions it has six Lynx Mk.86 helicopters operated by the Norwegian Air Force .

Web links

Commons : Norwegian Coast Guard  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense
2. ↑ Nordkapp classes. forsvaret.no, accessed August 20, 2017 (Norwegian). 
3. ↑ Minefartøy Oksøy- og Altaklassen. forsvaret.no, accessed August 20, 2017 (Norwegian). 
4. ↑ Minefartøy Oksøy- og Altaklassen. forsvaret.no, accessed August 20, 2017 (Norwegian). 
5. ↑ Kystvakten - Norn classes. forsvaret.no, accessed August 20, 2017 (Norwegian). 
6. ↑ Kystvakten - Barentshav Classes. forsvaret.no, accessed August 20, 2017 (Norwegian). 
7. ↑ Kystvakten - Pure Classes. forsvaret.no, accessed August 20, 2017 (Norwegian). 
8. ↑ KV Harstad. forsvaret.no, accessed August 20, 2017 (Norwegian).