Water duty

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Water customs is a historical (colloquial in Germany but still common) term for part of the existing customs authorities of a country or a separate authority itself, which is entrusted with customs and maritime and shipping police tasks on border waters and on the high seas.

In Germany, for example, part of the Federal Customs Administration that is connected to the main customs offices is responsible for this: see also the Lake Control Unit .

In German seaports such as Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven and Hamburg, the customs officers of the water customs are called "Black Gang" due to their characteristic clothing (also "Swatte Gang" or Schwatte Gäng ", cf. Gang in port jargon ).

Exemplary pictures of customs cruisers and boats

  • British customs cutter Wickham (1806)

  • Shubrick (1865), United States

  • German customs cruiser Kingani with gun raft in the First World War on Lake Tanganyika

  • The German customs cruiser Helgoland (a SWATH ship ) entering the port of Cuxhaven

  • Customs cruiser Jade

  • Customs cruiser Hiddensee

  • The now scrapped Zollkreuzer Glückstadt in front of the German Customs Museum in Hamburg

  • ... and its successor, the customs cruiser Oldenburg in the same place

  • "Hochwart" customs boat on Lake Constance

  • The Australian Customs ACV110 Ashmore Guardian

  • The Australian Customs ACV50 Corio Bay

  • Netherlands, Zeearend

  • British Customs Valiant

  • Barbarisi of the Italian Guardia di Finanza

  • Patrol boat SC-01 of the Polish Customs in Gdańsk

  • Finnish Water Customs boat

  • Training boat DF1 Aunis II of the French water customs

  • France, Kermorvan

  • Japan, Genkai

  • Portuguese boat of the Brigada Fiscal

  • Taiwan, Yun Hsing

Flags (selection)

  • Flag of the "Revenue Service" of the Southern States ( CSA ) during the American Civil War

  • Imperial Customs Administration (1871-1892)

  • Gösch of the customs ships (1871-1892)

  • Customs administration in the protected areas (1893-1918)

  • Kingdom of Prussia (1894–1918)

  • Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1896–1918)

  • Official flag of the Lübeck Customs Administration (1895–1918)

  • Service flag of the Bremen Customs Administration (1895–1918)

  • Service flag of the Bremen Customs Administration (1921–1933)

  • Chinese water tariff (1928-1948)

  • Customs Flag of Iceland (Current)

  • Customs flag of Russia (current)

  • Customs flag of the Solomon Islands (current)

  • Customs flag of the USA (current)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Silberling and Iron" , page 135.