The Icelandic Coast Guard (Icelandic: Landhelgisgæsla Íslands, Landhelgisgæslan or simply Gæslan) is the Icelandic defence service responsible for search...
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Iceland's defence forces consist of the Icelandic Coast Guard, which patrols Icelandic waters and monitors its airspace, and other services such as the...
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A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different...
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The following is a list of aircraft of the Icelandic Coast Guard, past and present. The Icelandic Coast Guard has operated 22 aircraft since the inception...
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ICGV Freyja (category CS1 Icelandic-language sources (is))
Icelandic). 23 September 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021. "Fimm tilboð bárust vegna útboðs á varðskipinu Freyju". Icelandic Coast Guard (in Icelandic)...
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Cod Wars (redirect from Icelandic Cod War)
were escorted to the fishing grounds by the Royal Navy while the Icelandic Coast Guard attempted to chase them away and use long hawsers to cut nets from...
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ICGV Baldur (III) (category Ships of the Icelandic Coast Guard)
a patrol and survey vessel of the Icelandic Coast Guard. The ship was built by Vélsmiðja Seyðisfjarðar in Iceland in 1991 and entered service the same...
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Directorate of Customs, and the Icelandic Coast Guard, the Icelandic Prison Service is one of the few law-enforcement agencies in Iceland. The current Director...
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funding for the Icelandic Coast Guard.[citation needed] Many Axis merchant vessels seeking shelter within the neutral waters around Iceland were sunk by...
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The Iceland Air Defence System (Icelandic: Íslenska loftvarnarkerfið) is a part of the Icelandic Coast Guard. It was founded in 1987 under the Radar Agency...
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country, except in Icelandic territorial waters which fall under the jurisdiction of the Icelandic Coast Guard. Police affairs in Iceland are the responsibility...
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Patrol boat (section Icelandic Coast Guard)
they generally range in size. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, police, or customs, and may be intended for marine ("blue water"), estuarine...
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The Iceland Crisis Response Unit (ICRU; Icelandic: Íslenska friðargæslan) is an Icelandic para-military unit with a capacity roster of up to 200 people...
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ICGV Þór (2009) (category CS1 Icelandic-language sources (is))
Rolls-Royce for the Icelandic Coast Guard, built to replace the aging ICGV Óðinn. The construction of the ship was approved by the Icelandic government on 4...
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Search and rescue (section Iceland)
operations is diverted to the Icelandic Police, which is responsible for SAR operations on land. The Icelandic Coast Guard (JRCC ICELAND) is the Cospas-Sarsat...
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ICGV Týr (category CS1 Icelandic-language sources (is))
Ægir-class offshore patrol vessel and the former flagship of the Icelandic Coast Guard. The ship was built by Dannebrog Værft in Denmark in 1974–1975 and...
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Coast Guard Australia Victoria Police Western Australia Police France Sécurité Civile Greece Hellenic Coast Guard Iceland Icelandic Coast Guard Indonesia...
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aircraft operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard from 1985 until 2007 TF-SIF (Dash 8), an aircraft operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard since 2009 Central European...
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Frontex (redirect from European Border and Coast Guard)
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, commonly known as Frontex, is an agency of the European Union headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. In coordination...
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The following is a list of Icelandic flags. Flag of Iceland Coat of arms of Iceland "Jörundur Hundadagakonungur Placat" (PDF). Vefsafn. 1 November 2014...
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Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
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The flag of Iceland (Icelandic: íslenski fáninn) was officially described in Law No. 34, set out on 17 June 1944, the day Iceland became a republic. The...
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of Iceland Army: Iceland does not have a standing army Navy: No navy (just the Icelandic Coast Guard) Air force: None Icelandic Coast Guard Iceland Air...
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ICGV Ægir (category CS1 Icelandic-language sources (is))
ICGV Ægir is a former offshore patrol vessel of the Icelandic Coast Guard. Built by Aalborg Værft, in Denmark, she is the lead ship of the Ægir class...
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TF-SIF (Dauphin 2) (category Icelandic Coast Guard)
helicopter used by the Icelandic Coast Guard from 1985 to 2007. It took part in several high profile rescue operations around Iceland during its 22-year career...
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Net cutter (fisheries patrol) (category Icelandic Coast Guard)
cutters, or trawlwire cutters, were secret weapons employed by the Icelandic Coast Guard during the latter two Cod Wars to cut the trawling wires of foreign...
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Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard (redirect from HU2S Sea Guard)
Philippines Philippine Air Force United States United States Coast Guard Iceland Icelandic Coast Guard Thailand Royal Thai Police Qatar Gulf Helicopters United...
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and the flagship of the Icelandic Coast Guard Hvalur 9 RE-399, a 1952 Icelandic whaler requisitioned by the Icelandic Coast Guard and renamed Týr Tyr, abbreviation...
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TF-LÍF (category Icelandic Coast Guard)
an Aérospatiale AS-332L1 Super Puma helicopter that served the Icelandic Coast Guard for 25-years. It is named after Líf, the only woman foretold to...
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would return to Iceland to track Russian submarines. Military of Iceland Icelandic Coast Guard Iceland Crisis Response Unit Icelandic Air Policing Naval...
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