 Coat of arms of the Icelandic Coast Guard The Icelandic Coast Guard is a branch of Iceland's military. Origins of the Icelandic Coast Guard (Landhelgisgæsla Íslands or Landhelgisgæslan) can be traced to 1859, when the corvette Ørnen started patrolling Icelandic waters. And in 1906 the first purposely built guard-ship Islands Falk came to Iceland. Iceland's own defense of its territorial waters began around 1920 and the Icelandic Coast Guard was formally founded on July 1, 1926. The first cannon was put on the trawler Þór in 1924 and on June 23, 1926 the first ship built for the Coast Guard, named Óðinn, arrived in Iceland. Three years later, on the 14 July 1929 the coastal defence ship Ægir was added to the Coast Guard fleet. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2059x2460, 973 KB) Summary The landvætta logo used from 2001 until replaced in 2005. ...
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Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other meanings of Odin, Woden or Wotan see Odin (disambiguation), Woden (disambiguation), Wotan (disambiguation). ...
is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Icelandic Coast Guard played its largest role during the Cod Wars between 1972 and 1975, when the Coast Guard ships would cut the trawl wires of British and West German trawlers, while being rammed by the Royal Navy, in order to protect sealife from overfishing. Eventually, the British government agreed to recognize the expanded Fisheries zone, after the Icelandic government threatened to evict the U.S. forces (known as the Iceland Defense Force) from Keflavík Naval base and quit NATO. The Cod Wars (also called the Iceland Cod Wars) were a series of confrontations between the United Kingdom and Iceland over Icelands claims of authority over tracts of ocean off their coastline as being their exclusive fishery zone. ...
The net cutters, secret weapon of the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ...
Marine biology is the study of animal and plant life within saltwater ecosystems. ...
× The Traffic Light colour convention, showing the concept of Harvest Control Rule (HCR), specifying when a rebuilding plan is mandatory in terms of precautionary and limit reference points for spawning biomass and fishing mortality rate. ...
An American HH-60 Pavehawk working with the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
KeflavÃk on the Reykjanes peninsula of Iceland KeflavÃk is a town of around 10,200 inhabitants in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland (64°01′N 22°34′W). ...
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Operations
Map of the Search and rescue area, for which the Icelandic Coast Guard is responsible. The white zone around Iceland is the Exclusive Economic Area
Icelandic Coast Guard thwarts unregulated fishing on the Reykjanes ridge. The Icelandic Coast Guard's primary mission is the defending the sovereignty of Icelandic territorial waters, as well as keeping Icelandic law in the 200nm wide Economic zone. Other important missions are such as Search and Rescue of both seamen and others, as well as defusing mines, most of which were laid during the Second World War, and monitoring vessels in International waters outside of the Icelandic Economic zone in order to blacklist any vessel partaking in unregulated fishing (known as sjóræningjaveiðar (pirate fishing)) and thus bar them from receiving services from any member of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission [1] to make unregulated fishing unprofitable. Image File history File links Sarsv_3. ...
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Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea...
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The Longest Walk: a British Army ATO approaches a suspect device in Northern Ireland. ...
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Map of Sealand and the United Kingdom, with territorial water claims of 3nm and 12nm shown. ...
A nautical mile is a unit of distance, or, as physical scientists like to call it, length. ...
Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea...
A naval mine is a stationary self-contained explosive device placed in water, to destroy ships and/or submarines. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
The terms international waters or trans-boundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands [1]. Oceans and seas, waters...
A blacklist is a list or register of entities who, for one reason or another, are being denied a particular privilege, service, or mobility. ...
Illegal fishing takes place where vessels operate in violation of the laws of a fishery. ...
Recently the Coast Guard has started hosting exercises such as "Northern Challenge" which had military units from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom participating along with the Icelandic Coast Guard. The Coast Guard also takes part in Peacekeeping Operations on behalf of the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit, although while using their own rank insignia, uniforms and weapons. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...
Icelandic Crisis Response Unit Mobile Observation Team in Afghanistan. ...
Mottos
Icelandic coast guard vessels V/s Ægir and V/s Týr tow a merchant ship ,,Við erum til taks.‘‘ "We are ready." Image File history File links Vardskip. ...
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V/s Ægir is the sistership of V/s Týr and was built by Aalborg Værft a/s, in Denmark. ...
V/s Týr is the flagship of the Icelandic Coast Guard and was built by Aarhus Flydedok a/s, in Denmark. ...
,,Föðurland vort hálft er hafið.‘‘ "Half our Fatherland is the ocean."
The Fleet Currently the Icelandic Coast Guard fleet consists of three Offshore patrol vessels and one coastal hydrographic vessel. V/s Týr is the youngest and current flagship, built by Århus Flydedok a/s and launched in 1975. V/s Ægir is V/s Týr's sister-ship, built by Ålborg Værft a/s and launched in 1968. The oldest ship is V/s Óðinn, also built by Ålborg Værft a/s launched in 1960. V/s Óðinn was retired in late 2006 and will be replaced with a new ship. Each ship is equipped with two inflatable boats of various sizes and armed with a 40 mm Bofors L60 MK 3 cannon. Various kinds of small-arms as well as other man portable weapons are also carried onboard each of the ships. Týr is also equipped with a sonar system and they all have a flight deck and a hangar for a small helicopter. While the Coast Guard doesn't operate small enough helicopters to use the hangars currently, the flight decks often used by the helicopters of the Aeronautical Division on various missions. The coast guard has a 64 ton hydrographic boat as well, named M/s Baldur, it was built by Vélsmiðja Seyðisfjarðar in 1991. This vessel has no mounted weaponry but is often used for port security. An Off-shore Patrol Vessel (OPV) is large and seaworthy enough to patrol off-shore, in the open ocean. ...
V/s Týr is the flagship of the Icelandic Coast Guard and was built by Aarhus Flydedok a/s, in Denmark. ...
Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
V/s Ægir is the sistership of V/s Týr and was built by Aalborg Værft a/s, in Denmark. ...
V/s Týr is the flagship of the Icelandic Coast Guard and was built by Aarhus Flydedok a/s, in Denmark. ...
Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
V/s Óðinn is the oldest ship currently operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
V/s Óðinn is the oldest ship currently operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
CGI impression of the new ship The UT 512L OPV design is a Rolls Royce design for a new Icelandic Coast Guard ship which is set to replace the aging V/s Óðinn. ...
Two inflatable boats at Horsea Island, England. ...
Bofors 40mm/L60. ...
Small arms captured in Fallujah, Iraq by the US Marine Corps in 2004 The term small arms generally describes any number of smaller infantry weapons, such as firearms that an individual soldier can carry. ...
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The Aeronautical Division
Fokker Friendship maritime surveillance aircraft of the Icelandic Coast Guard, TF-SYN. The Coast Guard's Aeronautical Division was founded on December 10, 1955 when a Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina flying boat is acquired. It was originally from the Iceland Defense Force but was damaged near Langanes in 1954. It was registered as TF-RAN and nicknamed Rán. The Catalina flew variously armed and unarmed, and in one instance the crew used a broomstick to force disobedient fishermen to sail directly to nearest port. Image File history File links TFSYN.jpg Summary Author: Jón Páll. ...
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The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. ...
December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ...
Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...
PBY Catalina was the United States Navy designation for an American and Canadian-built flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s. ...
Boeing 314 A flying boat is an aircraft that is designed to take off and land on water, in particular a type of seaplane which uses its fuselage as a floating hull (instead of pontoons mounted below the fuselage). ...
An American HH-60 Pavehawk working with the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Rán In Norse mythology, Rán is a sea goddess who collects the drowned in a net. ...
A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibres attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. ...
Currently the Icelandic Coast Guard owns only one helicopter but operates three. One Aerospatiale AS-332L1 Super Puma, registered as TF-LIF. As a response to the withdrawal of the Iceland Defense Force the Coast Guard rented a Aérospatiale Puma helicopter registered as TF-GNA, as well as another Dauphin AS 365N2 registered as TF-EIR. Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma (Defense Minister of France) at Paris Air Show 2007 The Eurocopter Super Puma (originally built by Aérospatiale) is a helicopter marketed for civil and military use. ...
An American HH-60 Pavehawk working with the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
The Aerospatiale Puma is a medium-sized twin-engined transport/utility helicopter originally manufactured by Aerospatiale of France. ...
The Coast Guard also operates a single Fokker F-27-200 Friendship, registered as TF-SYN, modified for maritime surveillance and reconnaissance. This plane is equipped with Bendix 1500B 360° radar, Immarsat satellite communications equipment and external fuel tanks. Its aft door is specially enlarged to facilitate dropping various goods and for parachuting.
On May 7th 2007 the Coast Guard contracted with FIELD AVIATION of Toronto, Canada to replace the obsolete Friendship (from 1977) with a new Bombardier Q series 300 (DASH 8) Maritime Surveillance Aircraft. The Q series aircraft will be extensively modified by FIELD to carry a modern Mission Management System and suite of surveillance sensors, air operable door and communications/navigation equipment. The new aircraft is expected to be delivered in July 2009. The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. ...
The Bendix Corporation was founded in 1924 by the inventor Vincent Bendix. ...
For other uses, see Radar (disambiguation). ...
Inmarsat plc is an international telecommunications company founded in 1979, originally as an intergovernmental organization. ...
The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. ...
Unlike the fleet, aircraft of the Icelandic Coast Guard have standard Icelandic civilian registers, as the Alþingi (parliament) has never agreed on laws for military or government aircraft. Over the time since the division was formed the regulations for standard civilian aircraft have become more restrictive. As a result the Coast Guard can no longer operate military aircraft like it did in the past. Nevertheless, current helicopters are outfitted with latest generation U.S. night vision equipment, reserved for U.S. armed forces and the armies of their allies. And thus the only civilian registered aircraft in the world, so equipped. The Althing (Modern Icelandic Alþingi; Old Norse Alþing) is the national parliament: literally, the all-thing (or General Assembly) of Iceland. ...
For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...
An American soldier uses a helmet mounted night vision device A night vision device (NVD) is an optical instrument that allows images to be produced in levels of light approaching total darkness. ...
The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
Ships and aircraft
 Icelandic Coast Guard vessels at pier in the Reykjavík old-harbour All major vehicles of the Icelandic Coast Guard are currently named after beings from norse mythology. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 783 KB) Summary Author: user:Kjallakr Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Location in Iceland Coordinates: , Constituency ReykjavÃk North ReykjavÃk South Government - Mayor (Borgarstjóri) Vilhjálmur Þ. Vilhjálmsson Area - City 274. ...
Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the indigenous pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian peoples, including those who settled on Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ...
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- V/s Týr (II) an Offshore Patrol Vessel named after Týr, the god of combat and heroism.
- V/s Ægir(II) an Offshore Patrol Vessel named after Ægir, the king of the sea.
- V/s Óðinn(III) an Offshore Patrol Vessel named after Óðinn the allseeing father of the gods.
- M/s Baldur a Hydrographic vessel named after Baldur, god of beauty and more.
Currently operated aircraft: V/s Týr is the flagship of the Icelandic Coast Guard and was built by Aarhus Flydedok a/s, in Denmark. ...
An Off-shore Patrol Vessel (OPV) is large and seaworthy enough to patrol off-shore, in the open ocean. ...
Týr, depicted here with both hands intact, is identified with Mars in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ...
V/s Ægir is the sistership of V/s Týr and was built by Aalborg Værft a/s, in Denmark. ...
In Norse mythology Ægir is a giant and a king of the sea. ...
V/s Óðinn is the oldest ship currently operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
Odin is considered the highest god in Norse mythology and Norse paganism. ...
In Norse Mythology, Baldur (also Balder, ON Baldr), the god of innocence, beauty, joy, purity, and peace, is Odins second son. ...
Currently operated rental aircraft: The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. ...
In Norse mythology, Syn was a goddess invoked by defendants in a trial, and an attendant of Frigg. ...
The Eurocopter Super Puma (originally built by Aérospatiale) is a helicopter marketed for civil and military use. ...
In Norse mythology, Lif (life/(f)) and Lifthrasir (eager for life/(m)) will be the only two to survive Ragnarok, the end of the world. ...
Oðinn is getting eaten by Fenrir with his spear Gungnir while Surtr brandishes his sword. ...
Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma (Defense Minister of France) at Paris Air Show 2007 The Eurocopter Super Puma (originally built by Aérospatiale) is a helicopter marketed for civil and military use. ...
Decommissioned vessels: The Eurocopter Dauphin (Dolphin) is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter (originally by Aérospatiale). ...
- V/s Óðinn (I)
- V/s Gautur, originally named Óðinn (II) but renamed when a new Óðinn (III) arrived, Gautur is one of Óðinn's pseudonyms.
- V/s Baldur (I), a fast patrol boat used for less than a year and returned because of bad characteristics in rough seas.
- V/s Baldur (II), an armed trawler.
- V/s Bragi, named after Bragi the god of poetry. A fast patrol boat used for less than a year and returned because of bad characteristics in rough seas.
- V/s Njörður, named after Njörðr the god of wind, fertile land along the seacoast, as well as seamanship, sailing and fishing. A fast patrol boat used for less than a year and returned because of bad characteristics in rough seas.
- V/s Týr (I), a whaler (Hvalur 9) borrowed during the second Cod War usually called Hval-Týr.
- V/s Þór (I)
- V/s Þór (II)
- V/s Ægir (I)
Other historical vessels that haven't adhered to the Norse mythology tradition: V/s Óðinn is the oldest ship currently operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
V/s Óðinn is the oldest ship currently operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
Bragi is shown with a harp and accompanied by his wife Iðunn in this 19th century painting by Nils Blommér. ...
This article is about the art form. ...
Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of the Vanir and the god of the fertile land along the seacoast, as well as seamanship and sailing in Norse mythology. ...
Seamanship is the art of operating a ship or boat. ...
For either of the songs named Sailing, see Sailing (song). ...
Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ...
The Cod Wars (also called the Iceland Cod Wars) were a series of confrontations between the United Kingdom and Iceland over Icelands claims of authority over tracts of ocean off their coastline as being their exclusive fishery zone. ...
V/s Ægir is the sistership of V/s Týr and was built by Aalborg Værft a/s, in Denmark. ...
- V/s Albert, patrol boat.
- V/s Árvakur, a lighthouse tender and patrol ship decommissioned in the 1970s.
- V/s María Júlía, patrol ship named after one of those who financed her construction.
- V/s Sæbjörg, a patrol and rescue ship.
- V/s Ver, an armed trawler
Decommissioned aircraft: Decommissioned helicopters: PBY Catalina was the United States Navy designation for an American and Canadian-built flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s. ...
Rán In Norse mythology, Rán is a sea goddess who collects the drowned in a net. ...
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster was a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Force in World War II. Like the C-47 Skytrain, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner (the DC-4). ...
The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. ...
In adittion the Coast Guard has rented or borrowed a number of civilian vessels and aircraft for shorter periods, which are not listed. The Bell 47 was the first helicopter to be certified for civil use on 8 March 1946. ...
The Sikorsky Model S-62 is a single turbine engine, single rotor amphibious helicopter originally developed as a commercial venture by the Sikorsky Aircraft Company of Stratford, Connecticut. ...
Bell 47G Bell 47J Bell 47G in M*A*S*H paint scheme. ...
Huginn and Muninn sit on Odins shoulders in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ...
Bell 47G Bell 47J Bell 47G in M*A*S*H paint scheme. ...
Huginn and Muninn sit on Odins shoulders in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ...
The MD Helicopters MD 500 series is a family of light utility civilian and military helicopters. ...
The Sikorsky S-76 was designed, from the wheels up as a commercial helicopter. ...
The MD Helicopters MD 500 series is a family of light utility civilian and military helicopters. ...
This article is about the AStar helicopter. ...
The Eurocopter Dauphin (Dolphin) is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter (originally by A rospatiale). ...
This early 20th century depiction of Sif shows her with long blond hair. ...
Thor carries his hammer and wears his belt of strength (MS SÃM 66, 18th century). ...
Hand Weapons Some of the firearms used by the Icelandic Coast Guard: Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ...
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The G3 (which stands for Gewehr 3, or Rifle #3) is a family of select fire battle rifles manufactured by Heckler & Koch. ...
The M14 rifle (more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber 7. ...
Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1 with bayonet, scabbard attached The Lee-Enfield was the British armys standard bolt action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle from 1895 until 1956. ...
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The SSG 69 is a bolt-action sniper rifle produced by Steyr Mannlicher and serves as the standard sniper rifle for the Austrian Army. ...
The MG3 is an air-cooled, belt-fed general purpose machine gun manufactured by the German firm Rheinmetall. ...
It has been suggested that K6 HMG be merged into this article or section. ...
Ranks of the Icelandic Coast Guard
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Future prospects Currently, bidding for a contract to build a new, 90 meter long, vessel for the Coast Guard is underway, as a replacement for V/s Óðinn which is going to become a museum piece. The new ship is based on the design of the Norwegian Harstad class offshore patrol vessels, although old Coast Guard heroes such as Höskuldur Skarphéðinsson, who was captain of V/s Baldur during the last Cod War, have called for more powerful vessels similar to the Danish Thetis class ships. Incidentally the design for a new Coast Guard vessel from 1997 was armed with an Otobreda 76 mm gun like the Danish ships, while Harstad class ships are armed with the same 40 mm Bofors gun that is already in use with the Icelandic Coast Guard. On December 1 2006 the government approved the construction of this new ship which will be done by the Asmar shipbuilding company in Chile. The design for the ship was done by Rolls Royce in Norway and it will weight 4000 tons and thus considerably bigger than the Norwegian Harstad class, it will also be slightly faster. No information is available yet as for its armament. Although it has not been confirmed, it is believed likely that it will bear the name V/s Þór.[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2288x1712, 707 KB) V/s Óðinn after the very last trip abroad in the summer of 2006. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2288x1712, 707 KB) V/s Óðinn after the very last trip abroad in the summer of 2006. ...
CGI impression of the new ship The UT 512L OPV design is a Rolls Royce design for a new Icelandic Coast Guard ship which is set to replace the aging V/s Óðinn. ...
KV Harstad is a purpose-built offshore patrol vessel for the Norwegian Coast Guard. ...
The Cod Wars (also called the Iceland Cod Wars) were a series of confrontations between the United Kingdom and Iceland over Icelands claims of authority over tracts of ocean off their coastline as being their exclusive fishery zone. ...
Vaedderen (F359) The Thetis class ocean patrol vessel, also called Stanflex 2000, is a class of large scale patrol vessels built for the Royal Danish Navy for the purpose of fisheries protection, as well as search-and-rescue and ice reconnaissance. ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
The Oto Melara 76 mm gun is a polyvalent naval artillery piece built by the Italian company Otobreda and Oto Melara. ...
Bofors 40mm/L60. ...
The Coast Guard is also searching for a new aircraft in cooperation with the Swedish Försvarets Materialverk, in order to replace the aging TF-SYN.
In an announcement on 24 March 2006, the Minister of justice and ecclesiastical affairs, Björn Bjarnason affirmed that, as a result of the withdrawal of the Iceland Defense Force, more helicopters will be rented for the Coast Guard, before September 2006, and that new ones will be bought later. Both France and Russia have declared their interest in selling helicopters and other defence materials. is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Björn Bjarnason, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs. ...
An American HH-60 Pavehawk working with the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
On 23 May 2006, in an announcement, the Ministry of justice and ecclesiastical affairs declared their decision to rent two helicopters of the same type already operated by the Coast Guard. As the supply of Aerospatiale AS-332L1 Super Puma helicopters for renting is very limited it was decided to rent a single Aerospatiale SA-365N Dauphin II along with the Super Puma, increasing the size of the Coast Guard helicopter fleet by 100%. These helicopters will be rented for one year with an option to lengthen the renting period by six to twelve months. Since this is only to be a temporary measure, plans for future composition of the helicopter fleet were released in June 2006. [3] The helicopers reported to be under consideration are the Eurocopter EC225, NH Industries NH90, Sikorsky S-92 and AgustaWestland EH101. Although buying the NH 90 helicopters would require the Coast Guard helicopters to be reclassified as military helicopters. is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma (Defense Minister of France) at Paris Air Show 2007 The Eurocopter Super Puma (originally built by Aérospatiale) is a helicopter marketed for civil and military use. ...
The Eurocopter Dauphin (Dolphin) is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter (originally by Aérospatiale). ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma (Defense Minister of France) at Paris Air Show 2007 The Eurocopter Super Puma (originally built by Aérospatiale) is a helicopter marketed for civil and military use. ...
The NHI NH90 is a medium sized, twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries, a company established by Agusta, Eurocopter and Stork Fokker Aerospace. ...
The Sikorsky S-92 is a medium lift twin engine helicopter manufactured by the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. ...
The AgustaWestland EH101 is a medium-lift helicopter for military applications but also marketed for civil use. ...
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An American HH-60 Pavehawk working with the Icelandic Coast Guard. ...
The Cod Wars (also called the Iceland Cod Wars) were a series of confrontations between the United Kingdom and Iceland over Icelands claims of authority over tracts of ocean off their coastline as being their exclusive fishery zone. ...
References
External links - Coast Guard laws in Icelandic.
- Info on Icelandic Coast Guard
- Randburg discussion on Icelandic Coast Guard
- Landhelgisgæsla Íslands in Icelandic.
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