The German Federal Coast Guard (German: Küstenwache des Bundes) is a civilian law enforcement organisation whose primary missions are border protection, maritime environmental protection, shipping safety, fishery protection and customs enforcement. The Küstenwache is an association of several federal agencies, not a single entity like the United States Coast Guard.
The agencies that make up the Küstenwache have a common plan of action and direct their operations from two Coast Guard Centers (German: Küstenwachzentren), Neustadt (Holstein) for the Baltic Sea and Cuxhaven for the North Sea.
The personnel serving with the Küstenwache include both police officers (in the case of the Bundespolizei and Wasserzoll) and civilians from the Waterways and Shipping Office and other agencies. Küstenwache personnel do not have combatant status as it is not a military unit as many other coast guards are. In contrast, the United States Coast Guard is both a military service and a law enforcement organisation and its commissioned officers have both police and military powers. However, police officers serving with the Küstenwache retain their usual police powers, adjusted to the maritime nature of their job.
Ships and other vesselsedit
Customs cruiser GlückstadtBP 24 Bad BramstedtFishery protection vessel Seeadler
A total of 27 ships and boats from the aforementioned institutions are in operation (Bundespolizei: six ships; Wasserzoll: eight customs cutters, four customs cruisers; WSV: three multi-purpose ships; BLE: two fishery protection boats, three fishery research ships).
The ships are all marked with the legend "Küstenwache" as well as a black-red-gold signet on the hull and the coast guard's coat-of-arms. However, the hull colour differs from agency to agency: blue for the Bundespolizei, green for the Zoll and black for the WSV and BLE.
A number of helicopters and planes are in use as well.
Some Ships:
BP 24 Bad Bramstedt
BP 25 Bayreuth
BP 26 Eschwege
BP 81 Potsdam
BP 82 Bamberg
BP 83 Bad Düben
MS Priwall
MS Kalkgrund
FSB Seeadler
Hamburg
SUBS Mellum
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Ranksedit
Official titles (ranks): From top to bottom; middle service to senior service.
Link for the Coast guard arm of the German Federal Police, In German
May 08, 2024
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