Icelandic Coast Guard - Ships and Aircraft

Ships and Aircraft

All major vehicles of the Icelandic Coast Guard are currently named after beings from norse mythology.

Currently operated vessels

• ICGV Þór (III) an Offshore patrol vessel commissioned in late 2011 and the flagship of the service. Named after Þór the god of thunder, lighting and troll slaying.
• ICGV Týr (II) an Ægir-class Offshore Patrol Vessel named after Týr, the god of combat and heroism.
• ICGV Ægir (II) an Ægir-class Offshore Patrol Vessel named after Ægir, the king of the sea.
• ICGV Baldur a Hydrographic survey and patrol boat named after Baldur, god of beauty and more.

Currently operated aircraft

• TF-SIF is a Bombardier DHC-8-Q314 named after Sif, goddess and wife of Þór, the god of thunder and trollslaying.
• TF-LIF is an Aérospatiale AS-332L1 Super Puma named after Líf, the only woman who will survive Ragnarök.

Currently operated leased aircraft

• TF-GNA and TF-SYN are leased Eurocopter AS 332L1 Super Pumas.

Decommissioned vessels

• ICGV Óðinn (I)
• ICGV Gautur, originally named Óðinn (II) but renamed when a new Óðinn (III) arrived, Gautur is one of Óðinn's pseudonyms.
• ICGV Óðinn (III) an Offshore Patrol Vessel named after Óðinn the allseeing father of the gods.
• ICGV Baldur (I), a fast patrol boat used for less than a year and returned because of bad characteristics in rough seas.
• ICGV Baldur (II), an armed trawler.
• ICGV 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.
• ICGV 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.
• ICGV Týr (I), a whaler (Hvalur 9) borrowed during the second Cod War usually called Hval-Týr.
• ICGV Þór (I)
• ICGV Þór (II)
• ICGV Ægir (I)

Other historical vessels that haven't adhered to the Norse mythology tradition

• ICGV Albert, patrol boat.
• ICGV Árvakur, a lighthouse tender and patrol ship decommissioned in the 1970s.
• ICGV María Júlía, patrol ship named after one of those who financed her construction.
• ICGV Sæbjörg, a patrol and rescue ship.
• ICGV Ver, an armed trawler.

Decommissioned aircraft

• TF-RAN (I) Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina, named after Rán.
• TF-SIF (I) Douglas C-54 Skymaster.
• TF-SYR Fokker F27 Friendship-200.
• TF-EIR Bell 47J.
• TF-GNA Sikorsky S-62.
• TF-HUG Bell 47G named after Huginn one of Odin's ravens who flew over the world every morning to gather information for him.
• TF-MUN Bell 47G named after Muninn one of Odin's ravens who flew over the world every morning to gather information for him.
• TF-GRO (I) Hughes 500C Defender.
• TF-RAN (II) Sikorsky S-76 Spirit.
• TF-GRO (II) Hughes 500C Defender.
• TF-GRO (III) Eurocopter AS 350B Ecureuil.
• TF-SIF (II) was an Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin II, which was operated from 1984 to 1985.
• TF-SIF (III) was an Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin II It was bought new in 1985 but was destroyed after an emergency sea landing in July 2007
• TF-SYN was a Fokker F-27-200 Friendship, which was bought new in 1976 and used until 2009. Currently preserved at the Aviation Museum of Akureyri.
• TF-EIR is an Aérospatiale SA-365N-1 Dauphin 2.

In addition the Coast Guard has rented or borrowed a number of civilian vessels and aircraft for shorter periods, which are not listed.