Croatian Coast Guard

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Croatian Coast Guard Obalna straža Republike Hrvatske
Emblem
Racing stripe
Ensign
Agency overview
Formed	2007
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Croatia
Constituting instrument	Coast Guard Act of the Republic of Croatia[1]
Specialist jurisdiction	Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Operational structure
Parent agency	Croatian Navy
Facilities
Planes	2 x Pilatus PC-9 4 x Mil Mi-8
Notables
People	Commodore Marin Stošić, for Commander 2011-2014 Vice Admiral Zdravko Kardum, for Commander 2007-2011 Ivo Raffanelli, for Commander 2014-2017
Anniversary	August 4

The Croatian Coast Guard (Croatian: Obalna straža Republike Hrvatske) is a division of the Croatian Navy responsible for protecting the interests of the Republic of Croatia at sea. The Croatian Navy is composed of classical naval forces structured into a flotilla and the Coast Guard that solely consists of ships with peacetime duties, e.g. protection of ecology, fishing, control of tankers, ballast waters, combat against terrorism, trafficking of people, narcotics, and similar.^[2]