Swedish Coast Guard ships

The Swedish Coast Guard consist of 31 larger units, of which 10 are multipurpose ships, 16 maritime surveillance ships and 5 environmental protection ships. In addition to these, there are also five hovercraft, a barge and about 100 smaller boats and jet skis.

Multipurpose ships
The multipurpose ships combine the tasks of the environmental protection and maritime surveillance units, and can perform both types of tasks. The multipurpose ships also have the option of emergency towing other ships as well as fire extinguishing. In the coast guard there are 4 different classes of multipurpose ships, the 001-series, the 031-series, the KBV-181 and the 201-series

Maritime surveillance ships
The Coast Guard's maritime surveillance ships is mainly used for maritime surveillance. The ships are between 20 and 26.5 meters long. Some ships also have the ability of firefighting and environmental protection. 11 of the surveillance ships are part of the 301 series which were delivered during the 1990s from the Karlskrona shipyard. The other 5 ships in the 312 series were delivered in 2012–2013 from Estonian Baltic Work Boats

Environmental protection ships
The Coast Guard's environmental protection ships is mainly used for environmental protection and oil pollution control. This is done by being able to absorb oil that is floating on the surface of the water. The environmental protection vessels are larger than the surveillance vessels, between 36 and 46 meters long. As a secondary task, they also have maritime surveillance.

Smaller Vessels
The coastguard also have around 100 smaller boats. Some of these are stationed on one of the bigger ships and are used as an additional tool. The boats are divided into four groups: high-speed boats of the Cobra type, rib boats, work boats and beach fighters.

Jet skis are also used.

Hovercraft
Since 2015, the Coast Guard has had four hovercraft, KV 590, KV 592, KV 594 and KV 595. The two larger ones are based in Luleå (590) and Umeå (592) and the two smaller ones are based in Vaxholm (594) and Gryt (595).

Barges
The Coast Guard has a larger barge used for storage of captured oil. The barge is called KBV 866 and is stationed in Härnösand