The Somaliland Coast Guard (Somali: Ciidanka ilaalada Xeebaha Somaliland, Arabic: خفر سواحل صوماليلاندي) is the maritime law enforcement, search and rescue and coastal defence branch of Somaliland Armed Forces, founded on 2 October 1995.
[1][2][3][4][5] In 2011, the Somaliland Coast Guard had extremely limited equipment.
Their vessels consisted of two 20-foot motor boats and they were armed with AK-47 rifles and RPG-7 rocket launchers.
[6] In the following decade, the Coast Guard received a total of seven Defender-class boats, four from Italy and three from Sweden.
Additionally, the SLCG received three cars from the European Union in 2018.