Jannasch served with coastal forces in the German navy in World War Two.
In addition to land forces, both sides had coastal naval forces to marshal.
He trained as a navigation officer and served on motor torpedo boats with coastal forces.
Finnish coastal forces occupied the island soon after.
These boats were armed with two 533 mm torpedo tubes and were used extensively by Soviet coastal forces in the 1950s.
This article attempts to pull together, for comparative purposes, some statistics concerning the coastal forces of different navies.
He promoted Urquiza to colonel and commander of the Uruguay River's coastal forces.
Though Swedes had forced the Russians with retreat they had failed to inflict defeat to the Russian coastal forces.
Such a force could prove far more effective in defeating coastal naval forces than a vulnerable aircraft carrier worth $5 billion and with thousands of sailors aboard.
The Finnish Navy also includes coastal forces and coastal artillery.