The Coastal Fleet of the
Finnish Navy
The Finnish Navy ( , ) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS", short for "Finnish Navy ship", but ...
(, ) is the main
naval fleet
A fleet or naval fleet is a large formation of warships – the largest formation in any navy – controlled by one leader. A fleet at sea is the direct equivalent of an army on land.
Purpose
In the modern sense, fleets are usually, but no ...
in the Finnish Navy. It is responsible for the
territorial integrity
Territorial integrity is the principle under international law where sovereign states have a right to defend their borders and all territory in them from another state. It is enshrined in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and has been recognized as c ...
of
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
and its
territorial waters
Territorial waters are informally an area of water where a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, and potentially the extended continental shelf ( ...
. Almost all of Finland's
naval vessels are part of the Coastal Fleet.
Units
References
External links
* https://merivoimat.fi/rannikkolaivasto
* https://merivoimat.fi/en/coastal-fleet
* https://merivoimat.fi/rannikkolaivasto/tietoa-meista
{{Finnish Defence Forces units
Naval fleets
Naval units and formations of Finland
Military units and formations established in 2015