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Miinalaiva ja ohjusvene merellä. Kuva Puolustusvoimat Niko Muukka.

High readiness unit

 

Coastal Fleet is a high readiness unit of the Finnish Navy consisting of all the naval combat vessels and auxilliaries.

 

It maintains high readiness to protect the territorial integrity, securing sea lines of communication and repelling attacks from the sea.

In addition, it contributes to the overall maritime situational awareness and trains the war time units and personnel for the Finnish Navy.

Its keys tasks include mobile protection of the territorial integrity, engagement at sea, mine warfare and maritime combat service support.

 

As a naval unit it focuses on naval operations at sea. Its area of operation includes the territorial waters of Finland from eastern areas of Gulf of Finland to the northernmost end of the Bay of Bothnia.

 

 

Coastal Fleet to participate in exercise Dynamic Move 2024

Type:Press release Publication date:22.1.2024 10.00

German Navy vessels to visit Turku

Type:Press release Publication date:10.11.2023 8.11

British combat vessel to visit Turku

Type:Press release Publication date:18.10.2023 8.50

Italian frigate to visit Helsinki

Type:Press release Publication date:26.8.2023 9.00

Finnish warship to attend Exercise Sandy Coast 23 in the North Sea

Type:Press release Publication date:17.8.2023 8.53

American combat vessel visits Helsinki

Type:Press release Publication date:14.7.2023 14.32

French frigate to visit Helsinki

Type:Press release Publication date:24.6.2023 10.00

Finnish Navy ships in exercise BALTOPS 23 in the Baltic Sea

Type:Press release Publication date:2.6.2023 15.26

British offshore patrol vessel to visit Helsinki

Type:Press release Publication date:15.3.2023 10.29