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.
The Finnish Navy to participate in Balex Delta 2021
The Navy to take part in the exercise BALTOPS 2021
Finnish Navy exercises minecountermeasures together with SNMCMG1
Navy will train anti-submarine warfare in Sweden
Year on NRF rotation for the Katanpää class - more than just maintaining readiness
A historical sea mine found in an exercise between Finnish and Swedish navies was cleared
Finnish-Swedish-cooperation continues with a mine countermeasures exercise
Vahterpää returns to Finland having shown its high-level capabilities
Baltic Shield 2020 will be conducted in conjunction with a Coastal Fleet live-fire exercise
Vahterpää's NRF training period continues in the Baltic Sea
Coastal Fleet
Pansio Base
PO.BOX 5
FI-20241 TURKU, Finland
Laivastontie 2, Turku, Finland
Upinniemi Base
PO.BOX 5
FI- 02471 UPINNIEMI, Finland
Upinniementie, Upinniemi, Finland
Telephone 0299 800
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