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.
Finnish Minelayer to take part in the sea surveillance Exercise in Sweden
NATO frigates to visit Turku
Finnish unit to take part in the Swedish Navy’s anti-aircraft exercise
Balex Delta strengthens cooperation to be conducted in the event of a major accident
The autumn NRF training period to start off the Belgian coast
The Navy to take part in Exercise Baltops 20 in Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1
International Mine Counter Measures Exercise on the Archipelago Sea
German frigate to visit Helsinki
Exercise Dynamic Move 20 develops Mine Countermeasures’ commanding
NATO Mine Countermeasures Vessels to visit Turku
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
[email protected]
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