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German Training Ship Visiting Helsinki

Navy 26.8.2022

The German Navy's Training Tall Ship Gorch Fock is visiting Helsinki 28 August-1 September 2022.

Training protection of maritime transport as part of JEF cooperation

Navy

This week’s exercise involved maritime transports carrying equipment to Finland for the Arrow 22 exercise to be led by the Army.

Maritime Surveillance Training Between Finland and Sweden

Navy

Finland and Sweden held a combined maritime-surveillance-cooperation exercise at the entrance of the Gulf of Finland 8–9 December 2020. The bilateral exercise developed interoperability between the Finnish and Swedish navies in the areas of maritime ...

Navy 2032 – Unified Naval striking power

Navy

Finnish Navy towards the year 2032 The Finnish Navy has good readiness and capability to carry out its tasks against any threats that might present themselves in normal or emergency conditions. Our operating environment is changing and evolving, our operating procedures and the equipment and systems in our use keep developing, so change is necessary and certain.

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Press release

Navy

26.5.2023

Three NATO warships to visit Helsinki

Press release

Coastal Brigade

17.5.2023

Exercise Atrain 23 Trains Cooperation in Rapidly Evolving Circumstances

Press release

Coastal Brigade

17.5.2023

Landing Platform Dock ships of the Royal Navy to visit Helsinki

Press release

Coastal Fleet

13.4.2023

Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 to visit Finland after exercising with Coastal Fleet

Press release

Coastal Fleet

15.3.2023

British offshore patrol vessel to visit Helsinki

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Merivoimien vuosipäivä Raaseporissa

WMC in Naval Pentathlon 2021

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The International Military Sports Council (CISM) has entrusted the organization of the 52st World Championship in Naval Pentathlon to the Finnish Defence Forces. The main organizer will be Finnish Navy. The championship will take place at Finnish Cou...

Navy Band's Conserts

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Read more about Navy Band's schedule and purchasing the tickets for concerts.

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