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Navy Command National authority for maritime defence. Lue lisää Navy Command Naval Commanders from the Baltic Sea region met in Turku Navy 13.3.2026 The aim of the conference was to strengthen dialogue and cooperation between maritime actors in th...https://merivoimat.fi/en/navy-command
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Finnish Navy The Finnish Navy has three statutory tasks related to the military defence of Finland: the surveillance of our territorial waters, repelling of territorial violations and maritime attacks, and protecting sea lines of communication. Th...https://merivoimat.fi/en/about-us
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Navy Command The Navy Command Finland is located at the historical Heikkilä Garrison in Turku. The Navy Command Finland is led by the Chief of Staff of the Finnish Navy, Commodore Janne Huusko. Civilian and military experts, as well as the musicia...https://merivoimat.fi/en/about-us1
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Commander of the Finnish Navy Rear Admiral Tuomas Tiilikainen serves as the Commander of the Finnish Navy. The commander directs the Navy and is responsible for developing and maintaining the Navy’s operational capabilities for the good of nationa...https://merivoimat.fi/en/commander-of-the-finnish-navy
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Welcome to the Finnish Navy! The In Service with us section provides information for the new recruits entering military service and Navy reservists. The Navy is one of the three services of the Finnish Defence Forces. A total of approximately 3,50...https://merivoimat.fi/en/in-service-with-us
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Conscript training in the Navy It is great that you are interested in or that you have been ordered to carry out your military service or your voluntary military service for women in the Navy. The Navy offers versatile, interesting and challenging...https://merivoimat.fi/en/conscripts
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The training of Navy reserve officers About three percent of Navy conscripts are accepted to the Reserve Officer Course. Most of them study at the Naval Academy in Suomenlinna. Some of the Navy reserve officer students attend the Army Academy . In...https://merivoimat.fi/en/reserve-officers
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The anniversary of the Navy is celebrated annually on 9 July. The date is based on the second naval battle of Ruotsinsalmi, which took place on 9-10 July 1790 between the Swedish and Russian navies.https://merivoimat.fi/en/events/2026-07-09/the-anniversary-of-the-finnish-navy
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Competent reservists with high performance capability are an important part of the Navy capacity The naval reserve officer training is a versatile, ascending package of training, in which the various forms of reserve training support each other. T...https://merivoimat.fi/en/reservists
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20.4.2026 | The Finnish Navy Command hosted the BALTOPS 2026 planning meeting in Turku 14. – 16.4.2026.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/the-finnish-navy-command-hosted-the-baltops-2026-planning-meeting
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Coastal fleet has a base in two different places: in Turku and in Kirkkonummi.https://merivoimat.fi/en/coastal-fleet/contact-information
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15.5.2026 | The Finnish Navy’s spring main exercise Narrow Waters 26-1 will be held from 20 to 27 May 2026. Exercise activities will take place in the coastal areas of Southern Finland and in the Gulf of Finland.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/the-navy-s-spring-main-exercise-to-be-launched-in-the-coastal-area-of-the-gulf-of-finland
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20.4.2026 | The Government Defence Report (VNS 2024) mentions the modernisation of minesweeping capabilities of contact and influence mines, which is set to begin with replacing the ageing Kuha and Kiiski class vessels. The vessels were built in the 1970s and 1980s, and extending their life cycle is no longer cost-effective.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/developing-the-navy-s-minesweeping-capability-to-meet-the-needs-of-the-2030s
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The Coastal Fleet is the Finnish Defence Forces fleet unit. The Coastal Fleet includes the whole selection of the Finnish Navy’s ships.The Coastal Fleet protects the territorial integrity of the Finnish sea and trains war time units and personnel for the Finnish Navy. Serving in the Coastal Fleet is always worth it. The Coastal Fleet is stationed in Kirkkonummi and Turku.https://merivoimat.fi/en/coastal-fleet
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Coastal Fleet trains conscripts in many demanding tasks, most on the vessels. Service time varies from 165 days to 255 and 365 day.https://merivoimat.fi/en/coastal-fleet/for-conscripts
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4.8.2026 | The keel of the fourth Pohjanmaa-class multi-role corvette was laid at the Rauma shipyard on Tuesday 4 August 2026. The keel laying ceremony is a traditional milestone of symbolic importance in the construction of a vessel which marks the concrete start of the assembly of the blocks of a warship.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/keel-of-fourth-pohjanmaa-class-multi-role-corvette-was-laid
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2.3.2026 | Offshore patrol craft Tursas will be handed over to the Defence Forces by the Border Guard as part of new Turva-class offshore patrol vessels being introduced into service.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-navy-to-receive-patrol-vessel-tursas-from-the-border-guard
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Coastal Fleet consists of Headquarters and four squadrons: 4th Mine Countermeasures Squadron, 6th and 7th Surface Warfare Squadrons and 8th Service Support Squadron. Bases are situated in Turku and Kirkkonummi but the battleships operate around all Finnish territorial waters.https://merivoimat.fi/en/coastal-fleet/about-us
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21.5.2026 | The second Pohjanmaa-class multi-role corvette to be built for the Navy has been launched in Rauma. The vessel was moved from the construction hall to the dock basin where the building and outfitting of the vessel will continue. A festive launch ceremony was celebrated in Rauma on 21 May.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/the-second-pohjanmaa-class-multi-role-corvette-launched
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22.4.2026 | Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, (SNMG1), will conduct a scheduled port visit in Turku arriving on 22 Apr 2026, Commanded by Commodore Maryla Ingham, Royal Navy, on the flagship German frigate FGS Sachsen and Portuguese frigate NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida. The vessels will moor at Turku harbor.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/nato-maritime-forces-visit-turku