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Finland will receive a French Ally for a scheduled port visit. The French Navy’s minehunter FS Sagittaire will moor at port of Turku from October 4-7, 2024. The ship will not be open to the public.

Italian Navy’s frigate ITS Luigi Rizzo will conduct a port visit in Helsinki from 30 Apr to 6 May 2024.

Finland is honored to receive an international Ally for a port visit. The United States Navy’s guided-missile cruiser, USS Gettysburg, will berth at Hernesaari Port in Helsinki from 2 to 6 November 2024. The vessel will not be open to the public.

For further information contact Coastal Fleet Chief of Staff, Commander Toni Joutsia. All contacts via Defence Command's media service is 0299 510 975, [email protected]. Mon-Fri 08:00-16:00. The vessel will not be open to the media.

Finland is honored to receive an Ally for a port visit. United States Navy’s Aegis guided-missile destroyer, USS Bainbridge, will moor at Hernesaari port in Helsinki on Sept 14 2025. The vessel will not be open to the public during this routine call.

Finland will receive a French Ally for a scheduled port visit in Helsinki. The French Navy’s light stealth frigate FS Aconit will moor at Hernesaari port on May 9-12 2025. The ship will not be open to the public.

Finland is honored to receive an international Ally for a port visit. The United States Navy’s guided-missile cruiser, USS Normandy, will moor at Hernesaari port in Helsinki on September 19, 2024. The vessel will not be open to the public.

The American guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt visits Helsinki on the weekend.

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20.5.2025 | The French Navy’s FS Dupuy de Lôme will moor at Hernesaari port on May 20 - 25. The ship will not be open to the public.

8.5.2026 | The commander of The Bundeswehr Joint Force Command, Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, along with a delegation, visited Finland on 7-8 May 2026. The host of the visit was the Finnish Defence Forces Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Lieutenant General Kari Nisula.

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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.

Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) will conduct a scheduled port visit in Helsinki arriving on 12 April with its flagship, the Spanish frigate ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbón and the German supply ship FGS Rhoen.

30.4.2024 | The Polish rescue ship ORP Zbyszko (R-14) of the Polish Navy visits the Port of Helsinki from 2 May to 4 May.

French Navy's Aquitane-class frigate FS Auvergne is to visit Helsinki from 24th to 27th June 2023.

Italian Navy’s FREMM -class frigate Antonio Marceglia is to visit Helsinki from 26th to 30th August 2023

A British type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond will arrive in Turku for a scheduled port visit from 18th to 22nd October 2023.

Three Elbe class command and supply vessels of the German Navy, FGS Rhein, FGS Donau and FGS Werra, will arrive in Turku for a scheduled port visit on November 10-13 2023.

The German Navy's Training Tall Ship Gorch Fock is visiting Helsinki 28 August-1 September 2022. The ship, which is almost 90 metres long, will berth at Katajanokka during the visit.