Finnish Navy
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The Finnish Navy is the maritime branch of Finland's armed forces, responsible for defending the country's territorial waters and securing its extensive Baltic Sea coastline and archipelago.
Aliases (5)
Statements (86)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military branch
→
navy → |
| allegiance |
Finland
→
surface form: "Republic of Finland"
|
| commanderTitle | Commander of the Finnish Navy → |
| commandStructure | Defence Command Finland → |
| cooperatesWith |
Baltic Sea navies
→
NATO naval forces →
surface form: "NATO maritime forces"
Swedish Navy → |
| country | Finland → |
| doctrine |
coastal sea control
→
dispersed operations in archipelagos → extensive use of naval mines → sea denial → |
| doesNotOperate | submarines → |
| emblem | Finnish Navy anchor and lion emblem → |
| engagement |
Continuation War
→
Finnish Civil War naval operations → Winter War → World War II in the Baltic Sea → |
| environment |
Baltic Sea brackish waters
→
heavily mined sea areas → |
| equipmentFocus |
archipelagic warfare
→
ice conditions operations → shallow-water operations → |
| flag |
Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces
→
surface form: "Finnish naval ensign"
|
| founded | 1918 → |
| garrison |
Dragsvik
→
Hamina → Helsinki → Kokkola → Kotka → Oulu → Pansio → Parainen → Raahe → Turku → Upinniemi → |
| hasUnit |
4th Mine Countermeasures Squadron
→
Coastal Brigade → Coastal Fleet → Coastal Jaeger troops → Hamina-class missile boat →
surface form: "Hamina-class missile boat squadron"
Katanpää-class mine countermeasures vessel squadron → Marine infantry units → Naval Academy → Nyland Brigade → Pansio-class minelayer squadron → Rauma-class fast attack craft unit → Hämeenmaa-class minelayer →
surface form: "Uusimaa-class minelayer unit"
|
| headquartersLocation | Turku → |
| historicallyOperated | submarines during the interwar period → |
| language |
Finnish
→
Swedish → |
| motto | Valmiina puolustamaan (Ready to defend) → |
| nativeName |
Finnish Navy
→
surface form: "Finlands marin"
Finnish Navy →
surface form: "Suomen merivoimat"
|
| operatesIn |
Baltic Sea
→
Gulf of Bothnia → Gulf of Finland → |
| participatesIn |
Baltic maritime cooperation
→
NATO Partnership for Peace activities → international naval exercises → |
| partOf | Finnish Defence Forces → |
| precededBy |
Imperial Russian Navy
→
surface form: "Imperial Russian Baltic Fleet units in Finland"
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| responsibleFor |
defence of Finland's territorial waters
→
security of Finnish archipelago → security of Finnish coastline → |
| role |
amphibious operations
→
coastal defence → maritime warfare → mine warfare → protection of territorial waters → sea lines of communication protection → |
| serviceBranch | Finnish Defence Forces → |
| training | conscription-based → |
| trains |
coastal troops
→
naval conscripts → professional NCOs and officers → reserve officers → |
| uses |
amphibious assault craft
→
auxiliary vessels → coastal defence ships → mine countermeasure vessels → minelayers → missile boats → patrol boats → |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Finnish Navy Command"
this entity surface form: "Navy Command Finland"
this entity surface form: "Suomen merivoimat"
this entity surface form: "Finlands marin"
this entity surface form: "Coastal Fleet of the Finnish Navy"
subject surface form: "Pohjanmaa-class corvette"
subject surface form: "Pohjanmaa-class corvette"