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.


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"
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"
Lapland Air Command cooperatesWith Finnish Navy
this entity surface form: "Navy Command Finland"
Finnish Navy nativeName Finnish Navy
this entity surface form: "Suomen merivoimat"
Finnish Navy nativeName Finnish Navy
this entity surface form: "Finlands marin"
this entity surface form: "Coastal Fleet of the Finnish Navy"
Hamina-class missile boat operator Finnish Navy
subject surface form: "Pohjanmaa-class corvette"
subject surface form: "Pohjanmaa-class corvette"
Finnish Defence Forces subdivision Finnish Navy