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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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Captain (N) Sauli Rimmanen will assume the duties of Commander of the Coastal Fleet on 1 February 2025. Rimmanen will transfer to the task from Navy Command Finland where he has been serving as Chief of Staff. The change of command ceremony will be held at Pansio Base on 30 January 2025.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/change-of-command-of-the-coastal-fleet-and-turku-garrison
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The Coastal Fleet’s annual winter operations exercise Lumiukko 24 is being conducted in the Gulf of Finland and the Archipelago Sea from 27 February until 7 March 2024.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/coastal-fleet-rehearses-winter-operations
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The Finnish Navy’s Coastal Fleet is to participate in the international mine countermeasures exercise Dynamic Move 2024 in Belgium from 22 January to 2 February. Dynamic Move is an annual, command-post exercise, which is led by NATO Allied Maritime Command.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/coastal-fleet-to-participate-in-exercise-dynamic-move-2024
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The commander of the United States Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, Vice Admiral Thomas E. Ishee will visit the Finnish Navy on Monday, 19 June.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/commander-of-the-united-states-sixth-fleet-to-visit-finland
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Coastal Fleet participates in the international mine countermeasures exercise Dynamic Move 2023 in Belgium from 23 January to 3 February.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/coastal-fleet-participates-in-the-exercise-dynamic-move-2023
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The Finnish, German, Norwegian and Swedish navies will rehearse anti-surface warfare and air defense off the Swedish south coast from 7 to 18 October 2024.https://merivoimat.fi/en/-/coastal-fleet-to-rehearse-anti-surface-warfare-and-air-defense-with-swedes
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16.1.2025 | Captain (N) Sauli Rimmanen will assume the duties of Commander of the Coastal Fleet on 1 February 2025. Rimmanen will transfer to the task from Navy Command Finland where he has been serving as Chief of Staff. The change of command ceremony will be held at Pansio Base on 30 January 2025.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/change-of-command-of-the-coastal-fleet-and-turku-garrison
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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://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/nato-maritime-forces-visit-turku
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8.10.2024 | The Finnish, German, Norwegian and Swedish navies will rehearse anti-surface warfare and air defense off the Swedish south coast from 7 to 18 October 2024.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/coastal-fleet-to-rehearse-anti-surface-warfare-and-air-defense-with-swedes
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22.2.2024 | The Coastal Fleet’s annual winter operations exercise Lumiukko 24 is being conducted in the Gulf of Finland and the Archipelago Sea from 27 February until 7 March 2024.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/coastal-fleet-rehearses-winter-operations
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2.4.2026 | For several years, the Navy has been developing a comprehensive capability to produce virtual exercises to train soldiers with better skills. This time, the Navy is piloting a procedure exercise for the virtual training environment for trainees to practise situations involving damages on a vessel in a setting that simulates reality.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/practising-real-life-situations-in-a-virtual-training-environment
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22.1.2024 | The Finnish Navy’s Coastal Fleet is to participate in the international mine countermeasures exercise Dynamic Move 2024 in Belgium from 22 January to 2 February. Dynamic Move is an annual, command-post exercise, which is led by NATO Allied Maritime Command.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/coastal-fleet-to-participate-in-exercise-dynamic-move-2024
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22.12.2023 | The Army multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) fleet will be upgraded to a new version. The upgrade ensures long-range MLRS fires capacity also in the future.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1950813/upgrade-of-the-mlrs-fleet-to-ensure-long-range-fires-capacity
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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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19.6.2023 | The commander of the United States Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, Vice Admiral Thomas E. Ishee will visit the Finnish Navy on Monday, 19 June.https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/1951215/commander-of-the-united-states-sixth-fleet-to-visit-finland
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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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Tiilikainen, Tuomas Rear Admiral Position Commander of the Finnish Navy Date and place of birth 15 June 1965, Kymi Family Spouse: Eija Adenius-Tiilikainen Two children Military Training and Education Conscript Service 1985-1986, Jaeger Brigade Mil...https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/about-us/general-officers/tuomas-tiilikainen