The Finnish Navy is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS", short for "Finnish Navy ship", but this is not used in Finnish-language contexts. The Finnish Navy also includes coastal forces and coastal artillery.
Coastal defence ship Väinämöinen in 1938
Finnish Vetehinen-class submarines
100 56 TK in the Kuivasaari Island in 2009
Hamina-class fast attack craft Pori, commissioned in 2006, is the newest fast attack craft of the Finnish Navy
The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) (Finnish: Puolustusvoimat, Swedish: Försvarsmakten) are the military of Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy, and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime, the Finnish Border Guard becomes part of the Finnish Defence Forces.
Establishment of the first headquarters of the Finnish Defence Forces on 2 February 1918
Finnish soldier equipped with Lahti-Saloranta M-26 during the Winter War.
Finnish troops equipped with Panzerfaust antitank weapons walk past a destroyed Soviet T-34 tank during the Battle of Tali-Ihantala. The lead soldier is also armed with a Suomi KP/-31.
Finnish soldiers taking the Finnish Defence Forces military oath.
