Baltic Fleet

The Baltic Fleet (Russian: ?????????? ????, in the Soviet period - The Red Banner Baltic Fleet - ??????????????? ?????????? ????) is located at the Baltic Sea and headquartered in Kaliningrad, the other major base is at Kronstadt, located in the Gulf of Finland. The Fleet was part of the former Soviet Navy and is now part of Russian Navy.

Related Topics:
Russian - Soviet - Red Banner - Baltic Sea - Kaliningrad - Kronstadt - Gulf of Finland - Soviet Navy - Russian Navy

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The breakup of the Soviet Union deprived the former-Soviet and Russian Baltic Fleet of key bases in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, leaving Kaliningrad Oblast as the Fleet's only ice-free naval outlet to the Baltic Sea. However, the Kaliningrad Oblast between Poland and Lithuania is not continguous with the rest of national territory of the Russian Federation.

Related Topics:
Breakup - Soviet Union - Latvia - Lithuania - Estonia - Kaliningrad Oblast - Ice-free - Poland - Russian Federation

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As of 1996 operational forces included nine submarines, twenty-three principal surface combatants, three cruisers, two destroyers, and eighteen frigates, and approximately sixty-five smaller vessels.

Related Topics:
1996 - Submarine - Cruiser - Destroyer - Frigate

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As of mid-2000 the Baltic Fleet included about 100 combat ships of various types,

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and the Fleet's Sea Aviation Group units were equipped with a total of 112 aircraft.

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