Grand Navy of Velikoslavia

Grand Navy of Velikoslavia
Founded	12 April 1474 (1474-04-12)
Website	www.grandnavy.vl
Leadership
Lord-Admiral	Thrond Toft
Manpower
Military age	17
Active personnel	32,043
Reserve personnel	20,492
Expenditures
Budget	14,467,664,952
Industry
Annual imports	Latium Belfras Sante Reze

The Grand Navy of Velikoslavia is the maritime service branch of the Grand Armed Forces of Velikoslavia and one of the six uniformed services of Velikoslavia. Though it has fewer active ships than many contemporary navies, it is considered one of the more powerful fleets in Belisaria, with the estimated tonnage of its active battle fleet totaling XXX. The Grand Navy is also notable for having no active carriers in service, which is considered an outlier for a navy with its budget and size. With 32,043 personnel on active duty and 20,492 in the reserve, the Grand Navy is the third largest of the Velikoslav military service branches in terms of personnel. It has X deployable combat vessels and about X operational aircraft as of March 2024.

The Grand Navy traces its origins to the Princely Fleet of the Principality of Kollavik, which formed its base when Vitomir I declared the formation of the Velikoslav Empire at the culmination of his dispute over the throne of Perateia. The Great Nordic Fleet was founded in 1474 as the first fleet of the new navy. Throughout the next years, the navy played major roles in key engagements such as the Thirty Years War and the Great Republican War. The modern navy maintains a sizable prescense in the waterways around Velikoslavia and beyond, recently providing support for royalist forces in the Fahrani Civil War. It is a blue-water navy with the ability to project to other regions if necessary, though it normally does not.

The Navy is headed by the civilian Minister of Defense and the Lord-Admiral. Daily operations are overseen by the Operations Admiral, who serves as the second in command. It is made up of two fleets, the Grand Nordic Fleet, which contains the bulk of the active surface ships, and the Imperial Northern Fleet, which is primarily made up of submarines.

History

The Grand Navy is the second oldest branch, having been founded right after the army with the assimilation of the various boyar maintained ships and the Princely Fleet. The primary command center for the navy is based in the port of Levograv in the fortress of Argopol.

Organization

Operating forces

Patch	Name	Headquarters	Sub-units	Commanding Officer
	Great Nordic Fleet	Levograv	Vessels X	Admiral X
	Imperial Northern Fleet	Vitesk	Vessels X	Admiral X

Personnel

Ranks

Branch CODE	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1				OF-D
Grand Navy of Velikoslavia
	Lord Admiral		Admiral		Vice Admiral		Rear Admiral		Commodore		Captain		Lieutenant Commander		Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		Midshipman				Officer Cadet

Bases

Map of Velikoslav naval facilities

Ships

Battleships

Class	Ship	Pennant No.	Commissioned	Displacement	Fleet	Homeport	Note
Majestic class	Splendor	03	2020	60,298 t	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv

Cruisers

Class	Ship	Pennant No.	Commissioned	Displacement	Fleet	Homeport	Note
Throm class	Throm	23	1994	25,201 tons	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Skorvald	24	1997	25,250 tons	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Ustengrav	25	2000	25,298 tons	Imperial Northern Fleet	Vitesk

Destroyers

Class	Ship	Pennant No.	Commissioned	Displacement	Fleet	Homeport	Note
Vanguard class	Housecarl	D10	2001	7,540 tons	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Footman	D19	2004	7,570 tons	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Knight	D13	2006	7,549 tons	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Watchman	D13	2009	7,562 tons	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Gatekeeper	D24	2011	7,551 tons	Imperial Northern Fleet	Vitesk
	Strażnik	D26	2011	7,542 tons	Imperial Northern Fleet	Vitesk

Frigates and Littoral combat ships

Class	Ship	Pennant No.	Commissioned	Displacement	Fleet	Homeport	Note
Empire class	Levograv	FFG-12	2012	XX	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Ustengrav	FFG-13	2013	XX	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Zarinsk	FFG-14	2014	XX	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Engels	FFG-15	2014	XX	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Bakal	FFG-16	2015	XX	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Valinorsk	FFG-17	2015	XX	Grand Nordic Fleet	Levograv
	Vitesk	FFG-18	2016	XX	Imperial Northern Fleet	Vitesk
	Amadyr	FFG-19	2016	XX	Imperial Northern Fleet	Vitesk
	Fjalnir	FFG-17	2017	XX	Imperial Northern Fleet	Vitesk
	Voronze	FFG-17	2017	XX	Imperial Northern Fleet	Vitesk