Everything about Russian Northern Fleet totally explained
The
Russian Northern Fleet (
Severny Flot) is the part of the
Russian Navy that defends Russian territory beyond the
Arctic Circle. It was originally founded in 1933 as the
Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet, but changed its name after the
fall of the Soviet Union. The fleet's headquarters are located in
Murmansk and the main base and administrative centre is the
Severomorsk naval base. During Soviet Era it was the base of more than 200 submarines between SLBM and SSN.
During the 1980s Soviet
naval strategy shifted to an emphasis on
bastion defense, fortifying the southern reaches of the
Barents Sea for that purpose, and Russia has continued to employ that strategy.
The
Oscar class submarine
Kursk was destroyed in a torpedo accident during Fleet exercises in 2000. The submarine was previously based at Ara Bay. The Northern Fleet staged another series of major exercises in January 2004 involving thirteen ships and seven submarines in the Barents Sea. The involvement of
Admiral Kuznetsov and
Pyotr Velikiy was overshadowed however by two ballistic missile launch failures, made more embarrassing because President
Vladimir Putin was afloat aboard the
Typhoon class ballistic missile submarine
Arkhangelsk to witness the tests. Neither
Novomoskovsk nor
Karelia were able to successfully launch what were apparently
RSM-54 SLBMs.
The
flagship of the Northern Fleet, the
nuclear-powered large
guided missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, is named after
Peter I of Russia (or
Peter the Great). The Northern Fleet is perhaps best known for its many nuclear-powered vessels. In fact, about two thirds of all the Russian Navy's nuclear force is based there.
Sites
In addition to the main base at Severomorsk, the Northern Fleet has six more naval bases and several shipyards and spent fuel storage sites, according to the
Bellona Foundation. The spent fuel storage sites include
Murmansk, which is also a shipyard and base for
Arktika nuclear-powered icebreakers,
Andreeva Bay, and
Severodvinsk, also a shipyard.
Bases
Shipyards
Roslyakovo
Polyarny
Nerpa
Malaya Lopatka
Order of Battle
This is a partial list of Northern Fleet vessels and air units currently in service.
43rd Rocket Ship Division
11th Squadron, Zaozersk
Northern Fleet Aviation
List of former vessels
This is a list of former Northern Fleet vessels that have Wikipedia articles (not including those who only served in the Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet).
Aircraft carriers
Cruisers
Submarines
Commanders
| Name |
Period of command |
| Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Popov |
1999-2001 |
| Gennady Aleksandrovich Suchkov |
2001-2004 |
| Mikhail Leopoldovich Abramov |
2004-2005 |
| Vladimir Vysotskiy |
2005.09-2007.09 |
| Nikolay Mikhaylovich Maksimov |
2007.11- |
References and external links
Official site at mil.ru
"Northern Fleet... Will Not Let You Down!" - independent information portal, Severomorsk City
Bellona Foundation site about the Russian Northern FleetFurther Information
Get more info on 'Russian Northern Fleet'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://russian_northern_fleet.totallyexplained.com">Russian Northern Fleet Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
