Structure of the Royal Arcerion Naval Service

The Structure of the Royal Arcerion Naval Service consists of multiple branches, those being: The Admiralty, Naval Operations Branch, Shore Establishment, and the Fleet.

Members of the Ardmori and Arcer Admiralty meet during an officers exchange on His Majesty's Ship York, a 19th-century frigate, while anchored at Chester-on-Moore, Arcerion.

The organization of the Navy has changed over the centuries and gradually evolved to its current state after the end of the Occidental Cold War and following the Final War of the Deluge. During the First and Second Great Wars, it was organized along the Ardmori tradition, which centred around Battleship, Cruiser, and Destroyer divisions which was each composed of squadrons of ships of the named class. However the end of the Occidental Cold War, and the closer defense relationship with Burgundie has gradually evolved the structure of the Navy towards the Task Force system wherein shops are administratively controlled by squadrons or flotillas, but functionally and operationally assigned to combatant commanders in Task Forces dedicated for a certain mission or operation. By the 1990s and early 2000s, this was the norm and the creation of a Burgoignesc surface warfare school to be attended by Arccer naval officers furthered the changes in doctrine that shaped the changes in the Naval Service.

In modern times, the structure of the Navy can be considered to have the traditions, heraldry, and historical lineage of the Ardmori Navy, but functionally it functions as an offshoot of Burgoignesc naval doctrine and practices.

History

The Ardmori colony of Kurst, which would become the future capital of Arcerion, depicting several wooden frigates of the Arcerion Squadron in the bay, mid-1800s.

Early Arcer naval organization was a subset of Ardmore's Royal Navy. The ships were assigned to the Arcerion Squadron, the first fledgling formation for warships in the then Ardmore colony of Arcerion. These were joined in conjunction by 'stone ships,' or the shore facilities and ports with naval berthings that supported the actual wooden ships and frigates throughout the end of the 18th century. These forts had shore batteries of naval guns that both protected harbours, such as Kurst and Chester-on-Moore, as well as strategic choke points such as the Warrington Straits or the Innis River Basin. These early institutions would eventually become the nascent beginning of the Royal Arcerion Naval Service.

The Royal Arcerion Naval Service, after its establishment in 1805 organized itself around two squadrons of wooden frigates, as it had no ships-of-the-line (battleships). These two squadrons were each commanded by a Commodore, with a Rear Admiral in command. Concurrently, the shore facilities were also commanded by a Rear Admiral, with overall command of the Arcer Navy as a Vice Admiral. During this period, up until the dissolution of the Ardmore Crown during the Ardmori Civil War, Arcerion would remain under the command of the Ardmori Admiralty. During this period, the Arcer Navy would reorganize into multiple new squadrons. Notably, the Songun and Malentine Squadrons would comprise the initial battle line of the Arcer Navy, numbering roughly a dozen warships. As well, the Riverine Squadron was created to sail a number of the large rivers in Arcerion, as well as organizing a Seaman's School and a Naval Officer Academy in Chester-on-Moore.

By the end of 1800, the Arcer Navy required restructuring due to the number of forts, naval shore batteries, warships, and a growing Admiralty. The establishment of the Arcer Admiralty (eventually amalgamated into the Arcer General Staff) also meant that there had to be a fundamental restructuring of the naval messes and officer education, as most Arcer senior officers were former Ardmori naval officers that had emigrated to Arcerion and used their discharge papers to receive parcels of land from the Arcer Colonial Government and the Crown Governor of Arcerion.

iron ships and river gunboats, first squadrons and establishment of the admiralty

ardmori civil war creates merchant marine and support ships

1GW

interwar

2GW

cold war

modern mini burg navy

Administrative

The Admiralty (Headquarters)

Kurst

Organization of the Royal Arcerion Naval Service.

Shore Establishment

Staff College - Chester

Basic training facilities - Chester

Cronan Bases

His Majesty's Arcer Naval Station Port Gibson

Submarines

Frigates/Destroyers

Maritime patrol

SAR

His Majesty's Arcer Naval Station Chester-on-Moore

Main naval base

major yards

destroyers, frigates, expeditionary support vessels

maritime patrol

SAR

Overseas Bases

Joint Naval Station Daniel Launtceur

Kurst battlegroup

Formations

Surface squadrons

Air squadrons

Submarines

Special Forces

Radar and AWACS