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| Army Sea Bureau | |
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| Biùro Mara an Fyddin Feadaral an Fhainn | |
| Active | 1543–present |
| Country |  Faneria |
| Type | Navy |
| Role | |
| Size |
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| Headquarters | Army Hydrospace Command Center, Sethsport |
| Motto(s) | "Fhasen Here" (From the Gods' fresh waters to the Great Sea's spray) |
| Colors | Red, White, Green |
| Equipment |
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| Engagements | Since 1991: Great War Vandarch Canal Crisis Malokan Months' War Final War of the Deluge |
| Commanders | |
| Commander-in-Chief | double decker dude |
| First Deputy Commander-in-Chief | double dude |
| Deputy Commander-in-Chief | dude |
Origins and History
Army Sea Bureau Reorganization
The modern Sea Bureau performs numerous tasks, and oftentimes its ships are not even operated by Army personnel, at least entirely - the Bureau's patrol craft and most of its icebreakers, while registered as military ships, are operated by various minor organizations involved in customs, coastal patrol, ice clearing, and antipiracy operations in Fhainnin coastal waters and waterways. This practice is due both to a desire to inflate the official numbers of ships available to the Army for public image and posturing as well as easy tracking of strategically valuable and otherwise armed vessels outside the direct command structure of the Army itself. As a result, some vessels are discounted entirely in terms of actual military significance.
As a result, the Sea Bureau takes on a long list of roles - antipiracy, coast guard, customs and shipping escort, combat operations, transport, rescue, and first response duties all fall within the maritime forces' jurisdiction, only then breaking into delegation to civilian government organizations.
Organization
Insignia
Doctrine
Going into the second quarter of the century, the composition of the Army naval service is changing as older, larger warships become slightly less prominent compared to a larger force of smaller surface combatants. While the light support carrier doctrine employed by the Army remains a key point in Fhainnin strategy within the Vandarch Sea and in its littoral waters along the open ocean, budget cuts and the lack of a serious neighboring rival make lobbying for a larger navy a weak political position. Currently, the Army plans to phase out much of its older surface fleet in favor of modern designs. While the total number of heavy surface combatants will drop, a larger array of small vessels is planned. Forays into missile boats in particular are in vogue for white-water operations, though the overall trend in modern naval design is a greater integration of air assets with naval ones, as evidenced by the fact that the vast majority of new designs take landing pads into account compared to older Fhainnin designs, many of which lagged behind in this area.
Modern Fanerian battlegroup composition segregates tasks into distinct roles for each ship - primarily air defense, mine and antisubmarine warfare, surface warfare, and air support. Generally, any ship can perform multiple roles, but each specializes in a particular field and is expected to operate in that role unless circumstances require otherwise.
Ship design is typically funneled into a single production model, with a great deal of competition between design variants. The design process for lighter Fhainnin vessels also involves prototype construction and testing, and increasingly involves computer simulations as well. The army has displayed gaps in its production lines between ship classes over the years, indicating an ad-hoc design process. It is currently believed that the army is conducting panels to standardize the design process further to create some overlap and ensure regular updates to the naval service's assets.
Technologically, a majority of the fleet is second-line, or constructed between 1980 and 2010, with roughly fifteen percent of its ships being newer and another ten percent or so being constructed prior to 1980. This ageing has made for a considerable cost in maintenance and refits to keep the fleet operational. The main symptom of this was the production of smaller missile boats meant for mass production in the 1970's, bloating the fleet with over fifty light vessels in line with the posturing the navy preferred. In 2012, policy was changed to reflect a growing budget and need to maintain a technological edge rather than rely on dated equipment, demanding that naval production focus on role-dedicated destroyers and air power over the previous cruiser-centered model, along with the discontinuation of later missile boat programs and reforms in the design and planning process.
Fleets
Vandarch 1st Squadron Vandarch 2nd Squadron Vandarch 3rd Squadron Vandarch 4th Squadron High Seas Squadron Northern Squadron Eilada Squadron Maloka Squadron Misc. Task Forces
Attached Forces Vandarch Naval Aviation Brigade 2. Foot Marines Brigade 3. Mechanized Marines Brigade 3. Foot Marines Brigade
Equipment and Assets
| Ship Class | Produced | Years Produced | Planned | Sunk | Mothballed | Active | Type | Displacement | Air Compliment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM-1921 | 34 | 1927-1941 | - | 25 | 1 | - | Fire Support Destroyer | 630 tons | - | |
| SM-1943 | 19 | 1943-1951 | - | 14 | 2 | - | Fire Support Destroyer | 1,330 tons | - | |
| SM-1950 | 4 | 1950-1953 | - | - | 1 | - | Fire Support Frigate | 2,400 tons | - | |
| SM-1978 | 14 | 1980-1987 | - | 1 | 6 | 7 | Fire Support Destroyer | 3,798 tons | - | Sovremenny-class destroyer basis |
| SM-1995 | 5 | 1995-1999 | - | - | 1 | 2 | Fire Support Destroyer | 4,518 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | 3 sold to Cape in 2003 |
| SM-2002 | 4 | 2004-2006 | - | - | - | 4 | Fire Support Destroyer | 3730 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | |
| SM-2015 | 10 | 2016-present | 1 | - | - | 10 | Fire Support Destroyer | 3,981 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | |
| SM-2019 | 3 | 2020-present | 14 | - | - | 3 | Fire Support Destroyer | 5,136 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | |
| STL-1961 | 7 | 1963-1970 | - | - | 3 | - | Air Defense Destroyer | 1435 tons | - | |
| STL-1970 | 3 | 1972-1975 | - | - | - | 3 | Air Defense Destroyer/Special | 2365 tons | - | Experimental and research class |
| STL-1997 | 14 | 1998-2004 | - | - | - | 14 | Air Defense Destroyer | 3815 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | Kashin-class destroyer basis |
| STL-2003 | 2 | 2005-2012 | 2 | - | - | 2 | Research Ship | 4375 tons tons | 1 Helicopters or VTOL | Deep Sea or Environmental Studies Research |
| STL-2013 | 11 | 2015-present | 3 | - | - | 11 | Air Defense Destroyer | 3760 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | |
| STL-2020 | 1 | 2021-present | 16 | - | - | 1 | Air Defense Destroyer | 3710 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | |
| STB-1946 | 6 | 1948-1953 | - | 3 | - | - | Mine Warfare Frigate | 1360 tons | - | |
| STB-1981 | 11 | 1982-1999 | - | - | 6 | 1 | Mine Warfare Destroyer | 3,290 tons | - | Udaloy-class destroyer basis |
| STB-2001 | 4 | 2001-2006 | - | - | - | 3 | Mine Warfare Destroyer | 3,600 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | 1 gifted to Prevalia in 2006 |
| STB-2010 | 6 | 2010-2019 | - | - | - | 6 | Mine Warfare Destroyer | 3,630 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | |
| STB-2022 | 0 | planned 2023 | 8 | - | - | - | Mine Warfare Destroyer | 3,925 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | |
| SC-1935 | 28 | 1935-1950 | - | 21 | - | - | Patrol and Escort Frigate | 230 tons | - | |
| SC-1951 | 30 | 1951-1974 | - | 7 | 4 | - | Patrol and Escort Boat | 457 tons | - | |
| SC-1980 | 18 | 1980-1988 | - | 1 | 2 | 12 | Patrol and Escort Corvette | 660 tons | - | |
| SC-2004 | 16 | 2004-present | 6 | - | 16 | Patrol and Escort Corvette | 730 tons | - | ||
| SC-2020 | 1 | 2020-present | 4 | - | 1 | Patrol and Escort Frigate | 1135 tons | |||
| CO-1984 | 3 | 1986-1998 | - | 1 | 2 | Hospital Ship | 8,120 tons | 2 Helicopters or VTOLs | ||
| CO-2017 | 1 | 2019-present | 1 | - | 1 | Hospital Ship | 18,980 tons | 4 Helicopters or VTOLs | ||
| SE-1967 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | Missile Boat | 260 tons | - | 3 sold to ______ in 1976 | |
| SE-2002-1 | 41 | 2003-present | 3 | - | 2 | 36 | Missile Boat | 430 tons | - | |
| SE-2002-2 | 22 | 2006-present | 12 | - | - | 21 | Missile Corvette | 725 tons | - | 1 gifted to Vandarch Canal Garrison |
| LB-1922 | 5 | - | - | - | Submarine | - | ||||
| LB-1934 | 36 | - | 1 | - | Submarine | - | ||||
| LB-1940 | 17 | - | - | - | Submarine | - | ||||
| LB-1956 | 1 | 1957 | - | - | - | Submarine | - | Initially 18 planned, others scrapped | ||
| LB-1963 | 4 | 1968-1969 | - | - | - | Submarine | - | |||
| LB-1978 | 12 | 1980-1991 | - | - | 2 | 1 | Submarine | - | 6 sold abroad in 1986 | |
| LB-1990 | 19 | 1991-1998 | - | - | 4 | 15 | Submarine | - | ||
| LB-2001 | 16 | 2002-2018 | - | - | - | 15 | Submarine | - | One scrapped due to mechanical error | |
| LB-2018 | 4 | 2018-present | 4 | - | - | 4 | Submarine | - | ||
| CM-1931 | 18 | 1931-1948 | - | 7 | - | - | Line Cruiser | 16,784 tons | - | |
| CM-1955 | 2 | - | - | - | - | Line Cruiser | 8990 tons | - | ||
| CM-1963 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | Line Cruiser | 7695 tons | - | ||
| CM-1967 | 4 | - | - | - | - | Line Cruiser | 9310 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | ||
| CM-1988 | 16 | - | 12 | - | Line Cruiser | 9380 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | |||
| CM-2002 | 10 | - | 1 | 8 | Line Cruiser | 9255 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | 1 sold abroad in 2019 | ||
| CM-2004 | 12 | - | - | 12 | Line Cruiser | 8990 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | |||
| CM-2016 | 3 | 6 | - | 3 | Line Cruiser | 11,605 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | |||
| CT-1958 | 1 | 1958 | - | - | - | Shore Support | 9,125 tons | - | ||
| CT-1987 | 4 | 1990-1996 | - | 1 | 1 | Shore Support | 11,425 tons | 3 Helicopters or VTOLs | 1 sold abroad in 2019 | |
| CT-2012 | 3 | 2014-2018 | - | - | 3 | Shore Support | 12,355 tons | 4 Helicopters or VTOLs | ||
| LD-1923 | 27 | 1927-1946 | - | - | - | Icebreaker | 19,590 tons | - | ||
| LD-1984 | 38 | 1985-2000 | - | 6 | 29 | Icebreaker | 17,805 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | ||
| LD-2006 | 9 | 2008-present | 2 | - | 8 | Armed Icebreaker | 25,430 tons | 2 Helicopters or VTOLs | 1 sold to private company in 2019 | |
| CS-1925 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | Battleship | 47,619 tons | 1 given to Fiannria as war debt, 1 converted to CE-1928. | ||
| CS-1936 | 3 | 1937-1942 | - | 1 | 1 | - | Battlecruiser | 28,810 tons | 1 given to Fiannria as war debt | |
| CS-1966 | 1 | - | - | - | - | Battleship | 43,619 tons | Used as live fire target for 1014 centennial founding day show | ||
| CS-1990 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | Battlecruiser | 22,090 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL | 1 sunk as target in livefire test | |
| CS-2000 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | Battlecruiser | 22,680 tons | 1 Helicopter or VTOL, 1 stored | ||
| CS-2019 | - | 2019-present | 1 | - | - | - | Battlecruiser | 24,540 tons | 2 Helicopters or VTOLs | |
| CE-1928 | 1 | 1929 | - | 1 | - | - | Support Carrier | 14 light fixed wing craft | Experimental conversion carrier. | |
| CE-1934 | 7 | 1934-1978 | - | 3 | - | - | Support Carrier | 43,150 tons | STOBAR configuration, 25 light fixed wing craft, 2 Helicopters (later) | 3 given to Fiannria as war debt; 1 built 1978 to restart carrier program |
| CE-1980 | 1 | 1981 | - | - | 1 | - | Carrier | 48,650 tons | CATOBAR configuration, 25 fixed wing craft, 3 Helicopters or VTOLs | Proof-of-Concept for CATOBAR and nuclear carrier programs. |
| CE-1988 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | Helicopter Carrier | 21,470 tons | 8 Helicopters or VTOLs | ||
| CE-1999 | 1 | - | 1 | Support Carrier | 48,230 tons | STOBAR configuration, 28 fixed wing craft, 4 Helicopters or VTOLs | ||||
| CE-2004 | 1 | 2007 | - | - | - | 1 | Carrier | 69,930 tons | STOBAR configuration, 34 fixed wing craft, 10 Helicopters or VTOLs | |
| CE-2015 | 1 | 2018-present | 1 | - | - | 1 | Support Carrier | 47,760 tons | STOBAR configuration, 20 fixed wing aircraft, 4 Helicopters or VTOLs |