Baltic Fleet

Baltic Fleet
Russian: Балтийский флот
Baltic Fleet great emblem
Active	18 May 1703 – present
Allegiance	Tsardom of Russia (1703–1721)  Russian Empire (1721–1917)  Russian SFSR (1917–1922)  Soviet Union (1922–1991)  Russian Federation (1991–present)
Branch	Russian Navy
Role	Naval warfare; Amphibious warfare; Combat patrols in the Baltic; Naval presence/diplomacy missions in the Atlantic and elsewhere
Size	c. 43 surface warships (surface combatants, major amphibious units, mine warfare) plus support ships and auxiliaries 1 submarine
Part of	Russian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Kaliningrad (HQ) Baltiysk Kronstadt
Anniversaries	18 May
Engagements	Great Northern War Battle of Stäket Battle of Gangut Battle of Grengam Seven Years' War Pomeranian War Russo-Turkish wars Battle of Chesma[1] Battle of the Dardanelles Battle of Athos Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Battle of Hogland Battle of Reval Battle of Vyborg Bay Battle of Svensksund Crimean War Russo-Japanese War Battle of the Yellow Sea Battle of Tsushima World War I Battle of Åland Islands Battle of the Gulf of Riga Russian Civil War World War II Winter War Cold War Russo-Ukrainian War Raid on Tendra Spit[2]
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner (2)
Commanders
Current commander	Vice Admiral Sergei Lipilin
Notable commanders	Alexei Orlov Adm. Korneli Cruys Adm. Dmitry Senyavin Adm. Vasily Chichagov Adm. Samuel Greig Rear Adm. Aleksandr Razvozov Cpt. Alexey Schastny Adm. Arseniy Golovko Vice Adm. Alexander Vekman Adm. Lev Galler Fleet Adm. Ivan Isakov Adm. Vladimir Yegorov Adm. Ivan Kapitanets Adm. Konstantin Makarov Adm. Viktor Chirkov

External videos
on RT Documentary Official YouTube Channel(in English)
The Baltic Fleet (E01): Russian stealth corvette and 'black hole' submarine get ready for a face-off on YouTube
The Baltic Fleet (E02): Loading torpedoes on the 'Magnitogorsk' submarine on YouTube
The Baltic Fleet (E03): The challenging task of repainting the whole warship on YouTube
The Baltic Fleet (E04): 'Magnitogorsk' submarine begins its dive on YouTube

The Baltic Fleet (Russian: Балтийский флот, romanized: Baltiyskiy flot)^[3] is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea.

Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian fleet.^[4] In 1918, the fleet was inherited by the Russian SFSR which then founded the Soviet Union in 1922, where it was eventually known as the Twice Red Banner(ed) Baltic Fleet as part of the Soviet Navy, as during this period it gained the two awards of the Order of the Red Banner. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Baltic Fleet was inherited by the Russian Federation and reverted to its original name as part of the Russian Navy.

The Baltic Fleet is headquartered in Kaliningrad^{[citation needed]} and its main base is in Baltiysk (Pillau), both in Kaliningrad Oblast, while another base is in Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg, in the Gulf of Finland.