It is co-equal in status with Russia's Military Districts. On 1 December 2014 the fleet became the core element of the newly established Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command, including all Russian armed forces located in Murmansk and Arkhangelsk Oblasts and on Russia's offshore islands along its Arctic coast. During the Soviet era the Northern Fleet operated more than 200 submarines, ranging from diesel-electric to nuclear-powered ballistic missile classes. After being awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1965, it was officially known as the Red Banner Northern Fleet.

In its modern iteration, the Arctic Ocean Flotilla of the former Imperial Navy evolved into a full fleet of the Soviet Navy in 1933 as the Northern Flotilla.

The order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy of determined 1733 as the year of foundation of the Northern Fleet, and June 1 as its annual holiday'. Īccording to the Russian ministry of defence: 'The Northern Fleet dates its history back to a squadron created in 1733 to protect the territories of the Russian Empire, sea trade routes and fisheries in the White Sea near the coast of the Kola Peninsula. The Northern Fleet ( Russian: Северный флот, Severnyy flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Arctic. Submarines of the Northern Fleet: Beast Division – Part 2 on YouTube Submarines of the Northern Fleet: The Beast Division – Part 1 on YouTube

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