Introduction

The Royal Gotzborg Navy (known in Gotzborg simply as the Royal Navy) is of the same age as the Royal Army, being created with the Union of Seven Nations in 1706.  Its roots however are much older than the army's and go back to the Archduchy of Reichlau's Navy which was formed in the early 1500's followed by the Grand Duchy of Markham's Ducal Flotilla in 1612.

The Royal Navy carries a fine tradition of defending the watery borders of the Kingdom from all manner of aggression. 
         

Other duties of the Royal Navy include but are not limited to maritime patrol, fisheries enforcement, search & rescue, coastal artillery defense, and coordination of the Gotzborg Merchant Marine.

Naval Doctrine

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Hierarchy

Commander-in-Chief, Royal Armed Forces HRM The King of Gotzborg
Commander-in-Chief, Naval Staff
Naval Staff	Field Commands
Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Naval Staff	Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Fleet
Chief of Operations	Flag Officer Commanding, Coastal Fleet
Chief of Coastal Defense	Flag Officer Commanding, Far Seas Squadron
Chief of Naval Marines	Flag Officer Commanding, Lusatia Station
Chief, Naval Air Service	Flag Officer Commanding, Ansbach Station
Chief of Submarines	Flag Officer Commanding, Cutter Service
Chief, Naval Supply & Logistics	Flag Officer Commanding, Reserve Flotilla
Chief of Engineering
Honorary Navy Appointments
Officer Commanding, Royal Marine Guard	Naval Attache to HRM the King

The largest component in the Royal Navy is the fleet, which is composed of both Flotillas and Squadrons depending upon the composite unit.  The smallest combined unit in the Navy is the Squadron, which has no set number of ships required, but is instead formed by order of the Naval Staff.  The Royal Navy employs the following ship types:

Dreadnought (DN)
Battleship (BB)
Battlecruiser (BC)
Aircraft Carrier (CV)
Aircraft Tender (CT)
Heavy Cruiser (CH)
Armoured Cruiser (CA)
Light Cruiser (CL)
Protected/Colonial Cruiser (CC)
Frigate (FF)
Destroyer (DD)
Gunboat (GB)

Shipyards

The Royal Gotzborg Navy maintains numerous naval installations which act as the home bases, training centers, repair & construction facilities and command centers.  These installations help to support and maintain the Royal Navy in its operations on a regular basis and are an important component of the Armed Forces support structure.  While the Royal Navy maintains its own shipyards to repair, overhaul and construct certain types of vessels, there are no limitations upon private shipyards building or constructing vessels in Gotzborg.

For the purposes of organization, installations are named according to their size.  First are the Dockyards, which are large bases which include training facilities, dockyard for the repair and construction of vessels, Headquarters units, fueling facilities, armouries, and supply depots.  Dockyards are usually built in heavily defensible positions protected by contingents of Naval Marines, Coastal Artillery emplacements and assigned Dockyard naval forces charged with the patrol and protection of the Dockyard area.  Dockyards are always referred to as such with the HRM before the base type and the name of the base, for example, HRM Dockyard Reichlau (His Royal Majesty's Dockyard Reichlau).

Next in size comes the Base.  The base, while smaller than the Dockyard, usually has many of the same facilities although on a smaller scale.  Defense will likewise be less than what would be found at a Dockyard.  There are limited repair and outfitting facilities and usually little to no contruction facilities, those that do have construction facilities are usually for construction of vessels around 500 tonnes.  Bases are referred to much like dockyards, for example HRM Naval Base Ganden.

The Naval Station is next and is subdivided into two types, regular or Colonial.  A regular Naval Station is a permanent installation while a Colonial Naval Station is usually a temporary facility intended to support only a specific mission or effort being made at the time.  A Naval Station, whether regular or Colonial is a facility which does not have any construction facilities and whose repair capabilities are very basic.  Defensibly, a Naval Station only has assigned a contingent of Naval Marines assigned for base protection and does not have coastal artillery available.  Naval Stations are normally not built into a defensible area and sea-side protection is often provided by the units assigned to the area as opposed to having its own units, however some Stations do employ small cutters, inspection vessels and motor launches.  Supply facilities are minor but can offer replenishment for a vessels artillery, food and associated needs but would not be able to replenish a major fleet or large squadron of ships for instance.  All Naval stations provide refueling facilities however these are limited and cannot provide for simultaneous replenishment of vessels like a Base or Dockyard can.  Colonial stations are most often not attached directly to mainland Gotzborg and are hence dependent upon the regular resupply of provisions and fuel to maintain their effectiveness.

The smallest installation is the Naval Establishment which is even sometimes not even located on a coastal area!  The Establishment can be considered more like a 'whistle-stop' and provides only the most basic of communications, docking, fueling and supply facilties and in some cases, none of those.  Inland, the establishment is a unit used for the recruitment and training of naval personnel as well as acting as the center for all Naval Reserve activity.

All naval facilities in Gotzborg are listed below:

Name	Type	Location	Function(s)	Units	Shipbuilding Capability
Reichlau (R)	HRM Dockyard	Corienten, Reichlau	HQ, Royal Navy HQ, Royal Fleet	Royal Fleet Training Squadron	2 (max DG) 2 (max BB) 5 (max CL) 2 (max DD)
Aremberg (AR)	HRM Dockyard	Aremstadt, Aremberg	HQ, Reserve Flotilla	Reserve Flotilla Training Squadron	1 (max DG) 4 (max BB) 2 (max CL)
Abrantes (AB)	HRM Dockyard	Rovigo, Abrantes	HQ, Coastal Fleet	Coastal Fleet	2 (max BB) 4 (max CA) 5 (max DD)
Ganden (G)	HRM Naval Base	Ganden, Courland		Royal Fleet	2 (max CL)
Markham (M)	HRM Naval Station	Konigslanden, Markham	HQ, Royal Guard Marine	Far Seas Squadron Royal Fleet
Avondale (AV)	HRM Naval Station	Troy, Avondale		Coastal Fleet
Friedrichsnachts (F)	HRM Naval Station	Atwood, Stathearn		Coastal Fleet	2 (max FF)
Ouestlach (O)	HRM Naval Station	Ouest River, Aremberg West		Coastal Fleet
Lusatia (L)	HRM Naval Station	Catania, Lusatia			2 (max BB)* 2 (max CA)* 5 (max DD)*
Valencia (V)	HRM Colonial Naval Station	Severinus, Minorca		Minorca Squadron
Los Covas (LC)	HRM Colonial Naval Station	Pinas, Islas de la Libertad		Libertad Squadron