Pennsarean Colonial Navy

The Pennsarean Colonial Navy is the naval warfare force of the Banat of Pennsar. The force is administered by the Pennsarean Colonial Defence Staff. The professional head of the Pennsarean Colonial Navy is the Chief of the Pennsarean Colonial Navy.
The Pennsarean Colonial Navy includes the Marines as an integral part of each establishment's compliment. All members of the Pennsarean Colonial Navy swear allegiance to the Emperor of the Pyrusian Empire as Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Pennsar Colonial Defence Force.
The Pennsarean Colonial Navy are the maritime forces of the Banat of Pennsar forming the second (and Junior) of the two services which make up the Pennsar Colonial Defence Force.
== History ==
In 1775 when the Pennsarean Colonial Navy was founded, it had no fleets or task forces and consisted of only one Squadron - 1st Pennsar Squadron - and one naval division. The Navy consisted of 1 first rate ships of the line (8th tier), 2 frigates (4th tier) and 1 sloop-of-war (2nd tier).
There has been no change to the size or organisation of the Pennsarean Colonial Navy since its foundation.
== Current Status ==
=== Personnel ===
The Pennsarean Colonial Navy is and has since its foundation been a purely professional navy. The size and structure of the Pennsarean Colonial Navy regularly changes, currently there are some 1,800 personnel in the Pennsarean Colonial Navy.
=== Equipment ===
==== Warships ====
The Pennsarean Colonial Navy currently has three types of warship in service, the first rate ship of the line (8th tier) Promontory Class, the frigate (4th tier) Gwirrin Class and the sloop-of-war (2nd tier) Elegance Class.
==== Transport Vessels ====
The Pennsarean Colonial Navy currently has no types of transport ship in service.
==== Naval Personnel ====
==== Marines ====
== Recent and Current Conflicts ==
* The First Tea War 1782
* The Endro-Pyrusian Trade War 1784
* The Second Tea War 1785
== Current Deployments ==
== Formation and Structure ==
In terms of its structure the Pennsarean Colonial Navy has two parallel organisations, one administrative and the other operational.
=== Administrative ===
The administrative organisation for the Pennsarean Colonial Navy is divided into individual ships (the permanent administrative grouping and ceremonial identity). Details of the ships are below.
*List of Pennsarean Colonial Navy Warships
=== Operational ===
At an operational level command of the Pennsarean Colonial Navy flows through the Pennsarean Colonial Defence Staff to the Commander of the 1st Pennsar Squadron and on down to his Naval Division Commanders who in turn have their Ship Commanders and so on down to individual Sections.
The Pennsarean Colonial Navy currently has the following structure:-
Squadron 	Naval Division 	Ship
1st Pennsar Squadron	1st Pennsar Naval Division	HMPS Horn
 	 	HMPS Trumpetfish
 	 	HMPS Seamoth
 	 	HMPS Elegance
== Recruitment ==
The Pennsarean Colonial Navy solely recruits within the Banat of Pennsar.
== Oath of Allegiance ==
All sailors and marines must take an oath of allegiance upon joining the Pennsarean Colonial Navy using the following words:
I, [name], swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Imperial Highness Emperor [name], his heirs and successors and that I will as in duty bound honestly and faithfully defend His Imperial Highness, his heirs and successors in person, crown and dignity against all enemies and will observe and obey all orders of His Imperial Highness, his heirs and successors and of the admirals and officers set over me.
== Training Establishments ==
There is no training establishment for officers of the Pennsarean Colonial Navy in the Banat of Pennsar, instead officers can attend the Royal Military Academy at the University of Bachstadt.
== Titles and naming ==
Pennsarean Colonial Navy ships are prefixed with His Majesty's Pennsarean Ship, abbreviated to "HMPS". Names are frequently re-used, offering a new ship the rich heritage, battle honours and traditions of her predecessors.
== Flags ==
The Pennsarean Colonial Navy does not have a flag for use by the whole navy, however each ship has its own flags, known as Ensign. These ship's flags are the King's Ensign, a white field bearing on a canton the Royal Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Pyrus surmounted by the Coat of Arms of the Banat of Pennsar and the Ship's Pennant (which may include any battle honours awarded).
== Ranks and Insignia ==
Every ship and fleet has its own distinctive insignia.
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