Nontrulian Colonial Navy

The Nontrulian Colonial Navy is the naval warfare force of the Banat of Nontrul. The force is administered by the Nontrulian Colonial Defence Staff. The professional head of the Nontrulian Colonial Navy is the Chief of the Nontrulian Colonial Navy.
The Nontrulian Colonial Navy includes the Marines as an integral part of each establishment's compliment. All members of the Nontrulian Colonial Navy swear allegiance to the Emperor of the Pyrusian Empire as Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Nontrul Colonial Defence Force.
The Nontrulian Colonial Navy are the maritime forces of the Banat of Nontrul forming the second (and Junior) of the two services which make up the Nontrul Colonial Defence Force.
== History ==
In 1775 when the Nontrulian Colonial Navy was founded, it had no fleets or task forces and consisted of only one Squadron - 1st Nontrul 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 Nontrulian Colonial Navy since its foundation.
== Current Status ==
=== Personnel ===
The Nontrulian Colonial Navy is and has since its foundation been a purely professional navy. The size and structure of the Nontrulian Colonial Navy regularly changes, currently there are some 1,800 personnel in the Nontrulian Colonial Navy.
=== Equipment ===
==== Warships ====
The Nontrulian 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 Nontrulian 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 Nontrulian Colonial Navy has two parallel organisations, one administrative and the other operational.
=== Administrative ===
The administrative organisation for the Nontrulian Colonial Navy is divided into individual ships (the permanent administrative grouping and ceremonial identity). Details of the ships are below.
*List of Nontrulian Colonial Navy Warships
=== Operational ===
At an operational level command of the Nontrulian Colonial Navy flows through the Nontrulian Colonial Defence Staff to the Commander of the 1st Nontrul Squadron and on down to his Naval Division Commanders who in turn have their Ship Commanders and so on down to individual Sections.
The Nontrulian Colonial Navy currently has the following structure:-
Squadron 	Naval Division 	Ship
1st Nontrul Squadron	1st Nontrul Naval Division	HMNS Cape
 	 	HMNS Cornetfish
 	 	HMNS Snipefish
 	 	HMNS Dignity
== Recruitment ==
The Nontrulian Colonial Navy solely recruits within the Banat of Nontrul.
== Oath of Allegiance ==
All sailors and marines must take an oath of allegiance upon joining the Nontrulian 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 Nontrulian Colonial Navy in the Banat of Nontrul, instead officers can attend the Royal Military Academy at the University of Bachstadt.
== Titles and naming ==
Nontrulian Colonial Navy ships are prefixed with His Majesty's Nontrulian Ship, abbreviated to "HMNS". Names are frequently re-used, offering a new ship the rich heritage, battle honours and traditions of her predecessors.
== Flags ==
The Nontrulian 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 Nontrul 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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