The 1939 Coronation Fleet Review, celebrating the coronation of Sultan Kian, was a momentous occassion with around a third of the Sultan's Navy present.
Originally planned as a review of the Sultan's Navy alone, it soon became an occassion for civilian vessels as well - first and foremost of the Mutiea, Kian-Sultan's Personal Yacht. The Fleet Review also marked, at least to Naval Historians, the transistion of the Sultan's Navy from a Big Gun Navy to a Carrier Navy, the carriers being more versatile then their big gun counterparts and thus preferred in the Decolonization Wars.
See also:
- Structure of the Sultan's Navy.
- Structure of the Sultan's Navy in 1930.
Background
Proceedings
Vessels Present
Surface Vessels
- 1st Battleship Squadron: RKN Aijtihad, RKN , RKN , RKN (Aijtihad-class Battleships).
- 2nd Battleship Squadron: RKN , RKN , RKN , RKN (Aijtihad-class Battleships).
- 3rd Battleship Squadron: RKN Wafa, RKN , RKN , RKN (Wafa-class Battleships).
- 4th Battleship Squadron: RKN Yuqiza, RKN , RKN (Yuqiza-class Battleships)
- 1st Battlecruiser Squadron: RKN Sharaf, RKN Arad (Sharaf-class Battlecruisers).
- Plus 101st Destroyer Division escorting (Najima-class Destroyers).
- 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron: RKN Qazahia, RKN Alsayd (Sharaf-class Battlecruisers).
- Plus 102nd Destroyer Division escorting (Najima-class Destroyers).
- 4th Battlecruiser Squadron: RKN Oud, RKN Barbat, RKN Bendir, RKN Daf (Oud-class Light Battlecruisers).
- 5th Battlecruiser Squadron: RKN Hikma, RKN Shaear (Sharaf-class Battlecruisers).
- Plus 105th Destroyer Division escorting (Najima-class Destroyers).
- 6th Battlecruiser Squadron: RKN Dhaka, RKN Qua (Sharaf-class Battlecruisers).
- Plus 106th Destroyer Division escorting (Najima-class Destroyers).
- 5th Cruiser Squadron:
- 6th Cruiser Squadron:
- 7th Cruiser Squadron:
- 8th Cruiser Squadron:
- 9th Cruiser Squadron:
- 10th Cruiser Squadron:
- Carrier Group 1:
- RKN Haz (Almuhafaza-class Aircraft Carrier).
- RKN Alsuhul Alkhasaba (Almuhafaza-class Aircraft Carrier).
- 10th Frigate Division (Pattern 13 Frigates): F-101, F-102, F-103, F-104, F-105, F-106
- Carrier Group 4:
- Carrier Group 5:
- RKN Ruk, Eanqa-class Heavy Aircraft Carrier.
- RKN Tanin, Eanqa-class Heavy Aircraft Carrier.
- 14th Destroyer Division (Town-class Destroyers): RKN , RKN , RKN , RKN .
- 15th Destroyer Division (Town-class Destroyers): RKN , RKN Kadesh, RKN , RKN .
- Carrier Group 6:
- Carrier Group 7:
- Carrier Group 12:
- Escort Group 13:
- Escort Group 14:
- Escort Group 15:
- RKN Sabah Dhahabiun, Ghadaan-class Escort Carrier.
- RKN Laylatan Muzlama, Ghadaan-class Escort Carrier.
- 15th Frigate Division (Almustawtan-class AA-Frigates):
- 15th Corvette Division (Zahra-class ASW-Corvettes):
- Escort Group 16:
- Escort Group 20:
- Escort Group 21:
- Escort Group 23:
- Escort Group 29:
- Escort Group 35:
- 23rd Destroyer Division (Town-class Destroyers): RKN , RKN , RKN , RKN .
- 24th Destroyer Division (Town-class Destroyers): RKN , RKN , RKN , RKN .
- 60th Destroyer Division:
- 61st Destroyer Division:
- 62nd Destroyer Division:
- 63rd Destroyer Division:
- 64th Destroyer Division:
- 65th Destroyer Division:
- 66th Destroyer Division:
- 67th Destroyer Division:
- 68th Destroyer Division:
- 69th Destroyer Division:
- 70th Destroyer Division:
- 71st Destroyer Division:
- 72nd Destroyer Division:
- 73rd Destroyer Division:
- 74th Destroyer Division:
- 75th Destroyer Division:
Submarines
- 13th Submarine Flotilla:
- 14th Submarine Flotilla:
- 15th Submarine Flotilla:
- 1st Submarine Carrier Flotilla:
- 2nd Submarine Carrier Flotilla:
- 3rd Submarine Carrier Flotilla:
- 1st Submarine Landing Ship Flotilla:
- 5th Submarine Landing Ship Flotilla:
Support Vessels
- Seaplane Tender Squadron 1
- Seaplane Tender Squadron 9
- Seaplane Tender Squadron 13
- Seaplane Tender Squadron 19
- Mobile Barracks Squadron 5
Aircraft and Airships
Kyrenaian - Civilian
- Mutiea, Yacht.
- SDFS Rhiannon. and SDFS Búraló Liath.
- Cornfhoiche, MGoL Armed Boarding Steamer.
- Screamh, Rón Cruise Lines Vessel, carried the diplomats to Kyrenaia.