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| Algeria Navy | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1962 |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Branch | Navy |
| Size | 14000 personnel 41 Ships 20 aircraft |
| Garrison/HQ | L'AMIRAUTE, Algiers |
| Anniversaries | February 2(Taking of the naval base of Mers-el-Kébir in 1967) |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Malek Necib |
| Insignia | |
| Naval Ensign |  |
| Naval Jack |  |
The Algerian National Navy is the naval branch of the Military of Algeria. The navy operates from 3 bases at Algiers, Annaba and Mers-el-Kébir on the Mediterranean coast.
The Navy's primary role is monitoring and defence of national territorial waters against all foreign military or economic intrusion. It has adequate resources to implement its tasks and its units for those tackling the technological developments in the naval field. It consists of 14000 personnel, including marines ("fusillers marins") and coast guard) with most of its equipment provided by Russia.
Bases
Principal naval bases are located near: Algiers, Jijel, Annaba, Mers el Kebir and Tamentfoust. Algeria's naval academy at Tamentfoust provides officer training equivalent to that of the army and the air force academies. The navy also operates a technical training school for its personnel at Tamentfoust.
Equipment
Current Fleet
| Class Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Commissioned | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface fleet | |||||||||||
| SOUMMAM | Training Ship | 1 | China | 2006 | 5500 tons full | ||||||
| Osa-I/II type | Missile boat | withdrawn | USSR | 1967 (Osa I) 1976-1981 (Osa II) |
209/245 tons full load - 4 SS-N-2C | ||||||
| Kebir | Fast attack craft | 12 | United Kingdom | 1982-???? | 8-10 commissioned, 2-3 being built. First 2 built in UK, remainder in Algeria. Sometimes called the El Yadekh class. | ||||||
| Improved Rais Hamidou | Corvette | 3 | USSR | 1980-82 | 675 tons full load, Missiles SS 16 x SS-N-25, 20 SA-N-4 SAM system | ||||||
| Djebel Chenoua | Corvette | 3 | Algeria | 1988-95 | 550 tons full load - 4 C-802 and SA-18 | ||||||
| Improved Murad Reis | Frigate anti submarine and escort | 3 | USSR | 1980-85 | 1,900 tons full load
Missiles SA 2 x SA-N-4, 20 missiles Roquettes anti-sous-marins 2 12 x RBU6000 roquettes R-90 Torpille 4 x 533mm Test-71MKE TV DC 2 Racks Mines 22 | ||||||
| Kalaat Beni Hammed | Small landing ship | 2 | United Kingdom | 1984 | |||||||
| Polnochny B | Landing craft | 1 | Poland | 1976 | |||||||
| Abeilles | Emergency tow vessel | 3 | Norway | 2012 | 3200 tons full | ||||||
| Submarine fleet | |||||||||||
| Romeo class submarine | Diesel-electric submarine | withdrawn | USSR | 1980 | 1,800 tons submerged used for training. | ||||||
| Rais Hadi Mubarek | Diesel-electric submarine | 2 | USSR | 1987-88 | 3,076 tons submerged.Project 877EKM Kilo diesel-electric submarines modernized to 636 standard | ||||||
| Rais Hadi Slimane | Diesel-electric submarine | 2 | Russia | 2010 | 3,126 tons submerged. Project 636M Improved Kilo diesel-electric submarines
Missiles SS - 4 x Klub-S Missiles SA - 8 x SA-N-10 Torpille 6 tubes 533mm 18x Test71MKE TV Mines 24 | ||||||
Aircraft
| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamov Ka31 | ASW | 5 | Russia | commissioned 1997 |
| AW101 | SAR | 6 | UK | commissioned 2011 |
| Super Lynx Mk.130 | ASW | 4 | UK | commissioned 2011 |
| C-295 Persuader | Martime patrol/anti-submarine warface | 4 | Spain | commissioned 2011 |
| AW-159 | ASW/AShW | 12 | UK | In negotiation |
Modernization
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The Navy is upgrading following technological development. With that, the existing units were modernized the submarine force strengthened by two new Kilo last generation. For the surface fleet competition is underway for the purchase of multi-role stealth frigates many with the big key to technology transfer especially in shipbuilding
Under construction
| Class Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Tonnage | Commissioned | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improved San Giorgio | Landing Platform Dock | 1 | Italy | 8000 | 2014 | The first is already under construction |
| Meko A-200 | Frigate | 3 | Germany | 3500 | 2015 | 2 Meko A200 class Frigates comprised in a tender for a third frigate more and modernisation of Mersa El Kebir shipyard |
| Project 20382 | Corvette | 2 | Russia | 2000 | 2015 | 2 Tigr corvettes from severnaya verf shipyard |
| FREMM | Frigate | 6 | Italy | 6000 | 2015 | contract already signed on oct 2011 |
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Djebel Chinoise-class corvette El Kirch (353) built by ECRN in Mers-el-Kebir
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fregate Rais Korfo 903, Koni Class Modernised
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Algerian submarine Hadi Mubarek in Algiers.
See also
External links
References
- http://forcesdz.forumactif.com/t4383p60-remorqueurs-de-haute-mer
- Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006
- http://4flying.com/showthread.php?p=1161501
- http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74
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