Algerian Navy
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Algerian naval war flag |
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active | 1962 until today |
Country | Algeria |
Armed forces | Algerian armed forces |
Armed forces | Naval forces |
Type | Armed forces ( navy ) |
Strength | 6000 |
The Algerian Navy ( Arabic القوات البحرية الجزائرية, DMG al-quwwāt al-baḥriyya al-ǧazāʾiriyya ) has a strength of about 6000 soldiers .
bases
The headquarters are in Algiers . The Navy is divided into the 1st Marine Region in Algiers, the 2nd Marine Region in Mers-el-Kébir and the 3rd Marine Region in Jijel . Other bases are located in Annaba , Oran and Tamentfoust (Naval Academy).
Ships
For the fulfillment of the tasks of the navy this has:
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Submarines :
- 4 boats of the Kilo (Project 636) SSK class
- Messali el Hadj (021)
- Akram Pacha (022)
- El Ouarsenis (031)
- El Hoggar (032)
- 2 boats of the Kilo (Project 877EKM) SSK class
- Rais Hadj Mubarek (012)
- El Hadj Slimane (013)
- 4 boats of the Kilo (Project 636) SSK class
- Frigates :
- 3 ships of the Mourad Rais (Koni) (Proj. 1159.2) FFM class
- Mourad Rais
- Rais Kellik
- Rais Korfo
- 2 ships of the MEKO A-200 ALG class
- Erradii (910)
- El Moudamir (911)
- 3 ships of the Mourad Rais (Koni) (Proj. 1159.2) FFM class
- Corvettes :
- 3 ships of the Djebel Chenoua (C58) (Proj. 802) FSG class
- 3 ships of the Nanuchka II (Burya) (Proj. 1234) PTGM class
- 3 ships of the C28A class
- Adhafer (920)
- El Fatih (921)
- Ezzadjer (922)
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Speed boats :
- 9 boats of the Osa II (Proj. 205) PTGF class
- 15 boats of the Kebir PG class
- DropShips :
- 1 ship of the San Giorgio class
- 2 ships of the LSTH class (can transport 240 soldiers, 7 tanks and 380 tons)
- 1 Polnochny-class ship (can carry 180 soldiers, 6 tanks and 350 tons)
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Mine hunting boats
- 2 Lerici class boats
- El-Kasseh 1
- El-Kasseh 2
- 2 Lerici class boats
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Surveillance ships :
- 1 ship of the El Idrissi AGS class
- El Idrissi (637)
- 1 ship of the El Idrissi AGS class
- Deep sea tug
- 3 El Mounjid class ships
- El Mounjid (701)
- El Moussif (702)
- El Moussanid (703)
- 3 El Mounjid class ships
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School ships :
- 1 ship of the Daxin AXH class
- Soummam (937)
- 1 sailing training ship
- El Mella (938)
- 1 ship of the Daxin AXH class
Algeria is planning to renew the frigate fleet with two new units. Both ships are built in Kiel and are based on the MeKo A-200 design, have a length of 121 m and displace around 3500 t. The sea endurance is given as 28 days, the crew should be 124 men. The RBS 15 Mk3 missile, which can be land-targeted, is the main weapon . The frigates are scheduled to enter service in 2016 and 2018. In addition to the two mentioned ships from Germany, three multi-purpose corvettes of the type C28A will be procured from China. These are scheduled to start operating in 2015.
Coast guard
The 500-strong Algerian Coast Guard, which has its headquarters in Annaba , belongs to the Navy .
Please refer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense
- ↑ Algeria commissions first MEKO A-200 frigate ( Memento from April 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Janes, April 26, 2016
- ^ Algeria commissions second Meko frigate , Janes, May 25, 2017
- ↑ Algeria receives third Chinese-built C28A corvette , Janes, July 22, 2016
- ↑ Mittler Verlag, Europäische Technik und Sicherheit Edition 01/2015 Undocking the Meko 200A frigates , January 1st, 2015
- ^ Report in the Kieler Nachrichten of October 4, 2014
- ^ "The Algerian Navy - The operational tasks remain off the own coast" , article in the journal Marineforum from December 14, 2015