Namibian Navy

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Namibian Navy

Logo Namibian Navy.png

Coat of arms of the Namibian Navy
Lineup 2004 (1994)
Country NamibiaNamibia Namibia
Armed forces Namibian Defense Force
Armed forces marine
Strength 700 men
Location Walvis Bay
Commander of the Navy of the Republic of Namibia
Current
commander 		Sinsy Ndeshi Nghipandua (Rear Admiral )
(since September 29, 2017)

The Namibian Navy ( English Namibian Navy ) are Namibia's armed forces at sea. They were formally founded in 2004, but have been administered as a separate unit since 1994 ( Namibian Defense Force Maritime Wing ). It is part of the Namibian Defense Force .

Details

In terms of personnel (around 700), the Navy is the smallest branch of the NDF. Only since the formal establishment in 2004 has value been placed on expanding the navy. The main task is to protect Namibian coastal waters from illegal fishing in the territory of the extended 24 nautical mile zone off Namibia. With the support of the Brazilian government, various ships have been purchased since 2001, including the patrol boat Brendan Simbwaye . The training of the Namibian naval forces took place until July 2016, also with the support of Brazil. Since then, the Navy has had its own training center in Walvis Bay.

Before 1994, the South African Navy had taken over the coast guard for the neighboring country.

Rear Admiral Sinsy Ndeshi Nghipandua ( Commander of the Navy of the Republic of Namibia ) has been in command of the Navy since September 29, 2017 , after his predecessor Rear Admiral Peter Vilho moved to the Ministry of Defense as State Secretary. The main location has been the naval port of Walvis Bay since 2000 .

Equipment (ships)

S11 Elephant
Marine at a parade in Windhoek (2015)
HPB20 or HPB21

In 2017, the Namibian Navy consisted of the following units:

  • 1 patrol boat: P01 Oryx (ex S) (1975/2002) 406 ts - built in Germany
  • 2 patrol boats: NS Daures and NS Brukkaros (2017)
  • 2 corvettes : S12 xxx and C13 Brukkaros (2017) - built in the People's Republic of China
  • 1 patrol boat: Tobias Hainyeko (ex Havornen) (1979/1993) 506 ts
  • 2 patrol boats: HPB20 Terrace Bay and HPB21 Möwe Bay (2009/10) 45 ts - built in Brazil
  • 2 patrol boats: HPB01 and HPB02 - built in South Africa

The corvette Lt. Gene. Dimo Hamaambo (1954) 1025 ts was taken out of service at the beginning of October 2012 and should be auctioned at the end of October 2012.

Orders (ships)

The Namibian Navy took over 19 new ships in September 2013, including harbor patrol boats and cruisers from the South African companies KND Naval Design and Veecraft Marine .

  • 5 row boats ; each four meters long
  • 5 combat boats; each six meters long
  • 2 harbor patrol boats; each six meters long
  • 2 entry boats; each eight meters long
  • 1 landing craft ; 11 meters long
  • 2 cruisers ; each 14 meters long
  • 2 swamp boats ; each eight meters long

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Namibia navy orders 17 new vesssel. The Namibian, September 12, 2013, p. 6
  2. ↑ http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1021&Itemid=363
  3. ↑ a b Brazil exports warship to Namibia ( Memento from March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 220 kB)
  4. ↑ Namibia marine corps commissioned. The Namibian, July 25, 2016.
  5. ^ History of the South African Navy
  6. ↑ 5 years of the Namibian Navy ( Memento from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Namibia - globaldefence.net
  8. ↑ President officially puts new naval ship into operation. , Allgemeine Zeitung, September 10, 2012, accessed October 15, 2012
  9. ↑ Photos of Brendan Simbwaye ( Memento from November 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR. HAGE G. GEINGOB, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA, AT THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY FOR NAVAL VESSELS (NS) BRUKKAROS AND (NS) DAURES. Office of the President, October 27, 2017.
  11. ↑ [1]
  12. ^ First war boat for Namibia
  13. ↑ Warship will be auctioned. Allgemeine Zeitung, October 15, 2012