Nigerian Navy
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Nigerian Navy |
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 Nigerian Navy logo |
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| Lineup | 1958 |
| Country |
 Nigeria
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| Armed forces | Nigerian Armed Forces |
| Type | Armed forces ( navy ) |
| Strength | 7,000 |
| headquarters | Abuja |
| motto | "Onward Together" |
| management | |
| Chief of Staff of the Navy | Vice Admiral Usman Oyibe Jibrin |
| insignia | |
| Naval war flag since 1998 |
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| Naval war flag from 1960 to 1998 |
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| Cockade of naval aviation |
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The Nigerian Navy ( English : Nigerian Navy , abbreviated NN ) is the naval force of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria .
construction
The naval command structure consists of the naval headquarters, the base of which is in Abuja, two operational commands with headquarters in Lagos and Calabar, two training commands with headquarters in Lagos , but with training grounds all over Nigeria, two bases of operations, and five bases of operations in front of them ( which are soon to be expanded by two more), two shipyards in Lagos and Port Harcourt and two fleet bases in Lagos and Calabar.
In 1984 Blohm + Voss took over the construction of the Wilmot Point naval base . In 1987 a first part of the shipyard with the training center was officially inaugurated. B + V has also been involved in training shipyard personnel since 1985. The material for a shipbuilding and steel construction hall, a modern machine test bench, electrical and electronics workshops, a laboratory for material testing, crane systems and other material was shipped to Nigeria in around 300 containers. On August 28, 1990, the then Nigerian head of state, General Babangida, inaugurated the entire facility at Wilmot Point. The Navy, including the Coast Guard, has 7,000 armed men.
Calls
The NN was involved in the non-violent outcome of a pirate hostage situation in 2010. Pirates boarded the BBC Polonia off the Niger Delta and injured one of the twelve crew members. Marines had secured the abandoned ship on the evening of the kidnapping.
Known ships
- Aradu (F89) , frigate, laid down at Blohm + Voss , in service with the NN since 1982 (with long lay times and repair times).
- Thunder (F90) , former US Coast Guard ship, bought by the NN in 2011.
Aircraft
Status: end of 2013
| Aircraft | origin | use | version | active | Ordered | Remarks |
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| Agusta A109 |
 Italy
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Light multipurpose helicopter | 4th | |||
| Bell 206 |
 United States
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Light multipurpose helicopter | 1 |
Web links
- Official website of the Nigerian Navy (Engl.)
- The Nigerian Navy at GlobalSecurity.org (Engl.)
- Nigerian Armed Forces at GlobalDefence.net . Archived from the original on April 19, 2014 ; accessed on March 23, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pirates attack freighters off Nigeria , Deutsche Welle (accessed July 3, 2010)
- ↑ World Air Forces 2014. (PDF; 3.9 MB) In: Flightglobal Insight. 2014, archived from the original on December 25, 2013 ; accessed on March 26, 2014 (English).