Английская Википедия:Algerian National Navy
Шаблон:Infobox military unit The Algerian Naval Force (ANF; Шаблон:Lang-ar) is the naval branch of the Algerian military. The naval force operates from multiple bases along the country's nearly Шаблон:Convert coastline, fulfilling its primary role of monitoring and defending Algeria's territorial waters against all foreign military or economic intrusion. Additional missions include coast guard and maritime safety missions as well a projection of marine forces (fusiliers marins). Algerian forces are an important player in the Western Mediterranean.
As with other Algerian military branches, the naval force was built and structured with assistance from the Soviet Union during the Cold War, but has also relied on other sources for equipment in some areas. Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has remained an important partner, but Algeria has increasingly sought additional sources for equipment as well as building its own shipbuilding capacity.
Bases
Principal naval bases are located at Algiers, Annaba, Mers el-Kebir, Oran, Jijel and Tamentfoust. Mers el Kébir is home to the OMCN/CNE shipbuilding facilities where several Algerian vessels have been built. Algeria's naval academy at Tamentfoust provides officer training equivalent to that of the army and the air force academies. The naval force also operates a technical training school for its personnel at Tamentfoust.
Equipment
The bulk of the Algerian Naval Force is still based on Cold War designs, although work is being done to both acquire new platforms as well as modernize existing equipment. The surface fleet is equipped with a mixture of smaller ships well suited to coastal and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) patrol work. The fleet is led by three Koni class frigates which have been updated with more modern systems. These are due to be augmented in the coming years by a pair of MEKO A-200 frigates which will represent the most modern equipment of the naval force when they enter service, also, Algeria signed a contract with China Shipbuilding Trading Company for the construction of three light frigates about 2,800 tons full load. A mixture of six corvettes and off-shore patrol vessels complement the frigates, while a large number of smaller boats cover the role of coastal patrol. Algeria had maintained a relatively large fleet of Osa class fast attack craft by the end of the Cold War, but it is questionable whether any of these remain in operational use.
Algeria has had a small submarine presence in the Mediterranean with a pair of Kilo class patrol submarines, though the recent acquisition of an additional four upgraded boats will expand this presence significantly. Their amphibious warfare capacity has traditionally been limited with a small group of landing ships essentially for coastal transport roles. This capacity will be greatly upgraded with the planned acquisition of an amphibious transport dock capable of supporting more robust operations. In the area of civil support, the purchase of seagoing rescue tugs will mark the first ability of an African nation to provide valuable services to economic and commercial operators in the Western Mediterranean.
The Algerian military has long maintained a strong veil of secrecy over its organization and equipment, making an exact accounting of operational vessels difficult to ascertain. Open sources are known to vary widely in their reports of several aspects of Algerian equipment.
Submarines
Class | Image | Origin | In service | Boat | Year Commissioned |
Note |
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Submarine (6) | ||||||
Project 636 | Файл:Kilo-Class Russian Submarine MOD 45165129.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 4 | Messali el Hadj (021) Akram Pacha (022) El Ouarsenis (031) El Hoggar (032) |
2010–2019 | Two project 636M in service since 2010. Two project 636.1 ordered in 2014, commissioned in early 2019.[3][4][5][6] |
Project 877EKM | Шаблон:Flag | 2 | Rais Hadj Mubarek (012) El Hadj Slimane (013) |
1987–1988 | Two original Kilo-class submarines in service, delivered in 1987 and 1988.[3] Refitted and upgraded in 1993 and 1996. 2 more on order to be delivered in mid 2021/22[7] |
Amphibious warfare vessels
Class | Image | Origin | In service | Ship | Displacement | Year Commissioned |
Note |
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Amphibious transport dock (1) | |||||||
Шаблон:Sclass | Файл:BDSL-474.png | Шаблон:Flag | 1 | Шаблон:Ship | 9,000 tonnes | 2015 | Improved San Giorgio, Ordered in 2011(+1 in option)[8][9][10]' |
Landing ships (2) | |||||||
Kalaat Beni Hammed | Шаблон:Flag | 2 | Kalaat Beni Hammed | 2,450 tonnes | 1984 | Built by Brooke Marine in Lowestoft, UK | |
Kalaat Beni Rached | Built by Vosper Thornycroft in Woolston, UK |
Surface combatants
Class | Image | Origin | In service | Ship | Displacement | Year Commissioned |
Note | |||
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Frigates (8) | ||||||||||
MEKO A200 | Файл:Algerian Meko.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 2 | Шаблон:Ship Шаблон:Ship |
3,700 tonnes | 2016-2018 | Two in service with the option for two more.[11] | |||
Шаблон:Sclass | 353 El Kirch | Шаблон:Flag | 3 | Adhafer El Fatih Ezzadjer |
2,880 tonnes | 2015–2016 | Armed with NG-16-1 (76 mm) main gun, 2 seven-barrel 30 mm Type 730 CIWS, 2 quad C-802 missiles.[12] | |||
Шаблон:Sclass2 | Файл:Arg 902.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 3 | Шаблон:Ship Шаблон:Ship Шаблон:Ship |
2,000 tonnes | 1980–1985 | Modernized in Russia in 2011.[13] | |||
Corvettes (16) | ||||||||||
Шаблон:Sclass2 | 802 Salah Rais | Шаблон:Flag | 3 | Ras Hamidou Salah Reis Reis Ali |
660 tonnes | 1982 | In service, Project 1234E built by Vympel Shipyard in Rybinsk, modernized in 2012. | |||
Шаблон:Sclass | Файл:Al-chihab.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 4 | Djebel Chenoua El Chihab El Kirch Hassan Barbiear |
540 tonnes | 2002 | Built by OMCN / CNE in Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria.
Armed with 4 C802 ASM and AK630 CIWS. | |||
Type 056 class | Файл:PLANS Huangshi (FSG-502) 20170815.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 1 or 6 | El Moutassadi | 1,500 tonnes | 2023 | Sources vary on whether one or six modified Type 056 class corvette were ordered.First ship delivered in 2023.[14][15][16] | |||
Шаблон:Sclass | Файл:10-YearAnniversary2018-01.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 3 | 1,800 tonnes | 2022 | Three Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvettes on order. Reception in 2022.[17][18] | ||||
Mine countermeasures (3) | ||||||||||
Шаблон:Sclass | Файл:Katanpää Särkänsalmi 06.JPG | Шаблон:Flag | 3 | El-Kasseh 1 El-Kasseh 2 El-Kasseh 3 |
600 tonnes | 2016–2021 | In service.[19] | |||
Patrol boats (75) | ||||||||||
Osa II-class missile boat | Файл:Project 205-ER missile boat.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 8 | 1978 | ||||||
Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Flag | 14 | El Yadekh | 250 tonnes | 1982 | The first two units built by Brooke Marine. | ||||
FPB98 MKI Ocea-class patrol boat | Файл:Ukrainian FPB98 front.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 41[20] | Denebi | 2008-2021 | Built by Ocea France.[21][22] | ||||
Шаблон:Ill | Файл:Salvamar Deneb.JPG | Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag |
12[23] | El Mounkid | 2016 | Produced locally.[24] |
Fleet auxiliaries
Class | Image | Origin | No. | Ship | Displacement | Year Commissioned |
Note |
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Survey ship | |||||||
El Idrissi | Шаблон:Flag | 673 | El Idrissi | 540 tonnes | 1980 | Built by Matsukara Zosen in Hirao, Japan. | |
OSV-95 | Файл:Iraqi OSV Al Basra (401).jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 205 | El Masseh | 2021 | Built by Ocea shipyards, France.[25] | |
Training ship | |||||||
Soummam | Soummam | Шаблон:Flag | 937 | Soummam | 5,500 tonnes | 2006 | 5,500 tons (full load). |
EL Mellah | Файл:Segelschiff El Mellah.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 938 | El Mellah (the sailor) | 2017 | A three-masted tall ship constructed in Gdańsk, Poland. | |
Salvage ship | |||||||
El Mourafik | Шаблон:Flag | 261 | El Mourafik | 600 tonnes | 1990 | Built in China. | |
High seas tow vessel | |||||||
El Mounjid | Файл:Rescue Tug El Mousif in the English Channel MOD 45165130.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | 701 | El Mounjid | 3,200 tonnes | 2012 | Type UT 515 CD built in Norway and Motorization by Rolls-Royce. |
702 | El Moussif | ||||||
703 | El Moussanid |
Aircraft
Aircraft | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Helicopters | |||||||
Westland Super Lynx | Файл:Royal Navy Lynx 318.jpg | Шаблон:Flag | ASW | 130/140 | 10[26] | ||
AgustaWestland AW101 | Файл:Algerian Navy AW 101 (cropped).jpg | Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Flag |
SAR / utility | 5[26] | |||
AgustaWestland AW139 | Файл:Italian Helicopter HH139, Trident Juncture 15 (cropped).jpg | Шаблон:Flag | light utility | 3[26] |
Modernization
The Naval force is currently being upgraded with the following technological developments: the existing units are being modernized, with the submarine force strengthened by two new Kilo class submarines (last generation).[27]
- One LPD from Italy in 2014.
- Two MEKO A200 frigates from Germany.
- TYPE 054A frigates
- AIP Submarines
- Three corvettes C28A with option of three more produced locally. Radar and electronic equipment will be supplied by Thales, and mounted in Algeria. They will be built at Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard.[28][29][30]
- 31 units of the type FPB98 MKI Ocean Patrol Boat.[31][32]
- 12 units of Alusafe 2000 high speed rescue and patrol vessel.[33]
Munitions
SAM
- Umkhonto (missile)[34]
- Aster (missile family)[35]
- HQ-7A (FM-90) - on board C28A Class Corvette .
- HQ-10 - on board Type 056 corvette[36]
- 9M33/SA-8 - Osa-M (SA-N-4) naval version for Koni (Mourad Rais) frigate
Anti-ship Missiles
- RBS-15 Mk. III[28][37][38] III will equip the two MEKO 200 frigates under construction for the Algerian National Navy. Delivery is scheduled for 2015–2016.
- Kh-35 (SS-N-25)[28]
- C-802[28]
- SSC-3 Styx[28]
- 3M-54E Club-S - anti-shipping variant, Its basic length is 8.2 m, with a 200 kg warhead[28][39][40]
- 3M-14E Club-S - inertially guided land attack variant; it is launched from a submarine. Its basic length is 6.2 m, with a 450 kg warhead[40]
- P-900 Alfa
- SS-N-2C
- Kh-31M – 125 delivered in 2007-2009[20]
- Kh-59MK – 125 delivered in 2008-2009[20]
- CX-1[41][42]
- CM-302 – export version of the YJ-12[43]
- Bal-E – Coastal (SSC-6 Sennight) missile complex with Kh-35E[43]
Air to ground Missiles
- Mokopa - the Algerian Navy's six new Super Lynx 300-series helicopters are conducting flight tests armed with Mokopa anti-armour missiles.
- Raptor-2 Precision-Guided Glide Bomb series from South Africa[44]
Ranks
Commissioned officer ranks
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
Шаблон:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armed Forces/OF/BlankШаблон:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OF/AlgeriaOther ranks
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
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References
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