Royal Bahrain Naval Force

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Royal Bahrain Naval Force
RBNF sailors conduct boarding exercise at RBNS Al Jasrah 2008-05-19.jpg
RBNF sailors conduct a boarding exercise in the port of Manama in May 2008.
Active  ? - Present
Country  Bahrain
Branch Naval Force
Size 1770 (Navy and Coastguard)
Part of Ministry of Defense
Bahrain Defense Force
Nickname RBNF
Engagements Invasion of Kuwait
Gulf War
Commanders
Commander of Navy Yusuf al-Maluallah
Insignia
Coat of Arms Coat of arms of Bahrain.svg

The Royal Bahrain Naval Force (RBNF) (previously known as Bahrain Defense Force, Naval Branch), is the maritime branch of the Bahrain Defense Force. The Commander of the Navy is Lieutenant Commander Yusuf al-Maluallah. The navy consists of 11 combat vessels, 22 patrol craft and over 700 personnel. The Fleet is based at Mina Sulman Naval Base and has a flight wing which can operate off the corvettes, consisting of two MBB BO-105 helicopters.

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[edit] Fleet

Type/Class Quantity Origin In service Details
OHP-Class Frigate (RBNS Sabha) 1  United States 1981 - Present 4 Harpoon SSMs, 1 MBB BO-105 shipboard helicopter, and SM-1MR SAMs.
Victory class corvette 2  Germany 1987–1988 4 MM40 Exocets, and 1 MBB BO-105 shipboard helicopter.
Al Riffa Lürssen TNC-45 4  Germany 1984–1989 4 MM40 Exocets.
Al Riffa Lürssen FPB 38 2  Germany    
Al Jarim Swift FPB-20 2  United States    
Wasp-11 2      
Wasp-20 2      
Wasp-30 1      
VT-Halmatic 20 4  Qatar    
VT-Halmatic 160 6  Qatar    
Fairey Marine Swordsman 4  United Kingdom    
LCU-1486 4  United States    
Fairey Marine LCU 1  United Kingdom    

[edit] Bases

RBNS Sabha in April 2008.
  • Mina Salman Naval Base is a facility currently shared with the United States Navy and is used as a ship and submarine logistic support base for the entire US Fifth Fleet. It was opened in the 1980s as cargo facility and is now solely used as a naval port.
  • Manama Naval Base is another key US Navy installation and formerly home to HMS Juffair. It is not used by RBNF.
  • RBNF also operates a shipyard that is shared with several other neighbouring countries.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Media related to Mina Sulman Naval Base at Wikimedia Commons


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