Madagascar Navy
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Madagascar Navy | |
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![]() RC Trozona | |
Active | 1960–present |
Country | ![]() |
Type | Navy |
Size | 500 personnel |
Part of | Madagascar Armed Forces |
Equipment | 7 Watercraft |
Insignia | |
Ensign | ![]() |
The Madagascar Navy (French: Marine de Madagascar) is the maritime component of the Madagascar Armed Forces. The Madagascar Navy is under-equipped and undergoes difficulties in accomplishing its mission of maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and controlling the illegal fishing in the Malagasy exclusive economic zone.
Current fleet list
[edit]Class | Type | Origin | In Service | Notes | Photo |
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Engin de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars (LOA 59,00 Meters) |
Landing craft | ![]() |
Aina Vao Vao | Armed with 2 x 20 mm cannons and 81 mm mortar gun | |
Chamois class patrol boat (LOA 41.0 metres) |
Supply tug / coastal utility | ![]() |
Matsilo | Armed with 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns / Currently nonoperational | |
30 metres tugboat [1] | Offshore patrol vessel | ![]() |
RC Trozona | Armed with 12.7 mm machine guns | ![]() |
26 metres patrol boat [2] | Coastal patrol vessel | ![]() |
2 units:
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Armed with 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun | |
SAR boat 44 ft (13 m) | Patrol launch | ![]() |
V11-16 | Armed with 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun | |
Metal Shark Defiant Response Boat 38 ft (12 m) [3] | Speedboat | ![]() |
Akio | average speed 40 mph (35 kn; 64 km/h) |
Naval flags
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2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Brigade General
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2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Divisional General
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1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Commodore or below
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1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Rear Admiral
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1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Vice Admiral
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1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Group
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1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Base
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1:20 Masthead pennant
Bases
[edit]The main base of the Malagasy Navy is Antsiranana, that served already as a base to the colonial French Navy. Naval detachments are also found in Nosy-Be, Mahajanga, Ile Sainte-Marie and in Fort-Dauphin.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "French cooperation with the Malgasy navy" (in French). French embassy in Madagascar. March 7, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ^ "China donate 2 coastal patrol boats to the Malgasy navy" (in French). : l'actualite Madagascar. September 16, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ^ "USA donate Metal Shark Defiant Response Boat to the Malgasy navy". : U.S. Embassy in Madagascar & Comoros. February 24, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ^ Réflexions sur la non-politique navale de Madagascar