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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Libyan Navy
| native_name                   = القوات البحرية الليبية
| image                         = Seal of the Libyan Navy.svg
| caption                       = Seal of the Libyan Navy
| dates                         = November 1962 &ndash; present
| country                       = {{flag|Libya}}
| allegiance                    = [[Government of National Unity (Libya)|Government of National Unity]] (pro-GNU) <br> [[House of Representatives (Libya)|House of Representatives]] (pro-HoR)<hr>Formerly<br />[[Government of National Accord]]
| branch                        = [[Libyan Armed Forces]]
| type                          = [[Navy]]
| size                          = 15,000 personnel
| command_structure             = 
| garrison                      = [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] ([[Libyan Army]]) <br> [[Tobruk]] ([[Libyan National Army]])
| garrison_label                = Headquarters
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| equipment                     = 1 [[frigate]]<br> 1 [[corvette]]<br> 1 [[missile boat]]<br> 2 [[minesweepers]]<br> 2 [[landing craft]]s
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| battles                       = [[Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986)]]<br>[[2011 Libyan civil war]]<br>[[Second Battle of Zawiya]]<br>[[Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014)]]<br>[[Second Libyan Civil War]]<br>[[Battle of Sirte (2016)]]<br>[[2019-2020 Western Libya campaign]]
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| website                       = <!-- Senior Leaders -->
| commander1                    = [[Mohamed al-Menfi]]
| commander1_label              = [[Commander-in Chief]]
| commander2                    = [[Abdul Hakim Abu Hawliyeh]] (pro-GNU){{small|(formerly pro-GNA)}} <ref>[https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/libya-celebrates-57th-anniversary-foundation-libyan-navy Libya celebrates 57th anniversary of the foundation of Libyan Navy]. Libya Observer. Published 3 November 2019.</ref><br /> Admiral [[Faraj al-Mahdawi]] (pro-HoR)
| commander2_label              = Chief of Naval Staff
| commander4                    = Commander [[Rida Issa]] (pro-GNU) {{small|(formerly pro-GNA)}}
| commander4_label              = Notable commander
| notable_commanders            = <!-- Insignia -->
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The ''' Libyan Navy''' ({{langx|ar|قوات البحرية الليبية}}) is the [[naval warfare]] branch of the [[Libyan Armed Forces]]. Established in November 1962, Libyan Navy was headed by Admiral Mansour Bader, Chief of Staff of the Libyan Naval Force. Before the [[First Libyan Civil War]], it was a fairly typical small navy with a few missile [[frigate]]s, [[corvette]]s and [[patrol boat]]s to defend the coastline, but with a very limited self-defence capability. 

The navy has always been the smallest of Libya's [[military branch]]es and has always been dependent on foreign sources for equipment, spare parts, and training. Most of the Gaddafi-era fleet was destroyed in 2011. Since the start of the [[Second Libyan Civil War]], the Libyan Navy is aligned with the [[Government of National Accord]] (GNA), led by the [[Presidential Council (Libya)|Presidential Council]] in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], apart from coastal patrol vessels under the control of the [[Libyan National Army]].<ref name="Anadolu_5migrants_die_Libya" /><ref name="JPack_Kingdom_Militias" />

==History==
[[File:Libya (orthographic projection).svg|right|300px]]

Its first [[warship|warships]] were delivered in 1966. These were two {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper}}s from the [[UK]]. Initially, the effective force was limited to smaller vessels, but this changed after the rise of Colonel [[Muammar Gaddafi]] in 1969. From this time, Libya started to buy armaments from Europe and the [[Soviet Union]]. The [[Customs]] and [[Water police|Harbour police]] were amalgamated with the Navy in 1970, extending the Navy's mission to include anti-smuggling and customs duties. The total personnel of the Libyan Navy is about 8,000.

During the [[2011 Libyan civil war]] several elements of the Libyan Navy were destroyed by [[NATO]] forces, including eight warships in the night before 20 May and one on 17 August.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nato.int/nato_static/assets/pdf/pdf_2011_08/20110818_110818-oup-update.pdf |title=NATO and Libya Operational Media Update for 17 August |publisher=[[NATO]] |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gEYWRBDw98YIdO1Smlfx0Dxa9Bww?docId=CNG.64149b6eaee70d4c0e2ab58f8685e34e.e1 |title=AFP: NATO hits 8 Kadhafi ships as Obama predicts demise<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2016-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523150520/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gEYWRBDw98YIdO1Smlfx0Dxa9Bww?docId=CNG.64149b6eaee70d4c0e2ab58f8685e34e.e1 |archive-date=2011-05-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two were also captured by the rebels at [[Benghazi]].

The navy began the process of purchasing new vessels in May 2012, mainly fast patrol boats for surveillance and border protection, including the MRTP-20 fast attack boat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tacticalreport.com/view_news/Libya_Navy_MRTP-20_FBP-98_MK1_and_patrol_boats/2694|title=Tactical Report|access-date=2012-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309113623/http://www.tacticalreport.com/view_news/Libya_Navy_MRTP-20_FBP-98_MK1_and_patrol_boats/2694|archive-date=2014-03-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of June 2012, the Libyan Navy has been headed by Commodore Hassan Ali Bushnak, Chief of Staff of the Libyan Naval Force. The British [[Royal Navy]] along with the Libyan Navy held joint exercises at Dartmouth Naval College in the UK in June 2012.<ref>[http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2012/June/22/120622-Libya-Visit LIBYAN NAVY VISIT ROYAL NAVY TRAINING BASES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625112255/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2012/June/22/120622-Libya-Visit|date=June 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/libyan-navy-visits-royal-naval-training-bases |title=Libyan Navy visits Royal Naval training bases |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom |date=25 June 2012 |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>

Libyan Navy ships under the command of Rida Issa, loyal to the internationally recognized [[Government of National Accord]], took part in the [[Sirte offensive (2016)|operation]] to liberate the city of [[Sirte]] from [[ISIL]]. The Libyan Navy assisted ground forces and blocked off sea escape routes for the militants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/libyan-navy-asserts-control-isil-controlled-sirte/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610050617/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/libyan-navy-asserts-control-isil-controlled-sirte/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 10, 2016|title=Libyan Navy asserts control over ISIL-controlled Sirte|date=10 June 2016|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref> On 20 June 2016, the European Union states announced that the naval mission in the [[Mediterranean Sea]], Operation Sophia, was extended until 2017, and helped train the Libyan Navy and [[Libyan Coast Guard|coast guard]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://euobserver.com/tickers/133904 |title=EU to train Libyan navy and coastguard |work=[[EUobserver]] |date=20 June 2016 |access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref>

In 2021, the navy (except for Haftar's forces) will be under new leadership of the new Libyan President, [[Mohamed al-Menfi]] from the [[Government of National Unity (Libya)|Government of National Unity]].

== Background ==
The Navy's primary mission is to defend the coast. A strengthening of the service was made in the 1970s; the Soviet Union sold six {{sclass2|Foxtrot|submarine}}s, and though two of them were only averagely serviceable, they became the main threats to the [[United States Navy]] in the Mediterranean Sea. In the meantime, Libya bought four Russian {{sclass2|Nanuchka|corvette}}s, that even in the export versions were well-armed and powerful ships. Another four {{sclass|Assad|corvette|2}}s were acquired from Italy. These had [[Otomat]] long range missiles (in the Mk.I version without [[Data link|datalink]] for in-flight course correction) and modern artillery. They were less well-armed as anti-aircraft ships than the Nanuchkas but, with a displacement almost twice that of a typical [[fast attack craft]], had [[anti-submarine warfare]] (ASW) capabilities, with [[sonar]] and light [[torpedo]]es.

== Actions ==
[[File:Burning Libyan Corvette.jpg|thumb|Burning Libyan corvette, 1986]]
Libya's Navy first saw military action during an encounter with the [[United States Sixth Fleet]] in March 1986 in the [[Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986)|Action in the Gulf of Sidra]], when one [[missile boat]] and a corvette were destroyed, and other ships were damaged by [[A-6 Intruder]] aircraft. Unusually, some of these attacks were performed successfully, with [[cluster bomb]]s like the [[CBU-100 Cluster Bomb|Mk.20 Rockeye]] which were designed as an anti-tank weapon.

In July 1984, the [[roll-on/roll-off]] [[ferry]] ''Ghat'' is believed to have [[Naval mine|mined]] the [[Red Sea]] a few kilometres south of the [[Suez Canal]]. Approximately nineteen ships were damaged, including a Soviet [[container ship]] which was the first to be hit on 9 July. The [[Islamic Jihad Organisation]] took responsibility for the incident. However, Egypt's President [[Hosni Mubarak]] did not believe the claims and blamed [[Muammar Gaddafi]] and Libya. Other sources agreed after it was learnt that the ship took fifteen days to complete a voyage that normally would take eight days, the head of the Libyan minelaying division was on board, and that, when inspected by French officials in [[Marseille]] the aft door was damaged.  Due to concerns about the safety and potential lost revenue from the canal, Egypt asked for assistance in sweeping the mines in a complex operation that involved [[minehunter]]s from the French, British, Italian, Dutch, and US navies. The British located a Soviet-made mine, which was most likely sold to Libya after 1981 and was laid to cause problems for Egypt.<ref>Levie, Howard. [https://books.google.com/books?id=szBXkyL8u1sC&dq=ghat%20libya%20ship&pg=PA160 ''Mine Warfare at Sea''].  Dordrecht, NL: Martinus Nijhoff, 1992. 159-62.</ref>
[[File:Usaf-ec-130j-transmitting-on-6877-0-khz-libya-20-march-2011.ogg|thumb|Broadcast by US forces during the [[2011 military intervention in Libya]] warning Libyan vessels of the naval blockade]]

[[Second Battle of Zawiya]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/air-strikes/nato-jet-bombs-libyan-army-boat/1128937869001/|title=NATO Jet Bombs Libyan Army Boat|work=Military.com|date=25 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Libyan navy opens fire after tanker approaches mutinous port|date=6 January 2014|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-oil-idUSBREA050K620140106|work=Reuters|access-date=9 March 2014|last1=Shennib|first1=Ulf Laessing}}</ref> Ships (1985)

== Active ships ==

According to the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], a number of vessels from the [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi|Gaddafi era]] remain intact under GNU control in Tripoli, although serviceability is questionable.{{sfn|IISS|2024|page=370}}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align: left;"| Class
! style="text-align: left;"| Type
! style="text-align: left;"| Ships
! style="text-align: left;"| Origin
! style="text-align: left;"| Quantity
! style="text-align: left;"| Notes
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;"| Frigate
|-
| [[Koni-class frigate|Koni class]]{{sfn|Saunders|2015|page=503}}
| [[Frigate]]
| ''Al Hani'' (212)
| [[Soviet Union]]
| 1
| Flagship of the Libyan Navy. Stationed in [[Malta]] for refit since 2013.{{sfn|IISS|2024|page=370}} 
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;"|Patrol boat
|-
| [[Beir Grassa-class fast attack craft|Beir Grassa class]]
| [[Missile boat]]
| ''Shafak'' (534)
| [[France]]
| 1
| Ex-''Beir Alkarim''.{{sfn|Saunders|2015|page=503}} Possibly unserviceable.{{sfn|IISS|2024|page=370}}
|-
| Type PV30-LS{{sfn|Saunders|2015|page=505}}
| [[Patrol boat]]
| ''Shafak'' (534)
| [[Croatia]]
| 2+{{sfn|IISS|2024|page=370}}
| 
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;"|Landing craft
|-
| PS 700 class
| [[Landing craft]]
| ''Ibn Harissa'' (134)
| [[France]]
| 1{{sfn|IISS|2024|page=371}} 
| Capacity: 11 tanks or 240 troops. Refitted in Croatia in 2008.{{sfn|Saunders|2015|page=504}}
|-
! colspan="7" style="background: lavender;"|Auxiliary ship
|-
| Floating Dock{{sfn|Saunders|2015|page=504}}
| [[Floating dry dock]]
|
|
| 1{{sfn|IISS|2024|page=371}}
|
|-
| Spasilac class<ref name="SIPRI">{{cite web |title=Arms transfer database |url=https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/TransferRegister |website=SIPRI |publisher=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |access-date=11 November 2024}}</ref>
| [[Salvage tug]]
| ''Al Munjed''
| [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| 1
| Serviceability doubtful.{{sfn|IISS|2024|page=371}}
|-
|}

==Former ships==
===Submarines===
[[File:Foxtrot Class submarine.JPEG|thumb|center|A Foxtrot-class submarine]]

Six obsolete [[Foxtrot-class submarine]]s were transferred from the Soviet Union between 1976 and 1982.{{sfn|Cordesman|Nerguizian|2009|page=65}} They were crewed by Soviet-trained Libyans while maintenance was done by Soviet personnel. No routine patrols were conducted since 1984. Four were decommissioned (311−314) prior to the Libyan Civil War. The ''Al Hunain'' (316) was reported to be at Tripoli in dry dock in 2003, while the ''Al Khyber'' (315) was reported as sea-going before 2011. In 2016, both ''Al Khyber'' and ''Al Hunain'' were non-operational.{{sfn|Saunders|2015|page=503}}

===Frigate===
{{ship|Libyan frigate|Dat Assawari||2}} (211) delivered by the United Kingdom in 1973.<ref name="SIPRI" /> In 2015, it was serving as a [[training hulk]] in Tripoli.{{sfn|Saunders|2015|page=503}}

[[File:AlGhardabia2005.jpg|thumb|Libyan frigate ''Al Ghardabia'' in [[Valletta]], 2005.]]
1 × {{sclass2|Koni|frigate|1}} (Type 1159)
* 213 ''Al Ghardabia'': (struck by NATO in Tripoli Harbour 20 May 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2013/July/25/130725-HMS-Echo-finds-18-wrecks|title=HMS Echo finds 18 wrecks in a remarkable mission|date=25 July 2013}}</ref>

'''Armament''':
:*4 × [[SS-N-2]]C Styx SSMs
:*2 × SA-N-4 SAMs
:*4 × 76mm guns
:*4 × 30mm guns
:*4 × 406mm torpedoes
:*1 × [[RBU-6000]] A/S mortar
:*20 mines

Origin: {{URS}}

===Corvette===
[[File:Libyan Assad class missile corvette.jpg|thumb|A starboard quarter view of a Libyan (Italian-built) Assad class missile corvette underway, 1982.]]

4 × [[Assad-class corvette]]
* ''Al Tadjier'': (Destroyed by US Navy aircraft)
* ''Al Tougour'': (Scrapped in 1993)
* ''Al Kalij'': (Scrapped in 1993)
* ''Al Hudud'': ( Scrapped in 1993)

Armament 
:*1 ×  Otobreda 76 mm gun
:*2 × 40 mm Breda Dardo guns
:*2 × 35mm Oerlikon cannon 
:*4 × Albatros Selenia Aspide SAMs
:*6 × Otomat anti-ship missiles
:*6 × ASW torpedo tubes

Origin: {{ITA}}

3 × [[Nanuchka-class corvette]]
* ''Ain Zaara'':  (Destroyed in NATO airstrike, 19 May 2011)
* ''Ain al Gazala'': (Damaged 25 March 1986, Decommissioned and scrapped)
* ''Ain Zaquit'': (sunk by US Navy in 1986)
* ''Tariq Ibn Ziyad'': (Destroyed in Benghazi, 3 November 2014)

Armament
:*4 × SS-N-2C Styx SSMs
:*2 × SA-N-4 SAMs
:*2 × 57mm guns MFBPs

Origin: {{URS}}

===Fast attack crafts===
Received 12 [[Osa-class missile boat|Osa II missile boat]]s from the Soviet Union between October 1976 and July 1980. In 2009, four were operational: ''Al Zuara'' (513), ''Al Ruha'' (515), ''Al Fikah'' (523) and ''Al Mathur'' (525), while eight were non-operational: ''Al Katum'' (511), ''Al Baida'' (517), ''Al Nabha'' (519), ''Al Safhra'' (521), ''Al Mosha'' (527), ''Al Sakab'' (529), ''Al Bitar'' (531) and ''Al Sadad'' (533). All were based at Tobruk.{{sfn|Saunders|2009|page=485}} None remained in service after 2011.{{sfn|Saunders|2015|pages=502−504}}

9 ×  [[La Combattante II type fast attack craft]] (''Beir Grassa'' class)

*518 ''Sharara'' (ex-Beir Grassa): (Non-operational in 2011)
*522 ''Shehab'' (ex-Beir Gzir): (Damage in May 2011 and abandoned)
*524 ''Wahag'' (ex-Beir Gitfa):(Damage in May 2011 and abandoned)
*526 ''Waheed'' (ex-Beir Glulud): (sunk on 24 March 1986 )
*528 ''Shouaiai'' (ex-Beir Algandula): (Damage in May 2011 and abandoned)
*532 ''Shoula'' (ex-Beir Ktitat): (Damage in May 2011 and abandoned)
*536 ''Bark'' (ex-Beir Alkardmen): (Non-operational in 2011)
*538 ''Rad'' (ex-Beir Alkur): (Damage in May 2011 and abandoned)
*542 ''Laheeb'' (ex-Beir Alkuesat): (Damage in May 2011 and abandoned)

:Armament
:*4 × (2×2) Otomat MkI SSMs
:*1 × Oto Melara 76mm gun
:*1 × Bofors twin 40mm

:Origin: {{FRA}}

===Minesweepers===
6 × [[Natya-class minesweeper]] (Type 266ME)

Armament
:*4 × 30mm guns
:*4 × 25mm guns
:*4 × 25mm guns
:*10 mines
:*Acoustic & Magnetic sweep

Origin: {{URS}}

2 × [[Ham-class minesweeper]]
* Zuara: (sold to Malta in 1973)
* Brak: (broken up in 1973)

Armament
:*1 × Bofors 40mm gun
:*1 × Oerlikon 20mm gun

Origin: {{GBR}}

===Oceanographic research ship===
1× a former trawler converted in the 1970 called Nour: (Stricken in 2002)

Armament unknown

Origin: {{LBY}}(possibly)

===Landing ship===
4 × [[Polnocny-class landing ship]]

Armament
:*4 × Strela 2(SA-N-5) surface-to-air missile system
:*2 × 30 mm AK-230 air defence gun
:*2 × 140 mm Ogon 18-barreled rocket launcher

Origin: {{URS}}

== Naval infrastructure ==

=== Naval bases in the 2011 Libyan civil war===
* [[Khoms, Libya|Khoms]]<ref name=newsinfo>{{cite web|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/7826/nato-hits-8-kadhafi-ships|title=NATO hits 8 Kadhafi ships|date=21 May 2011}}</ref>
* [[Benghazi]]
* [[Misrata]]
* [[Tobruk]]
* [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]<ref name=newsinfo/>
* [[Derna, Libya|Derna]]
* [[Sirte]]<ref name=newsinfo/>

=== Ship maintenance and repair facilities ===
Facilities at Tripoli with foreign technicians for repair of vessels of up to {{DWT|6,000|metric|disp=long}}; a 3,200-ton lift floating dock; floating docks at Benghazi and Tobruk.

==See also==
* [[Libyan Coast Guard]]

== References ==
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<ref name="Anadolu_5migrants_die_Libya">{{cite news | last1= Abdullah | first1= Walid | last2= Aytekin | first2= Emre | title= 5 migrants die, 65 others rescued off Libyan coast |trans-title = <!-- trans-title is the English translation --> | date= 2019-08-27 | agency=[[Anadolu Agency]] | url= https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/-5-migrants-die-65-others-rescued-off-libyan-coast/1566572 |access-date=2019-11-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191109021719/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/-5-migrants-die-65-others-rescued-off-libyan-coast/1566572 |archive-date= 2019-11-09 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped -->}}</ref>

<ref name="JPack_Kingdom_Militias">{{cite web | last1 =Pack | first1 =Jason | title= Kingdom of Militias: Libya's Second War of Post-Qadhafi Succession |trans-title = <!-- trans-title is the English translation --> | website= [[Institute for International Political Studies|ISPI]] |date =2019-05-31 | url = https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/kingdom-militias-libyas-second-war-post-qadhafi-succession-23121 | access-date = 2019-11-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190629135143/https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/kingdom-militias-libyas-second-war-post-qadhafi-succession-23121 |archive-date= 2019-06-29 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped -->}}</ref>

}}

* Levie, Howard. ''Mine Warfare at Sea''. Dordrecht, NL: Martinus Nijhoff, 1992.
* ''War machines encliclopedy'', Limited publishing, in Italian version Armi da guerra.
* Annati Massimo, ''Al diavolo le mine!'', RID magazine, Coop Riviera Ligure, Italy, June 2005.

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==External links==
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* {{in lang|en}} [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/libyan_navy.htm Libyan Navy]

{{Military of Libya}}
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