Algerian National Navy

Template:Short description The Algerian Naval Force (ANF; Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is the naval branch of the Algerian military. The naval force operates from multiple bases along the country's nearly 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 (). Algerian forces are an important player in the Western Mediterranean. The Algerian navy ranks 15th globally in the world's most important naval forces report of 2023.

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, Algeria is the only country in the region that can launch offensive missiles from a submarine, 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
Submarine (6)
Project 636.1	File:Kilo-Class Russian Submarine MOD 45165129.jpg	Russia	4	Messali el Hadj (021) Akram Pacha (022) El Ouarsenis (031) El Hoggar (032)	2010–2019	The first pair were ordered in mid-2006 and delivered in 2010-2011. The second pair were ordered by June 2014 and commissioned in January 2019.
Project 877EKM	Rais Hadj Mubarek Rais Hadj Mubarek	Soviet Union	2	Rais Hadj Mubarek (012) El Hadj Slimane (013)	1987–1988	These boats commissioned in 1986 and 1987. They were refitted from 1993 to 1996, and 2005 to 2012.

Amphibious warfare vessels

Class	Image	Origin	In service	Ship	Displacement	Year Commissioned	Note
Amphibious transport dock (1)
	File:BDSL-474.png	Italy	1		9,000 tonnes	2015	Improved San Giorgio, Ordered in 2011(+1 in option)'
Landing ships (2)
Kalaat Beni Hammed		United Kingdom	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
Frigates (8)
MEKO A200	File:Algerian Meko.jpg	Germany	2		3,700 tonnes	2016-2018	Two in service with the option for two more.
	353 El Kirch	China	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.
	File:Arg 902.jpg	Soviet Union	3		2,000 tonnes	1980–1985	Modernized in Russia in 2011.
Corvettes (8)
	802 Salah Rais	Soviet Union	3	Ras Hamidou Salah Reis Reis Ali	660 tonnes	1982	In service, Project 1234E built by Vympel Shipyard in Rybinsk, modernized in 2012.
	File:Al-chihab.jpg	Algeria	4	Djebel Chenoua El Chihab El Kirch Hassan Barbiear	540 tonnes	1988–2017	Built by OMCN / CNE in Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria. Armed with 4 C802 ASM and AK630 CIWS.
Type 056 class	File:PLANS Huangshi (FSG-502) 20170815.jpg	China	1	El Moutassadi	1,500 tonnes	2023	Unconfirmed reports that six were ordered.
Mine countermeasures (3)
	File:Katanpää Särkänsalmi 06.JPG	Italy	3		600 tonnes	2016–2021
Patrol boats (75)
Osa II-class missile boat	File:Project 205-ER missile boat.jpg	Soviet Union	8			1978
Template:Ill		United Kingdom	14	El Yadekh	250 tonnes	1982	The first two units built by Brooke Marine.
FPB98 MKI Ocea-class patrol boat	File:Ukrainian FPB98 front.jpg	France	41	Denebi		2008-2021	Built by Ocea France.
Template:Ill	File:Salvamar Deneb.JPG	Spain Algeria	12	El Mounkid		2016	Produced locally.

Fleet auxiliaries

Class	Image	Origin	No.	Ship	Displacement	Year Commissioned	Note
Survey ship
El Idrissi		Japan	673	El Idrissi	540 tonnes	1980	Built by Matsukara Zosen in Hirao, Japan.
OSV-95	File:Iraqi OSV Al Basra (401).jpg	France	205	El Masseh		2021	Built by Ocea shipyards, France.
Training ship
Soummam	Soummam	China	937	Soummam	5,500 tonnes	2006	5,500 tons (full load).
El Mellah	File:Segelschiff El Mellah.jpg	Poland	938	El Mellah (the sailor)		2017	A three-masted tall ship constructed in Gdańsk, Poland.
Salvage ship
El Mourafik		China	261	El Mourafik	600 tonnes	1990	Built in China.
High seas tow vessel
El Mounjid	File:Rescue Tug El Mousif in the English Channel MOD 45165130.jpg	Norway	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
Helicopters
Westland Super Lynx	File:Royal Navy Lynx 318.jpg	United Kingdom	ASW	130/140	10
AgustaWestland AW101	File:Algerian Navy AW 101 (cropped).jpg	United Kingdom Italy	SAR / utility		5
AgustaWestland AW139	File:Italian Helicopter HH139, Trident Juncture 15 (cropped).jpg	Italy	light utility		3

Modernization

File:A boarding team from Algerian navy ship Mourad Rais (F 901) conducts an exercise aboard the prepositioning ship USNS Lance Cpl. Roy M. Wheat (T-AK 3016) during Phoenix Express 2012 in the Mediterranean Sea 120526-N-QD416-054.jpg

Algerian Sailors conduct Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO).

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).

• 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.
• 31 units of the type FPB98 MKI Ocean Patrol Boat.
• 12 units of Alusafe 2000 high speed rescue and patrol vessel.

Munitions

Surface-to-air missiles

• Umkhonto (missile)
• Aster (missile family)
• HQ-7A (FM-90) - on board C28A Class Corvette .
• HQ-10 - on board Type 056 corvette
• 9M33/SA-8 - Osa-M (SA-N-4) naval version for Koni (Mourad Rais) frigate

Anti-ship missiles

• 3M14E or 3M54E1/E Klub-S - Project 636.1 "Improved Kilo"
• 4K51 Rubezh ("Styx") - Coastal defense
• C-802
• C-802A
• CM-302 – Coastal defense; delivered in 2022.
• Kh-31M – 125 delivered in 2009
• Kh-35 - 60 delivered in 2000 and 2013.
• Kh-59 - 125 delivered in 2009.
• P-20U ("Styx")
• RBS-15 Mk. III - s

Air-to-ground missiles

• Raptor-2 - Guided bomb from South Africa

Ranks

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

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Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

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Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted

See also

• List of Algerian ships

External links

• Algerian Navy ships and equipment