Madagascar Navy

Madagascar Navy
RC Trozona
Active1960–present
Country Madagascar
TypeNavy
Size500 personnel
Part ofMadagascar Armed Forces
Equipment7 Watercraft
Insignia
Ensign
Military unit

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

Class Type Origin In Service Notes Photo
Engin de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars
(LOA 59,00 Meters) 		Landing craft  France 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  France Matsilo Armed with 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns / Currently nonoperational
30 metres tugboat [1] Offshore patrol vessel  Madagascar RC Trozona Armed with 12.7 mm machine guns
26 metres patrol boat [2] Coastal patrol vessel  China 2 units:
  • Tselatra
  • Malaky
 Armed with 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun
SAR boat 44 ft (13 m) Patrol launch  United States V11-16 Armed with 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun
Metal Shark Defiant Response Boat 38 ft (12 m) [3] Speedboat  United States Akio average speed 40 mph (35 kn; 64 km/h)

Naval flags

  • 2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Brigade General
    2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Brigade General
  • 2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Divisional General
    2:3 Flag of the Chief of Army Staff in the rank of Divisional General
  • 1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Commodore or below
    1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Commodore or below
  • 1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Rear Admiral
    1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Rear Admiral
  • 1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Vice Admiral
    1:2 Pennant of the Chief of the Naval Air Force Staff in the rank of Vice Admiral
  • 1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Group
    1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Group
  • 1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Base
    1:2 Pennant of the Commander of a Naval Base
  • 1:20 Masthead pennant
    1:20 Masthead pennant

Bases

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

  1. ^ "French cooperation with the Malgasy navy" (in French). French embassy in Madagascar. March 7, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. ^ "China donate 2 coastal patrol boats to the Malgasy navy" (in French). : l'actualite Madagascar. September 16, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  3. ^ "USA donate Metal Shark Defiant Response Boat to the Malgasy navy". : U.S. Embassy in Madagascar & Comoros. February 24, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  4. ^ Réflexions sur la non-politique navale de Madagascar