القوات البحرية الليبية
Libyan Navy is the maritime force of Libya, established in November 1962. It is a fairly typical small navy with a few missile frigates, corvettes and patrol boats to defend the coastline, but with a very limited self-defence capability. The Navy has always been the smallest of Libya's services and has always been dependent on foreign sources for equipment, spare parts, and training.
| Libyan Navy | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the Libyan Navy | |
| نشطة | November 1962 – present |
| البلد |  ليبيا |
| الولاء | Presidential Council |
| النوع | Navy |
| الحجم | 2,800 personnel |
| Headquarters | Tripoli |
| المعدات | pre 2011: 41+ vessels |
| القادة | |
| Minister of Defense | Al-Mahdi Al-Barghathi |
| Chief of Naval Staff | Hassan Ali Bushnak |
| الشارات | |
| Flag of the Libyan Navy |  |
| Naval Ensign |  |
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History
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Its first warship was delivered in 1966. These were 2 Ham class minesweepers 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 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.
Actions
[2] Ships (1985)
Ships (1985)
Ships (2006)
Frigates
2 × Koni class frigates (Type 1159) (one operational)
- 212 Al Hani: (Captured by Rebels at Benghazi)
- 213 Al Ghardabia: (struck by NATO in Tripoli Harbour 20 May 2011)[3]
Armament:
Corvettes
- 416 Tariq-Ibn Ziyad: (Captured by Rebels)
- 418 Ain Zaara: (struck by NATO, 20 May 2011)
Armament:
- 4 × SS-N-2C Styx SSMs
- 2 × SA-N-4 SAMs
- 2 × 57mm guns MFPBs
MFPBs
9 × Combattante II fast attack craft (7 operational)
Armament:
- 4 × Otomat SSMs
- 1 × 76mm gun
- 2 × 40mm guns
12 × Osa class missile boats (Type II) (4 operational)
Armament:
- 4 × SS-N-2C Styx SSMs
- 4 × 30mm guns
Mine warfare vessels
9 × Natya class minesweepers (Type 266ME) (5 operational)
Armament:
- 4 × 30mm guns
- 4 × 25mm guns
- 2 × RBU 1200 A/S mortars
- 10 mines
- Acoustic & Magnetic sweep
In addition to several auxiliary and landing craft.
Oceanographic Research Ship
Nour, a former trawler converted in the 1970s. was stricken in 2002.
Submarines
6 × Foxtrot class submarine (1 left; not in commission)[4]
In 1982 Libya received six Foxtrot-class military submarines from the Soviet Union. However, since 1984, no submarine patrols are reported to have been conducted. In 1993 one submarine was reported sunk, and another one was abandoned in Lithuania due to international sanctions. Further reports circulated about one submarine being refitted in 2003, but they have since turned out to be false.[4] In 2011, during the Libyan civil war, one submarine (along with a frigate and a corvette) was captured by the rebels at the Benghazi naval base.[5]
Ships (2012)
Frigates
1 × Koni class frigate (Type 1159)[5]
Armament:
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Mine warfare vessels
1× Natya class minesweepers (Type 266ME)
Armament:
- 4 × 30mm guns
- 4 × 25mm guns
- 2 × RBU 1200 A/S mortars
- 10 mines
- Acoustic & Magnetic sweep
Landing Ships
- Khoms (bombed by coalition air strikes on 20 May 2011)[10]
- Benghazi
- Misrata
- Tobruk
- Tripoli (bombed by coalition air strikes on 20 May 2011)[10]
- Derna
- Sirte (bombed by coalition air strikes on 20 May 2011)[10]
Ship maintenance and repair facilities
Facilities at Tripoli with foreign technicians for repair of vessels of up to 6,000 بالطن; a 3,200-ton lift floating dock; floating docks at Benghazi and Tobruk.
Notes
- ^ "NATO Jet Bombs Libyan Army Boat". Military.com.
- ^ "Libyan navy opens fire after tanker approaches mutinous port". Reuters. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "HMS Echo finds 18 wrecks in a remarkable mission".
- ^ أ ب "Submarine forces (Libya), Submarines - Submarine forces". Janes. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ أ ب Botti, David (25 February 2011). The New York Times http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/02/25/world/africa/100000000664162/tc-022511-libya.html?ref=libya.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Media _DSC0117 – The Libyan Interim National Council". Ntclibya.org. 7 March 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ أ ب ت "Libyan frigate arrives in Malta for repairs".
- ^ Wertheim, Eric (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 448. ISBN 9781591149552.
- ^ "LNS IBN HARITHA 134".
- ^ أ ب ت "NATO hits 8 Kadhafi ships".
References
- 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.
See also
وصلات خارجية
- (إنگليزية) Libyan navy