Egyptian Navy

Egyptian Navy
القوات البحرية المصرية (Egyptian Arabic) Ⲛⲉⲛⲉϫⲏⲟⲩⲙ̀ⲃⲉⲧⲥ ⲛ̀ⲕⲏⲙⲓ (Coptic)
Badge of the Egyptian Navy
Founded	1800
Country	Egypt
Type	Navy
Size	30,000 active personnel[1] 20,000 reserve personnel[1] 50,000 total personnel[1] 320 vessels[citation needed]
Part of	Egyptian Armed Forces
Headquarters	Alexandria, Egypt
Motto(s)	Knowledge, Honor, Sacrifice
Colours	Blue, red, white and black
March	March of the Navy
Anniversaries	21 October
Equipment	Current fleet
Engagements	Wahhabi War, Greek War of Independence, Crimean War, Cretan Revolt, Anglo-Egyptian War (1882), World War II, Suez Crisis, North Yemen Civil War, Six-Day War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War, Gulf War, Sinai Insurgency, Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
Commanders
Commander of the Navy	Rear Admiral Ashraf Ibrahim Atwa
Chief of Staff of the Navy	Staff Rear Admiral Ehab Sobhy
Insignia
Flag
Ensign
Aircraft flown
Attack	Rafale, F-16
Electronic warfare	Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
Fighter	Rafale, F-16
Helicopter	Aérospatiale Gazelle, Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite, Westland Sea King, NH90

The Egyptian Navy (Egyptian Arabic: القوات البحرية المصرية, romanized: El-Quwwāt el-Bahareya el-Masriyya, lit. 'Egyptian Navy Forces', Coptic: Ⲛⲉⲛⲉϫⲏⲟⲩⲙ̀ⲃⲉⲧⲥ ⲛ̀ⲕⲏⲙⲓ), also known as the Egyptian Naval Force,^[2] is the maritime branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is the largest navy in the Middle East as well as Africa, and is the twelfth largest (by the number of vessels) navy in the world.^{[citation needed]} The navy protects more than 2,000 kilometers of coastline of the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, defense of approaches to the Suez Canal,^{[clarification needed]} and it also supports for army operations. The majority of the modern Egyptian Navy was created with the help of the Soviet Union in the 1960s.^{[citation needed]} The navy received ships in the 1980s from China and Western sources. In 1989, the Egyptian Navy had 18,000 personnel as well as 2,000 personnel in the Coast Guard.^[3] The navy received ships from the US in 1990.^[4] US shipbuilder Swiftships has built around 30 boats for the Egyptian Navy including mine hunters, survey vessels, and both steel and aluminium patrol boats.^[5]