Nigerian Navy | |
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Founded | 1956 |
Country | ![]() |
Type | Navy |
Role | Naval warfare |
Part of | Nigerian Armed Forces |
Motto(s) | "Onward Together" |
Fleet | 1 landing ship tank 1 frigate 2 offshore patrol vessels 2 minesweepers 9 fast patrol boats 2 patrol cutters 16 inshore patrol crafts |
Engagements | Nigerian Civil War First Liberian Civil War Sierra Leone Civil War Conflict in the Niger Delta Boko Haram insurgency Invasion of the Gambia |
Website | http://www.navy.mil.ng/ |
Commanders | |
Commander-in-Chief | President Bola Tinubu |
Chief of Defence Staff | General Christopher Musa |
Chief of the Naval Staff | Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla |
Insignia | |
Naval ensign | ![]() |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack | Lynx Mk.89[citation needed] |
Reconnaissance | Aerostar |
Trainer | AgustaWestland AW109 |
The Nigerian Navy (NN) is the naval branch of the Nigerian armed forces. With more than 70 warships, it is categorised as the fourth strongest navy in Africa (after South Africa, Egypt, Algeria and Morocco). [1]It is considered well-trained and has participated in several peacekeeping missions.[2]