 | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: The Ethiopian Navy was re-established. (September 2020) |
| Ethiopian Navy | |
|---|---|
| የኢትዮጵያ ባህር ኃይል | |
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| Active | 1955–1996 2019–present |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Type | Navy |
| Size | 11,500 personnel (in 1991) 81 ships |
| Part of | Ethiopian National Defense Force |
| Headquarters | Bahir Dar (2019–present) Addis Ababa (1990–1996) Massawa (1955–1990) |
| Engagements | Ethiopian Civil War Eritrean War of Independence |
| Commanders | |
| Supreme Commander | President Taye Atske Selassie |
| Commander-in-chief | Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed |
| Chief of General Staff | Field Marshal General Birhanu Jula |
| Deputy Chief of General Staff | General Abebaw Tadesse |
| Chief of the Navy | Rear Admiral Kindu Gezu |
| Deputy Chief of the Navy | Rear Admiral Nasir Abadiga |
| Insignia | |
| Naval Ensign (1955–1974) | .svg) |
| Naval Ensign (1974–1975) | .svg) |
| Naval Ensign (1975–1996) | .svg) |
| Naval Ensign (2019–present) | .svg) |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Helicopter | UH-1 Iroquois Mil Mi-8 or Mil Mi-14 |
The Ethiopian Navy (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ባህር ኃይል, romanized: ye’ītiyop’iya baḥiri ḫayil), known as the Imperial Ethiopian Navy until 1974, is the naval branch of the Ethiopian National Defense Force founded in 1955. It was disestablished in 1996 after the independence of Eritrea in 1993, which left Ethiopia landlocked. However, the Ethiopian Navy was re-established in 2019 as a brown water navy and is based in Lake Tana in Bahir Dar, Amhara region.