Myanmar Navy

Myanmar Navy
တပ်မတော် (ရေ) (Burmese)
lit. 'Tatmadaw (Yay)'
'Armed Forces (Navy)'
Emblem of the Myanmar Navy
Founded24 December 1947; 76 years ago (1947-12-24)
Country Myanmar (formerly Burma)
BranchNavy
TypeNaval
RoleMaritime defense
Size19,000 active personnel[1]
Part of Myanmar Armed Forces
HeadquartersNaypyidaw
Nickname(s)Tatmadaw (Yay)
Motto(s)
  • မြန်မာ့ပင်လယ် ဒို့ကာကွယ်။ ("We defend Myanmar's sea.")
  • မြန်မာ့ပင်လယ်ပြင်ကို ကာကွယ်ဖို့။ ("Protecting the Myanmar's sea.")
  • မြန်မာ့ရေပိုင်နက်ကို ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်မယ်။ ("We protect Myanmar territorial waters.")
  • မြန်မာ့ပင်လယ်ကို ကာကွယ်ရန် ("To protect Myanmar sea.")
Colours    Navy blue, White, Black (for Myanmar Navy Seals)
Anniversaries24 December 1948
EquipmentList of equipment in the Myanmar Navy
Engagements
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Armed Forces Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
Minister of Defence Admiral Tin Aung San
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy Admiral Moe Aung[2]
Chief of Naval Staff Major General Htein Win[3]
Commander of the Engineering Section Commodore Aung Thu Soe
Insignia
Ensign
Pennant
former Ensign (1948 - 1974)
former Ensign (1974 - 1994)

The Myanmar Navy (Burmese: တပ်မတော် (ရေ); [taʔmədɔ̀ jè]) is the naval warfare branch of the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar. With 19,000 active personnel on duty, the navy operates more than 227 vessels.[4] Prior to 1988, the navy was small, and its role in counter-insurgency operations was smaller than those of the army and the air force. The navy has since been expanded to take on a more active role in defense of Myanmar's territorial waters.

  1. ^ Moe Sett Nyein Chan (1 March 2024). "Arakan Army Exposes Myanmar's Naval Weaknesses". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ "ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး မောင်မောင်အေး ကြည်း၊ ရေ၊ လေ ညှိနှိုင်းကွပ်ကဲရေးမှူး ဖြစ်လာ". 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Myanmar's Junta Navy Chief Replaced After Six Months". The Irrawaddy. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024. Myanmar's regime appointed Major General Htein Win as its navy commander-in-chief following the alleged interrogation of his predecessor, according to a Naypyitaw source.
  4. ^ "2024 Myanmar Military Strength".