United Arab Emirates Navy

United Arab Emirates Navy
البحرية الامارات العربية المتحدة
UAE Navy Badge
Founded1971
Country United Arab Emirates
BranchNavy
RoleNaval warfare
Size3,000 personnel
Part ofUnited Arab Emirates Armed Forces
Garrison/HQAbu Dhabi
Equipment11 corvette
4 Offshore patrol vessel 4 (u/c)
34 patrol craft
2 Minehunter
31 Landing craft
Insignia
EnsignEnsign of the United Arab Emirates Navy
Flag

The United Arab Emirates Navy (UAEN) is the naval branch of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. It is small force of about 3,000 personnel.[1] It maintains 12 well-equipped coastal patrol boats and eight missile boats. Although primarily concerned with coastal defense, the Navy is constructing a six-unit class of blue water corvettes in conjunction with French shipbuilder CMN.[2] The UAE maintains a battalion-sized marine force called the UAE Marines equipped with BMP-3 armoured personnel carriers from Soviet union/Russia.

Swedish shipbuilder Swede Ship Marine have built four 24 m Amphibious Troop Transport Vessel and one 25 m Fast Supply Vessel for the UAE Navy (delivered between 2003 and 2005).[3] Three additional vessels are being built by Swede Ship Marine for the UAE Navy (see Future Navy).

  1. ^ "United Arab Emirates", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2022-02-04
  2. ^ "United Arab Emirates". state.gov. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)