Yugoslav Navy

Yugoslav Navy
Југословенска ратна морнарица
Jugoslavenska ratna mornarica
Seal of the Yugoslav Navy
Founded1945
Disbanded27 April 1992
Country Yugoslavia
TypeNavy
RoleCoastal defence
Size11,000 personnel
90 vessels
Part ofYugoslav People's Army
H/QLora naval base, Split, SR Croatia
(1945–1991)
Kotor, SR Montenegro
(1991–1992)
March"More i mornari" ("Sea and Sailors")
Anniversaries10 September
Engagements
DecorationsSee article
Commanders
Commander of the NavySee list
Last commanderMiodrag Jokić
Insignia
Ensign (1949–1992)
Jack (1963–1992)

The Yugoslav Navy (Serbo-Croatian: Југословенска ратна морнарица, Jugoslavenska ratna mornarica, lit.'Yugoslav War Navy'), was the navy of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992. It was essentially a coastal defense force with the mission of preventing enemy landings along Yugoslavia's rugged 4,000-kilometer shoreline or coastal islands, and contesting an enemy blockade or control of the strategic Strait of Otranto.[1]

In 1990, it had 10,000 sailors (including 4,400 conscripts), including 2,300 in 25 coastal artillery batteries and 900 marines in one light naval infantry brigade.[1] Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, the navy's equipment and watercraft were claimed by emergent Croatian Navy, Montenegrin Navy, Serbian River Flotilla, and Slovenian Navy.

  1. ^ a b Curtis, Glenn E., ed. (1992). Yugoslavia: a country study (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 248–250. ISBN 0-8444-0735-6. OCLC 24792849. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)