Madagascar Navy

Madagascar Navy
RC Trozona
Active1960–present
Country Madagascar
TypeNavy
Size500 personnel
Part ofMadagascar Armed Forces
Equipment7 Watercraft
Insignia
Ensign

The Madagascar Navy (French: Marine de Madagascar) is the maritime component of the Madagascar Armed Forces. The Madagascar Navy is under-equipped and undergoes difficulties in accomplishing its mission of maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and controlling the illegal fishing in the Malagasy exclusive economic zone.

Current fleet list

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Class Type Origin In Service Notes Photo
Engin de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars
(LOA 59,00 Meters)
Landing craft  France Aina Vao Vao Armed with 2 x 20 mm cannons and 81 mm mortar gun
Chamois class patrol boat
(LOA 41.0 metres)
Supply tug / coastal utility  France Matsilo Armed with 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns / Currently nonoperational
30 metres tugboat [1] Offshore patrol vessel  Madagascar RC Trozona Armed with 12.7 mm machine guns
26 metres patrol boat [2] Coastal patrol vessel  China 2 units:
  • Tselatra
  • Malaky
Armed with 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun
SAR boat 44 ft (13 m) Patrol launch  United States V11-16 Armed with 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun
Metal Shark Defiant Response Boat 38 ft (12 m) [3] Speedboat  United States Akio average speed 40 mph (35 kn; 64 km/h)
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Bases

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The main base of the Malagasy Navy is Antsiranana, that served already as a base to the colonial French Navy. Naval detachments are also found in Nosy-Be, Mahajanga, Ile Sainte-Marie and in Fort-Dauphin.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "French cooperation with the Malgasy navy" (in French). French embassy in Madagascar. March 7, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. ^ "China donate 2 coastal patrol boats to the Malgasy navy" (in French). : l'actualite Madagascar. September 16, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  3. ^ "USA donate Metal Shark Defiant Response Boat to the Malgasy navy". : U.S. Embassy in Madagascar & Comoros. February 24, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  4. ^ Réflexions sur la non-politique navale de Madagascar