Nicaraguan Navy
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Nicaraguan Navy | |
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Fuerza Naval del Ejercito de Nicaragua | |
Founded | 1980 |
Country | Nicaragua |
Type | Navy |
Role | Naval warfare |
Part of | Nicaraguan Armed Forces |
Commanders | |
Commander-in-Chief | President Daniel Ortega |
Minister of Defence | Rosa Adelina Barahona Castro |
Chief of Naval Force | Rear Admiral Ángel Eugenio Fonseca Donaire |
Insignia | |
Ensign |
The Nicaraguan Navy, officially the Naval Force of the Nicaraguan Army, (Spanish: Fuerza Naval del Ejercito de Nicaragua) is the naval service branch of the Nicaraguan Armed Forces. The navy's mission is to ensure the defense and security of the islands, territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of Nicaragua in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
Founded on August 13, 1980, as the Sandinista Navy, it consisted of a few old
The primary mission was to discourage seaborne
The commander of the navy was a Sandinista Popular Army (Ejército Popular Sandinista—EPS) officer with the rank of major. The principal bases of the MGS are at the ports of Corinto on the Pacific and Puerto Cabezas on the Caribbean. Other installations are at El Bluff near Bluefields and San Juan del Sur on the Pacific.
Nicaragua ordered two additional patrol vessels based on the
Fleet
Class | Origin | Type | In Service | Fleet |
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Damen Stan 4207 Patrol Vessel
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Netherlands | Patrol Vessel | 2 | |
Clase Rodman-101 | Spain | Fast Patrol Boat | 4 | |
Sin Hung-class torpedo boat | North Korea | Torpedo Boat | 2 | |
Zhuk-class patrol boat | Soviet Union | Patrol Boat | 3 | |
Dabur-class patrol boat | Israel | Fast Patrol Boat | 10 | |
Vedettes côtières de surveillance maritime | France | Swift Boat | 2 |
References
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Alejandro Sanchez (2019-08-09). "Nicaragua commissions new Damen patrol vessels". Washington, DC. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
Plans to acquire two Damen Stan Patrol 4207 craft from Damen were confirmed in December 2017. The ships are understood to have previously been operated by Jamaica until 2016 and were overhauled in the Netherlands.
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Julio Montes (2019-03-12). "Las Patrulleras Damen entran en servicio en la Fuerza Navalde Nicaragua" [Damen patrol cars enter service in the Naval Force of Nicaragua]. Defensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-09.
Los navios tenian el numero de astillero YN549860 y YV 549862, correspondientes al ex HMJS Cornall, y el ex HMJS Surrey.