Navy 6,000 personnel. (incl 500 officers)

ALGERIAN NATIONAL NAVY (ANN) AVIATION

Forces by Role & Equipment by Type 

• HELICOPTER 6 combat capable. Total 6 Helicopters

Anti-submarine warfare & Search and Rescue ASW

2 AW-101 Merlin (+4 AW-101 Being delivered)

4 Lynx Mk130 anti-submarine warfare

Equipment by Type:

Submarines • Tactical • SSK 2 Kilo (FSU) each with 6 single 533mm TT with 18 Test-71ME HWT (1 in

refit); (two additional vessels in build)

Principal Surface Combatants 9

Frigates • FF 3 Mourad Rais (FSU Koni) each with 1 twin (2 eff.) with 20 SA-N-4 Gecko SAM, 2 RBU 6000

Smerch 2 (24 eff.), 4 76mm gun (undergoing modernisation programme)

Corvettes 6 FSG 3:

2 Rais Hamidou (FSU Nanuchka II) each with 4 single each with 1 SS-N-2C Styx Tactical SSM, 1 twin (2 eff.) with 20 SA-N-4 Gecko SAM

1 Rais Hamidou (FSU Nanuchka II) with 4 quad (16 eff.) with 16 SS-N-25 Switchblade Tactical SSM, 1 twin (2 eff.) with 20 SA-N-4 Gecko SAM

FS 3 Djebel Chenona each with 2 twin (4 eff.) CSS-N-8 Saccade Tactical SSM, 1 76mm gun

Patrol and Coastal Combatants 20 PFM 9 Osa II each with 4 single each with 1 SS-N-2B Styx Tactical SSM (3) PFC 11 Kebir

Amphibious • LS 3 LSM 1 Polnochny B (capacity 6 MBT; 180 troops) LST 2 Kalaat beni Hammad (capacity 7 tanks; 240 troops) each with 1 med hel landing platform

Logistics and Support 10 TRG 8: 1 Daxin; AXL 7 EL Mouderrib SPT 1 TRV 1 Poluchat (Used for SAR)

Navy Facilities: Bases Located at Mers el Kebir, Algiers, Annaba, Jijel

Coast Guard 500 personnel.

Patrol and Coastal Combatants 16

PCC 11: 4 Baglietto; 7 El Mouderrib (PRC Chui-E)

PCI 4 El Mounkid less than 100 tonnes

PB 1 (Ocea FPB-98); (additional vessels on order)

Logistics and Support 1 Spt