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.

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

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