Romanian Naval Forces
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| Romanian Naval Forces Forţele Navale Române | |
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| Image:Stema Statului Major al Fortelor Navale.jpg Image:1 4 SMFN steag.jpg The coat of arms and the flag | |
| Founded | 26 February 1896 (as the Royal Flotilla) |
| Current form | 14 March 2003 |
| Headquarters | Bucharest |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces Staff | Flotilla Counter Admiral Dorin Dănilă (Rear Admiral) |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 |
| Available for military service | 5,061,984 males, age 15–49 (2005 est.[1]), 4,975,427 females, age 15–49 (2005 est.[1]) |
| Fit for military service | 3,932,579 males, age 15–49 (2005 est.[1]), 4,076,288 females, age 15–49 (2005 est.[1]) |
| Reaching military age annually | 172,093 males (2005 est.[1]), 165,547 females (2005 est.[1]) |
| Active personnel | 6,800 (ranked 52th) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | €2.21 billion.[2] |
| Percent of GDP | 2.05%.[3] |
| Related articles | |
| Ranks | Romanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia |
The Romanian Navy (Romanian: Forţele Navale Române) is the navy branch of the Romanian Armed Forces; it operates in the Black Sea.
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[edit] Current Status
The Romanian Navy includes three frigates: Mărăşeşti, Regele Ferdinand and Regina Maria. Mărăşeşti used to be the flagship of the Romanian Navy since 1976 until 2004 when Regele Ferdinand (formerly HMS Coventry) became the new flagship. The navy also contains 4 large corvettes as its main force, along with many auxiliary ships and fluvial patrol boats. With the acquisition of the 2 Type 22 frigates Regele Ferdinand and Regina Maria (formerly HMS London), the Romanian Navy has grown to be equal in size with the navy of New Zealand ( a country with considerably more coastline than Romania).
After the restructuring of the Romanian Armed Forces (planned for 2007), ca. 6,800 men and women serve in the Romanian Navy. The main base of the Romanian Navy is located at Constanţa. The current chief of the Romanian Navy is Rear Admiral Dorin Dănilă.
The Romanian Naval Forces ordered 3 IAR 330 Puma Naval helicopters, the last one should be commissioned early 2008. The helicopter is in a similar configuration to those of the Romanian Air Force, including the SOCAT upgrade package, the Navy Pumas also have flotation gear fitted under the nose and main undercarriage fairings. After completing factory tests and sea trials , they will be operated from Navy frigates for search and rescue, medevac and maritime surveillance missions.
[edit] Fleet
[edit] Sea Fleet
Frigates (FFG)
Light Frigates (FFL)
- Admiral Petre Bărbureanu (Tetal-I) (F-260)
- Vice-Admiral Eugen Roşca (Tetal-I) (F-263)
- Rear-Admiral Eustaţiu Sebastian (Tetal-II) (F-264)
- Rear-Admiral Horia Măcelaru (Tetal-II) (F-265)
Patrol Corvettes
- anti-ship missile armed torpedo boats - 3
- modern large missile-boats (Tarantul I) - 3 (Romanian: corvete purtătoare de rachete)
Mine Warfare
- miners and minesweepers - 5
Auxiliary Ships
- salvage and rescue ships - 5
- the "Emil Racoviţă" electronic surveillance ship
- Special Ships Division - 9
- the Training ship "Mircea" (named after the Wallachian Prince Mircea the Elder)
Decommissioned ships
- 1 logistic ship and 1 Kilo class submarine (will be operational again by 2008) as well as 2 Admiral Petre Barbureanu class corvettes
[edit] Land equipment
- P-20M mobile launching systems;
[edit] River Fleet
- 14 main river ships
[edit] Ranks and insignia
[edit] See also
- Romanian Armed Forces
- Romanian Navy between 1914-1918
- List of Romanian modern frigates
- Rear-Admiral Eustaţiu Sebastian class frigate (demoted to corvette)
- Admiral Petre Bărbuneanu class frigate (demoted to corvette)
- 307th Marine Battalion - special operations unit.
[edit] References
- ^ CIA World Factbook, Military of Romania
- ^ (Romanian) MoND Budget as of 2007, Ziarul Financiar, October 30, 2006
- ^ (Romanian) MoND Budget as of 2007, Ziarul Financiar, October 30, 2006
[edit] External links
Black Sea Naval Co-operation Task Group (BLACKSEAFOR) |
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