United Arab Emirates Navy

United Arab Emirates Navy
دولة الامارات العربية المتحدة
Founded 1971
Country  UAE
Branch Navy
Role Naval warfare
Size 2,500 personnel[1]
Part of Union Defence Force
Garrison/HQ Abu Dhabi
Insignia
Ensign

The United Arab Emirates Navy is small force of about 2,500 personnel. It maintains 12 well-equipped coastal patrol boats and eight missile boats. Although primarily concerned with coastal defense, the Navy is constructing a six-unit class of blue water corvettes in conjunction with French shipbuilder CMN.[2] The UAE maintains a small battalion-sized marine force called the UAE Marines equipped with BMP-3 armoured personnel carriers.

Swedish shipbuilder Swede Ship Marine have built four 24 m Amphibious Troop Transport Vessel and one 25 m Fast Supply Vessel for the UAE Navy (delivered between 2003 and 2005).[3] Three additional vessels are being built by Swede Ship Marine for the UAE Navy (see Future Navy).

Equipment

Vessels

Class Type Photo Number of Ships Notes
Abu-Dhabi class frigates 1 1,650 tons,88m length
1 × Otobreda 76 mm Super Rapid gun
2 × remote controlled 30 mm guns
4 × MM40 Block 3 Exocet anti-ship missiles
1 helicopter carried.[4][5][6][7]
Baynunah class corvettes corvettes 6 930 tons, 71m length
1 × Otobreda 76 mm Super Rapid gun

2 × Rheinmetall MLG 27 27 mm guns
21x RIM-116 RAM SAM
8 × MM40 Block 3 Exocet anti-ship missiles
1 AS-565 helo (based on the CMN Group's Combattante BR70 design).[8]

Muray-Jib corvettes 2 630 tons, 63m length
1 × 76 mm
1 × 30 mm gun 
1X8 Crotale SAM
8 MM-40 SSM
1 - SA 316 Helicopter [9]
Arialah-class offshore patrol vessel 1 67m length
1 x 57mm
2 x 30mm guns
RAM missile system[10]
Ban-Yas (Lürssen TNC-45) fast attack craft 6 TNC 45 fast attack craft - 260 tons full load / 44.9 metres length - 4 MM-40 Block III SSM - 1 × 76 mm and 2 × 40 mm guns — commissioned 1980-1 - will be upgraded to Mubarraz class
Mubarraz class fast attack craft 2 260 tons full load / 44.9 metres length - 4 MM-40 SSM - 1 × 6 Mistral SAM - 1 × 76 mm and 2 × 40 mm guns — commissioned 1990
Ardhana class patrol craft 6 175 tons full load — commissioned 1975-6
Unknown patrol boats, fast 20 4 tons
Frankenthal minehunter 2
Al-Quwaisat[11] landing ship tank 2
Unknown landing craft tank 7
Unknown Landing Craft Utility 5
Unknown LCP 4
Ghannatha fast attack landing crafts 12 will be upgraded to Gnannatha Phase II class [12]
  • 4 other ships

Leased

Future Navy

Till 2014 will be commissioned 12 Ghannatha Phase II class fast missile landing crafts. First unit was be launched in July 2012.[12] Other 12 will be upgraded from Ghannatha Phase I class [9]

4 Falaj 2 class patrol vessel (based on the Italian Diciotti class) on order, 2 being fitted out - 550 tons - 4 MM-40 Exocets - 6 Mica VL SAM (2 more to be produced with 2 more in the future, grand total 8)

One 26 m Offshore Patrol Vessel, one 24 m Amphibious Troop Transport Vessel and one 24 m Patrol Vessel is under construction for the UAE Navy.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ IISS 2009 The Military Balance 2010
  2. ↑ "United Arab Emirates". state.gov. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Fincantieri to build U.A.E. corvette". United Press International. 19 August 2009.
  5. ↑ Fincantieri
  6. ↑ Italian Ministry of Defense
  7. ↑ "Abu Dhabi class ASW Corvette - UAE Navy(navy recognition)". February 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ Navyrecognition (12 February 2014). "World Defence News: Abu Dhabi Ship Building delivers Al Hili, sixth and last Baynunah class Corvette to the UAE Navy". worlddefencenews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  9. 1 2 "United Arab Emirates" (PDF). www.inss.org.il. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "New UAE patrol ship presents a striking profile". Defense News. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  11. ↑ www.malaysiandefence.com/mrss-as-well-plan-b-shorts/
  12. 1 2 "В ОАЭ спущен на воду первый ракетный катер национальной постройки". flotprom.ru. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "VIDEO: HSV Swift hit by missile attack - Marine Log". marinelog.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
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