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Revision as of 20:10, 26 November 2023
The Imperial Byzantine Navy (Greek: Βασιλικό Βυζαντινό Ναυτικό; Basilikó Byzantinó Naftikó; Β.Β.Ν.), officially the Roman Navy in the East (Greek: Ρωμαϊκό Ναυτικό στην Ανατολή, Ρ.Ν.Α.; Romaïkó Naftikó stin Anatolí, R.N.A.), is the naval warfare service branch of the Imperial Byzantine Armed Forces.
In 2022, the Byzantine Navy had a reported active personnel strength of 80,962; this figure includes two Amphibious Marines Brigades as well as several Special Forces detachments As of early 2021, the navy operates a wide variety of ships and 60 maritime aircraft.
The Imperial Byzantine Navy is a Green-water navy with Blue-water capabilities.
List of ships
The Byzantine Navy deploys 416 ships in active commission:
- 22 x Attack Submarines
- 1 x Amphibious Assault Ship/Helicopter Carrier
- 37 x Frigates
- 7 x Corvettes
- 41 x Fast Attack Crafts
- 10 x Gunboats
- 3 x Offshore patrol vessels
- 4 x Fast Patrol Boats
- 37 x Patrol Vessels
- 26 x Mine countermeasures vessels
- 5 x Amphibious warfare ships/Landing ships
- 57 x Landing Craft
- 55 x Tank Landing Ships
- 1 x Intelligence ship
- 9 x General Support Ships
- 3 x Training ships
- 1 x Sailing training ship
- 8 x Training boats
- 1 x Troopship
- 1 x Submarine rescue ship
- 3 x Rescue and salvage ships
- 2 x Emergency response and diving training boats
- 3 x Anti-submarine net tender
- 38 x Tugboats
- 6 x Oceanographic & Hydrographic Survey Vessels
- 9 x Transport Ships
- 2 x Replenishment oilers
- 14 x Tankers
- 7 x Special Operations Crafts
- 2 x Lighthouse Tenders