Naval Force (Solevant)

Naval Force
Active	9 August 1821 – present
Country	Solevant
Allegiance	Solevant
Size	20,000 personnel 5,000 reserve personnel
Part of	Solevanti Defense Forces
Commanders
President	Timothée Clérico
Councillor-General of Defense	Cédric Delaunay
Head of the Defense Forces	Air Marshal Dylan Vaillancourt
Head of the Naval Force	Admiral Amaury Brunelle

Naval Force (Merovingian: Force marine) is the naval warfare and maritime security branch of the Solevanti Defense Forces.

Ships and equipment

Current ships

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement	Note
NMS Venator		Light Cruiser	NMS Venator	12,000 tonnes	Equipped with 16 AShM, CIWS and SHORAD defenses.
San Giorgio-class		Amphibious Transport Dock	A302 Acclamator	8,000 tonnes	Built by Sylva in the 1990s for Solevant.
Oliver Hazard Perry-class		Frigate	F400 Rouge F401 Jaune F402 Bleu F403 Orange F404 Vert F405 Violet	8,500 tonnes	Purchased new starting in the late 1970s and finsihing in 1992. All ships have been refitted with EC systems following a comprehensive upgrade from 2009 to 2019. The ships are projected to be in service until the mid-2020s.
Hamilton-class		Patrol Ship	C90 Renard C91 Fennec	8,500 tonnes	Purchased from Hallia but built in Solevant, the ships serve as coast guard vessels and do not have any heavy armament installed aside from the deck gun. Provisions for militrization are maintained.
Sylvain Crozier-class		Fast Attack Ship	P100 Sylvain Crozier P101 Maxime De Guignes P102 Franck Quint P103 Gustave Boulle	610 tonnes	Purchased and delivered between 1978-19780.
Sauro-class		Attack Submarine	S800 Manteau S801 Dague S802 Subterfuge S803 Saboteur S804 Rusé S805 Dérivation	1,800 tonnes	First 4 ships built in Sylva, the last two produced in Solevant. Upgraded in 2010 to 2016.

Aircraft inventory

Aircraft	Photo	Origin	Role	Version	Quantity	Comment
Special Mission
Lockheed P-3 Orion		Hallia	Maritime patrol		9
P-3AEW&C		Hallia	AEW&C		6
Rotor-Wing
Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite		Hallia	Anti-submarine		20	Less than half of the total number is deployed at any time.
Bell UH-1N Twin Huey		Hallia	Transport and utility		16