Naval Force (Solevant)
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Naval Force | |
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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 |
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NMS Venator | Light Cruiser | NMS Venator | 12,000 tonnes | Equipped with 16 AShM, CIWS and SHORAD defenses. Began decommissioning process in 2023, expected to be finished by 2024. The Venator was the last gun cruiser in service in any nation. | |
San Giorgio-class | Amphibious Transport Dock | A302 Acclamator | 8,000 tonnes | Built by Gothia in the 1990s for Solevant. | |
Durand de la Penne-class | Guided Missile Destroyer | F410 Rouge F420 Jaune |
4,500 tonnes | Built by Gothia. Bought as a large naval modernization package in the 1990s. | |
Type 23 -class | Anti-Submarine Destroyer | F401 Aigle F402 Balbuzard F403 Héron |
4,900 tonnes | Purchased second-hand from Anglia in the early 2000s to partially replace the older Maestrale-class. | |
Maestrale-class | Anti-Submarine Frigate Patrol Ship |
F307 Cormoran F309 Martin-pêcheur C90 Renard C91 Fennec |
3,000 tonnes | Slowly replaced by newer ships. | |
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 |
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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 |