Garamburan Navy

Garamburan Navy
Marine garambourenne
Founded	1977
Country	Garambura
Type	Navy
Size	3,102
Part of	Garamburan Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Alphonse Amsalu Naval Base, Chalandray, Mambiza, Garambura
Colors	Red, green and black
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	Muzukuru Chiyangwa
Grand Admiral	Nzou Chitepo
Chief of Naval Office	Shumba Masunda
Insignia
Ensign
Naval Jack

The Garamburan Navy, often referred to by its native name Marine garambourenne (MG) is the primary naval warfare branch of the Garamburan Armed Forces. The navy is among the more modernised navies in Bahia, with a significant primary supplier in Halland. The navy's role is primarily patrol in the Banfura Sea, however Garambura maintains small amounts of combat vessels. The Garamburan Navy is most active in combatting Banfuran piracy and illegal fishing in the Gulf of Deselles. The Garamburan Navy is considered a brown-water navy and often conducts military operations against modern iterations of the River Bedouin along the Gonda.

History

From its independence in 1969 to 1977, Garambura lacked a distinct and separate naval command. Naval patrols were carried out by smaller police boats and were mainly used to deter pirates on small boats from attempting to board ships leaving the Port of Mambiza. Following the Nativity War against Rwizikuru, Takakunda Kuda Kani sought to modernise Garambura's navy into a more competent force. The Navy itself was created in 1977 with the purchase of two Riverine-class patrol boats from Halland in 1977, the NMG Amsalu and the NMG Nationale, the first ships commissioned by the Garamburan Navy.

Patrol boats formed the entirety of the Garamburan Navy until 1997, when the Garamburan government purchased two Gearing-class frigates, which remain the force's only two active combat-capable ships. The ownership of the frigates remains controversial within Garambura due to their maintenance costs, but the government maintains that they are a necessary backbone to Garambura's marine force in Bahia. Four Walsh-class patrol boats were ordered from Halland between 2000 and 2002, followed by a Serene-class mine countermeasures vessel in 2002. Garambura's first domestically produced ship, the Charles Dumont-class, entered service in 2005. A hospital ship, the Charles Dumont-class is mainly used to assist paramedics and can often be seen operating along the Gonda delta in Mambiza.

Ships and weapons

Ships

Combat fleet

Image	Class/name	Type	Number	Entered service	Country of origin	Notes
	Gearing-class	Frigate	2	1997	Halland	Purchased from Halland in 1997 as they were entering retirement. Serves mainly as military deterrent in the region, the Garamburan Navy's only combat-capable ships.

Support fleet

Image	Class/name	Type	Number	Entered service	Country of origin	Notes
	Serene-class	Mine coutermeasures ship	1	2002	Halland	One purchased from Halland in 2002 to assist in mine countermeasures in the Gulf of Deselle in the event of a nation mining the waters.
	Charles Dumont-class	Hospital ship	2	2005	Garambura	Two ordered and commissioned in 2005, mainly serves as a hospital ship travelling up and down the Gonda and are the most-used ships in the navy. One of the ships assisted in the CN peacekeeping mission in Tusania in 2010.

Patrol fleet

Image	Class/name	Type	Number	Entered service	Country of origin	Notes
	Riverine-class	Patrol boat	8	1977–1980	Halland	Eight gradually purchased between 1977 and 1980 as part of a modernisation program for the Garamburan Navy following the Nativity War, enforces Garamburan territorial waters and exclusive economic zones.
	Walsh-class	Offshore patrol boat	4	2000–2002	Halland	Largely used in a similar manner to the Riverine-class, the Walsh-class patrol boats were added to the Garamburan fleet to assist the aging ships in patrolling Garamburan waters.

Aircraft

Image	Class/name	Type	Number	Entered service	Country of origin	Notes
	Condor II	Utility helicopter	5	2001–2003	Nuxica	Three acquired from Nuxica in 2001, and a further two purchased in 2003.

Gallery

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  Sailors of the Marine garambourenne with members of the Commonwealth Marines.

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  NMS Amsalu and NMS Nationale during training exercises.

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  Helicopter of the MG lands aboard a Hallandic ship during training exercises in the Banfura in 2012.

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  Garamburan marines aboard a Cassien ship during exercises in the Vehemens.