Madagascar Navy

Madagascar Navy
RC Trozona
Active	1960–present
Country	Madagascar
Type	Navy
Size	500 personnel
Part of	Madagascar Armed Forces
Equipment	7 Watercraft
Insignia
Ensign

The Madagascar Navy (French : Marine de Madagascar) is the maritime component of the Madagascar Armed Forces. The Madagascar Navy is under-equipped and undergoes difficulties in accomplishing its mission of maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and controlling the illegal fishing in the Malagasy exclusive economic zone.

Current fleet list

Class	Type	Origin	In Service	Notes	Photo
Engin de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars (LOA 59,00 Meters)	Landing craft	France	Aina Vao Vao	Armed with 2 x 20 mm cannons and 81 mm mortar gun
Chamois class patrol boat (LOA 41.0 metres)	Supply tug / coastal utility	France	Matsilo	Armed with 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns / Currently nonoperational
30 metres tugboat [1]	Offshore patrol vessel	Madagascar	RC Trozona	Armed with 12.7 mm machine guns
26 metres patrol boat [2]	Coastal patrol vessel	China	2 units: Tselatra Malaky	Armed with 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun
SAR boat 44 ft (13 m)	Patrol launch	United States	V11-16	Armed with 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun
Metal Shark Defiant Response Boat 38 ft (12 m) [3]	Speedboat	United States	Akio	average speed 40 mph (35 kn; 64 km/h)

Bases

The main base of the Malagasy Navy is Antsiranana, that served already as a base to the colonial French Navy. Naval detachments are also found in Nosy-Be, Mahajanga, Ile Sainte-Marie and in Fort-Dauphin. ^[4]

References

1. "French cooperation with the Malgasy navy" (in French). French embassy in Madagascar. March 7, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
2. "China donate 2 coastal patrol boats to the Malgasy navy" (in French). : l'actualite Madagascar. September 16, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
3. "USA donate Metal Shark Defiant Response Boat to the Malgasy navy". : U.S. Embassy in Madagascar & Comoros. February 24, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
4. Réflexions sur la non-politique navale de Madagascar