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The Sri Lanka Navy ( SLN) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාව, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā nāvika hamudāva; Tamil: இலங்கை கடற்படை, romanized: Ilaṅkai kaṭaṟpaṭai) is the naval arm of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is classed as the country's most vital defence force due to ...
The Grumman AF Guardian is the first purpose-built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) carrier-based aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. [1] It consisted of two airframe variants, one for detection gear, the other for weapons. The Guardian remained in service until August 1955, when it was replaced by the twin-engined Grumman S-2 ...
One of the first gunboats of the Marine Royale. French and Belgian warships during the Rio Nuñez Incident in West Africa, 1849. The Belgian Navy was created as the Marine Royale (English: Royal Navy) on 15 January 1831. [5] This force has operated in various forms throughout Belgian history. When the country became independent after the ...
The Department of the Navy has shown no desire to scale back or cancel the program. On 24 March 2006 the Navy exercised its three-year, $3 billion option to extend the contract through September 2010. In April 2006, users began to log on with Common Access Cards (CACs), a smartcard-based logon system called the Cryptographic Log On (CLO). In ...
The equipment of the Royal Malaysian Navy can be subdivided into: ships, aircraft, radar, weapons, munitions, firearms and attire. All RMN ship carries the prefix KD, which is equivalent to "His Majesty's Ship" in English. The sailing ship however, carries the KLD prefix (Kapal Layar Di-Raja) to mean "His Majesty's Sailing Ship". Ships Class Image Type Ships Origin Quantity Notes Submarines ...
The Bolivian Navy (Spanish: Armada Boliviana) is a branch of the Armed Forces of Bolivia.As of 2008, the Bolivian Navy had approximately 5,000 personnel. Although Bolivia has been landlocked since the War of the Pacific and the Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1904), Bolivia established a River and Lake Force (Fuerza Fluvial y Lacustre) in January 1963 under the Ministry of National Defense.
Badge of Marksmanship. Flood Service Medal 2002. Flood Service Medal 2013. The German Navy ( German: Deutsche Marine, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə maˈʁiːnə] ⓘ) is the navy of Germany and part of the unified Bundeswehr (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the Bundesmarine (Federal Navy) from 1956 ...
KRI Teluk Wondama (527) Indonesia. In active service. [61] (520), (522), (523), (524) features a large hangar to support sustained helicopter operation. Only (520) has the length of 120 meters and 18 meters beam, the rest of the class were 117 meters long and has 16.4 meters wide beam.