Romanian Naval Forces

Romanian Naval Forces Forţele Navale Române
The coat of arms and the flag
Founded	26 February 1896 (as the Royal Flotilla)
Country	Romania
Part of	Romanian Armed Forces
Command HQ	Statul Major al Forţelor Navale - Bucharest
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces Staff	Flotilla Counter Admiral Dorin Dănilă (Rear Admiral)
Insignia
Roundel
Naval jack
Battle flag

The Romanian Navy (Romanian: Forţele Navale Române) is the navy branch of the Romanian Armed Forces; it operates in the Black Sea.

[edit] Current Status

The Romanian Navy includes three frigates: Mărăşeşti, Regele Ferdinand and Regina Maria. Mărăşeşti used to be the flagship of the Romanian Navy since 1976 until 2004 when Regele Ferdinand (formerly HMS Coventry) became the new flagship. The navy also contains 4 large corvettes as its main force, along with many auxiliary ships and fluvial patrol boats. With the acquisition of the 2 Type 22 frigates Regele Ferdinand and Regina Maria (formerly HMS London), the Romanian Navy has grown to be equal in size with the navy of New Zealand ( a country with considerably more coastline than Romania).

After the restructuring of the Romanian Armed Forces (planned for 2007), ca. 6,800 men and women serve in the Romanian Navy. The main base of the Romanian Navy is located at Constanţa. The current chief of the Romanian Navy is Rear Admiral Dorin Dănilă.

The Romanian Naval Forces ordered 3 IAR 330 Puma Naval helicopters, the last one should be commissioned early 2008. The helicopter is in a similar configuration to those of the Romanian Air Force, including the SOCAT upgrade package, the Navy Pumas also have flotation gear fitted under the nose and main undercarriage fairings. After completing factory tests and sea trials , they will be operated from Navy frigates for search and rescue, medevac and maritime surveillance missions.

[edit] Fleet

[edit] Sea Fleet

Frigates (FFG)

• Regele Ferdinand (F-221)
• Regina Maria (F-222)
• Mărăşeşti (F-111)

Regele Ferdinand frigate, the flagship of the Romanian Naval Forces.

Romanian Navy PUMA NAVAL

Light Frigates (FFL)

• Admiral Petre Bărbureanu (Tetal-I) (F-260)
• Vice-Admiral Eugen Roşca (Tetal-I) (F-263)
• Rear-Admiral Eustaţiu Sebastian (Tetal-II) (F-264)
• Rear-Admiral Horia Măcelaru (Tetal-II) (F-265)

Patrol Corvettes

• Naluca (Epitrop) class torpedo boats - 3
• Zborul (Molnaya/Tarantul 1) class corvettes - 3

Mine Warfare

• miners - 1
• minesweepers - 4

Auxiliary Ships

• salvage and rescue ships - 5
• the "Emil Racoviţă" electronic surveillance ship
• Special Ships Division - 9
• the Training ship "Mircea" (named after the Wallachian Prince Mircea the Elder)

Decommissioned ships

• 1 logistic ship and 1 Kilo class submarine (overhaul needed)
• 2 Admiral Petre Barbureanu class corvettes
• 3 Osa class
• 9 Tarantul 1 class corvettes.
• 1 miner

[edit] Land equipment

Anti-ship missiles

• P-20M mobile launching systems;

[edit] River Fleet

• 14 main river ships

[edit] Ranks and insignia

Main article: Romanian Armed Forces ranks and insignia

[edit] See also

• Romanian Armed Forces
• Romanian Navy between 1914-1918
• List of Romanian modern frigates
• Rear-Admiral Eustaţiu Sebastian class frigate (demoted to corvette)
• Admiral Petre Bărbuneanu class frigate (demoted to corvette)
• 307th Marine Battalion - special operations unit.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site of the Romanian Naval Forces

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v • d • e Romanian Armed Forces Romanian Air Force • Romanian Land Forces • Romanian Naval Forces

v • d • e Romanian Naval Forces Type 22 frigates Regele Ferdinand (F-221) • Regina Maria (F-222) • Mărăşeşti (F-111) Patrol frigates Admiral Petre Bărbureanu (Tetal-I) (F-260) • Vice-Admiral Eugen Roşca (Tetal-I) (F-263) • Rear-Admiral Eustaţiu Sebastian (Tetal-II) (F-264) • Rear-Admiral Horia Măcelaru (Tetal-II) (F-265)

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