Madagascar Navy

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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 navy branch of the Madagascar Armed Forces.

The Madagascar Navy is under-equipped and experiences difficulties in accomplishing its mission of controlling and suppression illegal fishing in the Malagasy exclusive economic zone (EEZ), maritime law enforcement, and maritime search and rescue.

Current fleet list

Class	Type	Origin	In Service	Notes	Photo
Engin de débarquement d'infanterie et de chars (LOA 59.0 m)	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 m)	Supply tug / coastal utility	France	Matsilo	Armed with 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns / Currently nonoperational
30 metres tugboat	Offshore patrol vessel	Madagascar	RC Trozona	Armed with 12.7 mm machine guns
26 metres patrol boat	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)	Speedboat	United States	Akio	average speed 40 mph (35 kn; 64 km/h)

Bases

The main base of the Malagasy Navy is Antsiranana, which previously served as a base for the colonial French Navy. Naval detachments are also found in Nosy-Be, Mahajanga, Ile Sainte-Marie and in Fort-Dauphin.

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