Libyan Navy

Libyan Navy
القوات البحرية الليبية
Seal of the Libyan Navy
Active	November 1962 – present
Country	Libya
Allegiance	Government of National Unity (pro-GNU) House of Representatives (pro-HoR) Formerly Government of National Accord
Branch	Libyan Armed Forces
Type	Navy
Size	15,000 personnel
Headquarters	Tripoli (Libyan Army) Tobruk (Libyan National Army)
Equipment	1 frigate 1 corvette 1 missile boat 2 minesweepers 2 landing crafts
Engagements	Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) 2011 Libyan civil war Second Battle of Zawiya Second Libyan Civil War Battle of Sirte (2016) 2019-2020 Western Libya campaign
Commanders
Commander-in Chief	Mohamed al-Menfi
Chief of Naval Staff	Abdul Hakim Abu Hawliyeh (pro-GNU)(formerly pro-GNA) [1] Admiral Faraj al-Mahdawi (pro-HoR)
Notable commander	Commander Rida Issa (pro-GNU) (formerly pro-GNA)
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The Libyan Navy (Arabic: قوات البحرية الليبية) is the naval warfare branch of the Libyan Armed Forces. Established in November 1962, Libyan Navy was headed by Admiral Mansour Bader, Chief of Staff of the Libyan Naval Force. Before the First Libyan Civil War, it was a fairly typical small navy with a few missile frigates, corvettes and patrol boats to defend the coastline, but with a very limited self-defence capability.

The navy has always been the smallest of Libya's military branches and has always been dependent on foreign sources for equipment, spare parts, and training. Most of the Gaddafi-era fleet was destroyed in 2011. Since the start of the Second Libyan Civil War, the Libyan Navy is aligned with the Government of National Accord (GNA), led by the Presidential Council in Tripoli, apart from coastal patrol vessels under the control of the Libyan National Army.^[2][3]