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The Nigerian Navy (NN) is the naval branch of the Nigerian armed forces. With more than 70 warships, it is categorised as the fourth strongest navy in Africa (after South Africa, Egypt, Algeria and Morocco). [1] It is considered well-trained and has participated in several peacekeeping missions.
The Nigerian government ordered the frigate Nigeria as a purpose-built flagship from Wilton-Fijenoord in the Netherlands [2] at a cost of £3,500,000. [1] This was part of an expansion practice which sought to use new ships to balance out the Nigerian Navy's older acquisitions and give the force seagoing capabilities. [3]
The Nigerian Navy (NN) is the sea branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The Nigerian Navy command structure today consists of the Naval Headquarters in Abuja as well as three other operational commands with headquarters in Lagos, Calabar and Bayelsa. The training command headquarters are located in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, but ...
Ships transferred from the United States Coast Guard to the Nigerian Navy (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Ships of the Nigerian Navy" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The quasi-military Nigerian Marine Department was established in 1914 and cooperated with the Royal Navy in capturing Cameroon in the First World War.The Nigerian Navy came into official existence in 1956, staffed by 200 people from the Marine Department, with the tasks of mine-sweeping, ports examination and naval control services.
NNS Aradu (F89) (meaning "thunder" in Hausa) is a Nigerian Navy frigate. She is the first of the MEKO 360 general purpose frigates built by the German company, Blohm + Voss. The 125.6-metre (412 ft 1 in) ship is the largest in the Nigerian Navy.
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Nigerian Naval Engineering College (NNEC) is a Nigerian Government Monotechnic Institute located in Sapele, Delta State, South-South Nigeria.The college is a diploma awarding institute, established by the federal government of Nigeria in the year 1982 to train engineers, technologists and craftmen.