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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 Dutch Ministry of Defence loaned the Nigerian Navy another ship, NNS Ogoja, pending the completion of the Nigeria, until it eventually decided to gift the Ogoja to the navy in October 1965. [4] Nigeria was laid down on 9 April 1964 and launched on 12 April 1965. [5] It began performing sea trials with an all-Nigerian crew later that year. [6]
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.
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NNS Oji (P-275) is the third and latest iteration of the Seaward Defence Boat class of vessels built for the Nigerian Navy by its engineers at the Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Nigerian Civil War Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey (6 March 1918 – 12 December 1991) [ 1 ] was a Nigerian Navy Vice Admiral who served as head of the Nigerian Navy (i.e. Chief of Naval Staff ), [ 2 ] acting foreign minister , [ 3 ] and chief of staff of the Supreme Headquarters, [ 4 ] making him the de facto vice president of Nigeria during Yakubu ...
NNS Andoni (P-100) is a seaward defense boat of the Nigerian Navy.It is the first of 3 vessels in its class, with each vessel a larger variant of the previous one. Its armament includes a manned 30mm main gun, two 12.7mm and two 40mm AGL.
Okhai Michael Akhigbe GCON (29 September 1946 – 28 October 2013) [1] was a vice admiral of the Nigerian Navy [2] who served as de facto vice president of Nigeria (as Chief of General Staff) under military head of state General Abdusalami Abubakar from June 1998 to May 1999, [3] when the military government was terminated and replaced by the Fourth Nigerian Republic.