Romanian Naval Forces

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Romanian Naval Forces

Military manpower
Military age	All military inductees (including women) are volunteers who contract for an initial five-year term of service; subsequent voluntary service contracts are for successive three-year terms until the age of 36; minimum age for voluntary military service is 18 (2006)
Availability	males age 15–49: 5,061,984 females age 20–49: 4,975,427 (2005 est.)
Fit for military service	males age 15–49: 3,932,579 females age 20–49: 4,076,288 (2005 est.)
Reaching military age annually	males: 172,093 females: 165,547 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures
Amount	€ 2.21 billion (2007)^[1]
Percent of GDP	2.05% (2007)

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

1 Current Status
2 Fleet
- 2.1 Sea Fleet
- 2.2 River Fleet
3 Ranks and insignia
- 3.1 Flag Officers (OF 10 - 6) and Officers (5 - 1)
4 See also
5 References
6 External link

[edit] Current Status

The Romanian Navy includes three powerful 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 and efficient 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 navies of Portugal and of New Zealand (countries with considerably more coastline than Romania).

After the restructuring of the Romanian Army (planned for 2007), ca. 6,800 men and women will 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 with the first one delivered in March 2007, serving on the Regele Ferdinand frigate. The other two helicopters are expected to enter the navy by the early 2008.

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[edit] Fleet

[edit] Sea Fleet

Frigates (FFG)

Light Frigates (FFL)

Patrol Corvettes

anti-ship missile armed torpedo boats - 3
modern large missile-boats - 3 (Romanian: corvete purtătoare de rachete)

Mine Warfare

miners and minesweepers - 5

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)

Decomissioned ships

1 logistic ship and 1 Kilo class submarine as well as 2 Admiral Petre Barbureanu class corvettes

[edit] River Fleet

14 main river ships

Romanian naval jack

[edit] Ranks and insignia

[edit] Flag Officers (OF 10 - 6) and Officers (5 - 1)

NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF-D	Student Officer
Romania (Edit)	No Equivalent											No Equivalent	No Equivalent

		Amiral	Viceamiral	Contraamiral	Contraamiral de flotilă	Comandor	Căpitan-comandor	Locotenent-comandor	Căpitan	Locotenent	Aspirant