Royal Bahrain Naval Force

Royal Bahrain Naval Force

RBNF sailors conduct a boarding exercise in the port of Manama in May 2008.
Active  ? - Present
Country  Bahrain
Branch Naval Force
Size 1770 (Navy and Coastguard)
Part of Ministry of Defense
Bahrain Defense Force
Nickname RBNF
Engagements Invasion of Kuwait
Gulf War
Commanders
Commander of Navy Yusuf al-Maluallah
Insignia
Coat of Arms

The Royal Bahrain Naval Force (RBNF) (previously known as Bahrain Defense Force, Naval Branch), is the maritime branch of the Bahrain Defense Force. The Commander of the Navy is Lieutenant Commander Yusuf al-Maluallah. The navy consists of 11 combat vessels, 22 patrol craft and over 700 personnel. The Fleet is based at Mina Sulman Naval Base and has a flight wing which can operate off the corvettes, consisting of two MBB BO-105 helicopters.

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Fleet

Type/Class Quantity Origin In service Details
OHP-Class Frigate (RBNS Sabha) 1  United States 1981 - Present 4 Harpoon SSMs, 1 MBB BO-105 shipboard helicopter, and SM-1MR SAMs.
Victory class corvette 2  Germany 1987–1988 4 MM40 Exocets, and 1 MBB BO-105 shipboard helicopter.
Al Riffa Lürssen TNC-45 4  Germany 1984–1989 4 MM40 Exocets.
Al Riffa Lürssen FPB 38 2  Germany    
Al Jarim Swift FPB-20 2  United States    
Wasp-11 2      
Wasp-20 2      
Wasp-30 1      
VT-Halmatic 20 4  Qatar    
VT-Halmatic 160 6  Qatar    
Fairey Marine Swordsman 4  United Kingdom    
LCU-1486 4  United States    
Fairey Marine LCU 1  United Kingdom    

Bases

See also

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mina_Sulman_Naval_Base Mina Sulman Naval Base] at Wikimedia Commons