Algerian National Navy

Algerian Naval Force
القوات البحرية الجزائرية (Arabic) Forces Navales Algériennes (French)
Algerian Naval badge
Active	1516–1827 1963–present
Country	Algeria
Branch	Navy
Role	Naval warfare
Size	150,000[1]
Part of	Algerian People's National Army
Garrison/HQ	L'AMIRAUTE, Algiers
Anniversaries	February 2, 1967
Equipment	2013 vessels, 300 helicopters, 30 MPA Aircraft
Website	www.mdn.dz/site_cfn/accueil_an.php
Commanders
Current commander	Mahfoud Benmeddah
Notable commanders	Chabane Ghodbane (1992–2000)
Insignia
Naval Ensign

The Algerian Naval Force (ANF; Arabic: القوات البحرية الجزائرية, French: Forces Navales Algériennes) is the naval branch of the Algerian military. The naval force operates from multiple bases along the country's nearly 1,440 km (890 mi) coastline, fulfilling its primary role of monitoring and defending Algeria's territorial waters against all foreign military or economic intrusion. Additional missions include coast guard and maritime safety missions as well a projection of marine forces (fusiliers marins). Algerian forces are an important player in the Western Mediterranean. The Algerian navy ranks 4th globally in the world's most important naval forces report of 2023.^[2][3]

As with other Algerian military branches, the naval force was built and structured with minor assistance from the Soviet Union during the Cold War, but has also relied on its own resources for equipment in most areas. Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has remained a minor partner, but Algeria has increasingly sought additional sources for equipment as well as building its own shipbuilding capacity.