Yemeni Navy

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Yemeni Navy and Coastal Defence Forces
القوات البحرية اليمنية والدفاع الساحلي
Logo of the Yemeni Navy
Active	1990–present
Country	Yemen
Allegiance	Yemen
Branch	Navy
Type	Navy
Role	Intelligence assessment Maritime patrol Maritime safety Maritime search and rescue Maritime security operations Minesweeping Naval warfare
Part of	Yemeni Armed Forces
Naval Headquarters	Aden
Colors	Black, white and gold
Anniversaries	22 May 1990
Equipment	2 corvette 8 Missile boat 15 patrol craft 3 Minesweeper 5 landing craft
Engagements	Yemeni Civil War (1994) Houthi insurgency in Yemen Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Yemeni Revolution Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
Commanders
Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Navy	Vice Admiral Abdullah Salim Al-Nakhei [1]
Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces	Lieutenant General Sagheer Hamoud Aziz
Insignia
Flag of the Yemeni Navy

Yemeni Armed Forces
Leadership
Minister of Defense
Military services
Yemeni Army Yemeni Navy Yemeni Air Force Yemeni Coast Guard
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The Yemeni Navy and Coastal Defence Forces is the maritime component of the Yemeni Armed Forces. Yemen's navy was created in 1990 when North and South Yemen united.

Yemen early on had problems with trying to keep drugs from entering Yemen by sea. In 2006, Yemen purchased 10 Bay-class patrol boats which were very effective at stopping smugglers from entering Yemen. The Bay patrol craft currently under construction are, however, for the Yemeni Coast Guard, not the Yemeni Navy. Likewise, the 10 Austal Patrol Craft belong to the Coast Guard, not the Navy.

In the Hanish Islands Crisis, Yemen prepared its navy for an assault on the Hanish Islands and on Eritrea. Eritrea accidentally destroyed a Russian ship, thinking it was a Yemeni ship. The invasion, however, never happened since Eritrea made agreements with Yemen.