Algerian National Navy

Algerian Naval Force
القوات البحرية الجزائرية (Arabic) Forces Navales Algériennes (French)
Algerian Naval badge
Active	1963–present
Country	Algeria
Branch	Navy
Role	Naval warfare
Size	15,000[1]
Part of	Algerian People's National Army
Garrison/HQ	L'AMIRAUTE, Algiers
Anniversaries	February 2, 1967
Equipment	213 vessels, 30 helicopters, 3 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.

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