New fleet: The Libyan Navy 1962-today.

The Libyan Navy was created as part of the Libyan Armed Forces in November 1962, headed at the time by Admiral Mansour Bader, Chief of Staff. Before the First Libyan Civil War (under Muhammar Gadhaffi) it was a sizeable green water navy with missile frigates, corvettes and patrol boats, mostly from a Soviet procurement, with the exception of Britain and Italy.
The Navy was also the smallest of Libya’s military branches. The Gaddafi-era fleet was destroyed in 2011 and after the start of the Second Libyan Civil War, it was aligned on the Government of National Accord (GNA) based in Tripoli. The Libyan National Army controlled a motley collection of light crafts however.
Here is a full story, evolution, acquisitions, and specs, details of proper Libyan ships to local specs. All classes from Missiles frigates and corvettes to patrol boats and landing crafts, minesweepers.



The camouflaged missile Corvette Al Hani, Koni class

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