Egyptian Navy

Egyptian Navy
Egyptian Navy
Active	1800 - Present (224 years)
Country	Egypt
Branch	Egyptian Coast Guard ; Egyptian Navy Thunderbolt ; Egyptian Naval Aviation
Type	Navy
Size	18,500 active (As of 2014); 14,000 Reserve (As of 2014); 32,500 Total (As of 2014) ; 245 vessels (As of 2014)
Part of	Egyptian Armed Forces
Headquarters	Alexandria
	Blue, Red, White and Black;
Anniversaries	21 October
Equipment	Current Fleet
Commanders
Commander in Chief of the Navy	Vice Admiral Ahmed Khaled Hassan Saeed
Chief of Staff of the Navy	Rear Admiral Mohamed Abdel Aziz El Sayed
Insignia
Ceremonial Flag
Insignia	Egyptian Navy ranks
Aircraft flown
Attack	Rafale, F-16
Electronic; warfare	Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
Fighter	Rafale, F-16

The Egyptian Navy is a branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is the largest navy in the Middle East and Africa. It is also the sixth largest navy in the world by the number of vessels.^[3] The navy aims to protect more than 2,000 kilometers of coastline. Its main mission is to support army operations. In 1989, the Egyptian Navy had 18,000 personnel and also 2,000 personnel in the Coast Guard.^[4]

Chain of command

officers
Admirals				Senior officers			Junior officers
Shoulder straps
Patches
Title	Admiral فريق أول	Vice Admiral فريق	Rear Admiral لواء	Commodore عميد	Captain عقيد	Commander مقدم	Lieutenant Commander رائد	Lieutenant نقيب	Sub-lieutenant ملازم أول	Ensign ملازم
NATO code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1

Under the officers and sailors
Patches				—
Title	Chief Petty Officer رقيب أول	Petty Officer رقيب	Leading Seaman عريف	Seaman جندي
NATO code	OR-4		OR-3		OR-2	OR-1

Flags

Flag	Ceremonial Flag	Pennant

Ranks Flags

Vice-admiral	Rear-admiral	Senior on the roads

Egyptian Navy Media

naval ensign of Egypt, based on Image:Flag of Egypt.svg.
Ramses III at the Battle of the Delta between the Egyptian Navy and the Sea Peoples approximately 1198–1166 BC
Egyptian and Ottoman Navy during the war of Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire
naval ensign of Egypt, based on Image:Flag of Egypt.svg.
Navy of Egypt - Masthead pennant
Navy of Egypt - Senior Officer