page_title: Libyan Navy
section_title: Submarine
hierarchical_section_title: Libyan Navy / Former ships / Submarine
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ein libysches U-Boot der Foxtrot-Klasse. English: A view of a Libyan Foxtrot Class attack submarine.
context_page_description: Libyan Navy is the branch of the Libyan military responsible for naval warfare. Established in November 1962, before the Libyan Civil War it was a fairly typical small navy with a few missile frigates, corvettes and patrol boats to defend the coastline, but with a very limited self-defence capability. The Navy has always been the smallest of Libya's services and has always been dependent on foreign sources for equipment, spare parts, and training. Most of the Gaddafi era fleet was destroyed in 2011. Since the start of the ongoing internal conflict, the Libyan Navy is aligned with the Government of National Accord, led by the Presidential Council in Tripoli, apart from coastal patrol vessels under the control of the Libyan National Army.
context_section_description: 6 × Foxtrot-class submarine (1 left; not in commission)
  Armament
  10 × torpedo tubes (6 bow, 4 stern)
  22 × torpedo
  Origin:  Soviet Union
  In 1982 Libya received six Foxtrot-class submarines from the Soviet Union. However, since 1984, no submarine patrols are reported to have been conducted. In 1993 one submarine was reported sunk, and another one was abandoned in Lithuania due to international sanctions. Further reports circulated about one submarine being refitted in 2003, but they have since turned out to be false. In 2011, during the Libyan civil war, one submarine (along with a frigate and a corvette) was captured by the rebels at the Benghazi naval base.
caption: Libyan Foxtrot-class submarine, 1982.
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