Nigerian Navy

The Nigerian Navy (NN) is a branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is the largest navies on the African continent, consisting of numerous thousand personnel, including those of the Coast Guard.https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.nigerian_navy.8ddad30eda4292d9bbd0eedd1e6ce407.html

 History 
The Nigerian Navy originated from the Nigerian Marine. Southern Nigerian Marine was formed in 1893. A Northern Nigeria Marine was formed in 1900. They merged in 1900.

 Structure 
The NN currently has 9 Branches at the Naval Headquarters, 5 commands and a number of autonomous units.

The 5 commands are made up of 3 operational commands: 

 Western Naval Command
 Central Naval Command 
 Eastern Naval Command 

There is also Training and Logistics Commands.

The Special Boat Service is a special operations unit of the Nigerian Navy. 

 Nigerian Navy ships 
Nigerian Navy ships has four main departments: operations, marine engineering, weapon engineering, and logistics.

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Category:Navies
Category:Nigeria