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Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific), known until 2019 as SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, is a United States Navy research laboratory in San Diego, California.
Nigerian Navy
The Nigerian Navy (NN) is the naval branch of Nigeria's armed forces, established June 1, 1956 as the Nigerian Naval Force and renamed in 1963; it patrols the Gulf of Guinea against piracy and oil theft, builds ships at the Lagos dockyard, and marked its 70th anniversary in 2026.
Pakistan Navy (پاک بحریہ)
The Pakistan Navy (پاک بحریہ) is the maritime warfare arm of Pakistan's armed forces, established on 14 August 1947 from the partition of the Royal Indian Navy.
People's Liberation Army Navy (中国人民解放军海军)
People's Liberation Army Navy (中国人民解放军海军, PLAN), China's naval service founded in 1949; the world's largest navy by ship count, with three fleets, over 370 battle force ships, and three aircraft carriers including the catapult-equipped Fujian.
People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
PLAN Surface Force (水面舰艇部队), the surface-warfare branch of the Chinese navy with Beihai, Donghai and Nanhai fleets; over 140 major surface combatants including Type 055 cruisers, Type 052D destroyers and Type 054A frigates.
Philippine Navy
Philippine Navy (Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas): naval service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, established May 1898. Key distinctions: archipelagic defense mission under RA 7898, ongoing Horizon-based modernization with Korean-built frigates, and South China Sea posture.
Polish Navy
Polish Navy (Marynarka Wojenna), naval branch of the Polish Armed Forces founded 28 November 1918 by Piłsudski's order; Baltic-focused fleet in NATO since 1999, now modernizing with Miecznik frigates, Kormoran II minehunters, and Orka A26 submarines.
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy was the naval force of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, built by Sigismund III Vasa, victorious at Oliwa in 1627, and sold in Amsterdam in 1640–1643.
Portuguese Navy
The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) is the naval branch of Portugal's armed forces, responsible for military operations at sea, search and rescue, and a founding member of NATO.
Regia Marina
Regia Marina, the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Italy, formed 17 November 1860 and renamed Marina Militare in 1946; fought chiefly in the Mediterranean convoy war of 1940-1943 without radar, carriers, or fuel.
Reichsmarine
Reichsmarine (Vorläufige Reichsmarine), the Weimar Republic's German navy, 1919 to June 1935, renamed Kriegsmarine; Versailles-limited to 15,000 men and a token fleet, rebuilt under Raeder.
Republic of China Navy (中华民国海军)
Republic of China Navy (中华民国海军, ROC Navy, Taiwan Navy): naval branch of Taiwan's armed forces, formed after the 1949 KMT retreat; mixed foreign and indigenous fleet, Naval Shipbuilding Development Center, first homebuilt submarines, facing the far larger PLAN.
Republic of Korea Navy (대한민국 해군)
Republic of Korea Navy (대한민국 해군, ROKN), South Korea's naval service founded 11 November 1945 and named 5 September 1948; three fleet commands, AIP submarine force at Jinhae, Gulf of Aden Cheonghae deployments, and KDDX and nuclear-submarine programs.
Republic of Singapore Navy
Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), the naval service of the Singapore Armed Forces founded in 1967 and a separate service since 1975. Defends Singapore's waters and sea lines of communication with Formidable-class frigates, Invincible-class submarines, and the Malacca Straits Patrol.
Republic of Vietnam Navy
The Republic of Vietnam Navy was South Vietnam's naval service from 1955 to 1975, growing to 42,000 personnel and 1,400 ships during the Vietnam War.
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Navy (RAN), naval branch of the Australian Defence Force, formed 10 July 1911 from the Commonwealth Naval Forces. First fleet unit arrived 1913 with flagship HMAS Australia; now expanding to 26 surface combatants and AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines.
Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canada's naval force founded in 1910 as the Naval Service of Canada and given royal title in 1911, served in both world wars, Korea, the Gulf War, and Afghanistan; renamed Maritime Command in 1968, it regained its historic name in 2011.
Royal Danish Navy
Royal Danish Navy (Søværnet), founded 10 August 1510 under King Hans; Danish naval branch with Navy Command at Karup, squadrons at Frederikshavn and Korsør, Iver Huitfeldt and Thetis-class frigates, no submarines, and a 2025 Navy Plan expansion.
Royal Malaysian Navy
Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Malaysia's naval force headquartered in Lumut, Perak; founded 1934 as SSNVR, formed 1948; operates two Scorpène submarines and the delayed five-ship RM11.22 billion Maharaja Lela-class LCS program.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy, the United Kingdom's naval warfare service and 'Senior Service', operates 70 surface vessels plus submarines including Vanguard Trident boats, two Queen Elizabeth-class carriers, and Astute attack boats, with Dreadnought and Type 26/31 programmes underway.
Royal Navy Submarine Service
Royal Navy Submarine Service: British naval branch operating nuclear submarines since Holland 1 in 1901. Fleet of nine boats, four Vanguard SSBNs and five Astute SSNs at HMNB Clyde, with Dreadnought and SSN-AUKUS classes replacing them from the 2030s.
Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine, RNLN), the Netherlands' naval service and oldest armed-forces branch, formally dating to 1488. Operates 6 frigates, 4 Walrus-class submarines, and Caribbean units; entire fleet is being replaced 2024–2036 with Orka-class submarines and ASW frigates.
Royal New Zealand Navy
Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), naval service of New Zealand, established 1 October 1941. Operates nine ships under the NZDF; lost HMNZS Manawanui in 2024; fleet renewal and Anzac frigate replacement underway by the mid-2030s.
Royal Norwegian Navy
Royal Norwegian Navy (Sjøforsvaret, Den kongelige norske marine, KNM): Norway's naval defence branch of Marinen and Kystvakten, based at Haakonsvern, with four Nansen-class frigates, six Ula-class submarines, and a five-frigate, five-submarine replacement plan to 2036.
Royal Saudi Navy
Royal Saudi Naval Forces (القوات البحرية الملكية السعودية), Saudi Arabia's navy under the Ministry of Defense, founded 1957. Two fleets on the Gulf and Red Sea; al-Riyadh first vessel; SNEP, Sawari, and Navantia corvette programs.
Royal Thai Navy (กองทัพเรือไทย)
Royal Thai Navy (กองทัพเรือไทย, RTN, ทร.), Thailand's naval service: ~64,000 personnel, ~77 warships, the carrier Chakri Naruebet without fixed-wing aircraft since 2006, three area commands, marines, and unresolved Chinese S26T submarine purchase.
Russian Navy (Военно-морской флот России)
The Russian Navy (Военно-морской флот России), the naval service of the Russian Armed Forces with Northern, Pacific, Baltic, Black Sea Fleets and Caspian Flotilla, fields about 64 submarines but lost a third of its Black Sea Fleet to Ukrainian strikes after 2022.
South African Navy
The South African Navy (SAN, Suid-Afrikaanse Vloot) is the maritime branch of the SANDF, founded as the SA Naval Service on 1 April 1922, renamed SA Navy in 1951, based at Simon's Town since 1957, and operating Valour-class frigates and Type 209 submarines.
Soviet Naval Aviation
Soviet Naval Aviation (Morskaya Aviatsiya, SNA) was the Soviet Navy's air arm, one of five Soviet air forces, with about 50,000 personnel and 1,200+ aircraft, centered on missile-armed Badger and Backfire bombers, maritime reconnaissance, ASW, and Kiev-class carrier aviation.
Soviet Navy (Военно-морской флот СССР)
Soviet Navy (Военно-морской флот СССР), the USSR's naval service 1918–1991; grew from a WWII-devastated coastal force into the world's second largest navy under Stalin and Admiral Gorshkov, centered on submarines, naval aviation, and missile ships, dissolving into the Russian Navy in 1991.