Azerbaijani Navy facts for kids

Quick facts for kidsAzərbaycan Hərbi Dəniz Qüvvələri; Azerbaijani Navy
	The Flag of the Azerbaijani Navy
Active	October 9, 1991 - present
Country	Azerbaijan
Branch	Navy
Type	Military
Role	Naval warfare and coastal defence (coast guard)
Size	5,000 military personnel and 25 ships
Garrison/HQ	Baku
Anniversaries	June 26, 1918 (first founding); October 9, 1991 (second founding)
Commanders
Current; commander	Vice Admiral Shahin Sultanov

The Azerbaijan Navy (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Hərbi Dəniz Qüvvələri) is the navy of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces operating in the Caspian Sea.

The origin of the current organization goes back to June 26, 1918, when the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic which became independent in 1918, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, formed its first navy. After the second independence of Azerbaijan in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Azerbaijani Navy was formed out of the former Soviet Navy in the Azerbaijani SSR.

Strength

The navy has about 5,000 military personnel in sixteen units. These include the Caspian Sea fleet and a border coast guard. The fleet is made up of 1 Petya class frigate, 2 OSA-II-Class and 5 Stenka Class patrol boats, 2 Sonya Class and 5 Yevgenya Class minesweepers (for removing mines), 6 landing craft (ships that can land on the coast), 2 landing cutters (patrol boats that can land on the coast), 1 special purposes warship and 1 special purposes cutter.

Related pages

U.S. Army War College Center for Strategic Leadership, Transformation of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, October 2008

Images for kids

Coast Guard S-201, the Caspian Sea
Azerbaijani Navy on Baku Bay during a military parade.
A ceremony at Puta Naval Base.
An old U.S. Coast Guard 82-foot patrol boat, now part of the Azeri Maritime Brigade, lies at anchor in Baku
Azerbaijani Navy personnel during a military parade in Baku.
Vice Admiral Kevin Cosgriff, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, meets with Vice Admiral Shahin Sultanov in Baku, Azerbaijan