Egyptian Navy

The Egyptian Navy (Egyptian Arabic: القوات البحرية المصرية, romanized: El-Quwwāt El-Bahareya El-Masriyya, lit.'Egyptian Navy Forces'), also known as the Egyptian Naval Forces, is the maritime branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is the largest navy in the Middle East as well as Africa, and is the twelfth largest (by the number of vessels) navy in the world. The navy protects more than 2,000 kilometers of coastline of the and the Red Sea, defense of approaches to the Suez Canal, and it also supports for the army operations.

A large percentage of the modern Egyptian Navy was assisted with the help of the Soviet Union in the 1960s. The navy received ships in the 1980s from China and Western sources. In 1989, the Egyptian Navy had 18,000 personnel as well as 2,000 personnel in the Coast Guard. The navy received ships from the United States (US) in the year 1990. US shipbuilder Swiftships has built around 30 boats for the Egyptian Navy including mine hunters, survey vessels, and both steel and aluminium patrol boats.