Somali Navy

Somali Navy
Ciidamada Badda Soomaaliya
Founded10 February 1964
SizeHundreds (?)
Part ofSomali Armed Forces
MottosSomali: Isku Tiirsada!
English: Lean on each other!
Colors of the NavyBlue, Gold    Black (beret colour)  
Anniversaries
  • 1 July (Independence Day)
  • 12 April (Armed Forces Day)
Commanders
Chief of the Navy Commodore Abdiwahab Abdullahi Omar
Notable
commanders
Insignia
Naval ensign

The Somali Navy (Somali: Ciidamada Badda Soomaaliyeed, Arabic: القوات البحرية الصومالية, romanizedal-Quwwat al-Bahriyah as-Sumaliyah, lit.'Somali Navy Force') is the naval warfare service branch of the Somali Armed Forces. There was a long period of inactivity following the collapse of the central government. However in 2021 Reuters published photos showing a total of three small patrol craft operating in Mogadishu harbor. In 2024, after the Ethiopia-Somaliland MOU, Turkey and Somalia signed an agreement by which Turkey would provide maritime security support to Somalia, and at the same time carry out oil drilling exploration off the Somali coast.