Country Kingdom of Cambodia Type Navy Anniversaries 9 November 1953 Founded 1953 | Allegiance HM The King | |
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Size 2800 personnel, including marines Motto Defending the Kingdom of Cambodia Similar Royal Cambodian Air Force, Royal Cambodian Army, Royal Cambodian Armed Fo, Lao People's Liberatio, Royal Brunei Land For | ||
The Royal Cambodian Navy (Khmer: កងទ័ពជើងទឹកកម្ពុជា) is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of Cambodia and one of the three uniformed services of the Kingdom of Cambodia. It has an estimated of 4,000 active personnel and operates 228 boats/ships in active service. It is commanded by Vice Admiral Tea Vinh and sails under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Defense.
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Ranks
Enlisted Ranks
Warrant Officer's Ranks
Commissioned Officer's Ranks
Equipment
The navy possesses fifteen patrol craft and a further five patrol craft of the "fast attack" variety. There are also about 200 motorised and manual canoes.
The country's seagoing capability was boosted in August 2005 when China handed over 5 patrol boats. In 2007 a further 10 were handed over worth $100,000,000. The craft were donated to Cambodia by China to help counter piracy, transnational crime, smuggling and to safeguard future oil installations.
In 2007, Cambodia reported that it was increasing the strength of its navy from 1,000 to 3,000 sailors, apart from creating a force of 2,000 Marine infantry.
Many Officers of the Royal Cambodian Navy received their training at the Vietnam Naval Academy.
Bases
Naval bases of the Royal Cambodian Navy include the following: