Kenya Navy
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Kenya Navy is the navy branch of Kenyan military forces. It is headquartered in Mombasa. Kenya Navy was established on December 12, 1964, exactly one year after Kenya gained independence. It was preceded by the colonial Royal East African Navy [1]. In 1972 At State House, Mombasa , Major JCJ Kimaro is promoted to Lt Colonel by the HE President Jomo Kenyatta and appointed as the first Kenya Navy Commander. He died in a trgic road accident in 1978 and Major General E S Mbilu takes over the command of the Kenya Navy until his retirement in 1988 where, Brigadier JRE Kibwana is promoted to Major General and appointed the Navy Commander replacing Major General E S Mbilu.
Kenya Navy has Mtongwe base in Mombasa and since 1995 [2] a second base which is located in Manda (part of Lamu Archipelago).
[edit] Vessels
- Training vessel KNS Nyati was donated by the Royal Navy in 1964. It was formerly known HMS Aberford. [3] It was sold for scrapping in 1971.
- Patrol crafts KNS Simba, KNS Nyati and KNS Chui were delivered from Britain in 1966. These ships were built by Vosper Thornycroft. KNS Simba was decommissioned in 1997. [4]
- Madaraka Class missile boats KNS Harambee, KNS Jamhuri KNS Madaraka and KNS Mamba were delivered in 1976 and built by Brooke Marine. [5] KNS Jamhuri and KNS Harambee were decommissioned in 2002. [6]
- Nyao Class warships KNS Nyayo, KNS Shujaa, KNS Shupavu and KNS Umoja were delivered in 1986. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Kenya Navy: History
- ^ a b Kenya Navy: Memorable events
- ^ a b Daily Nation, Saturday Magazine, August 28, 1999: An introduction to the marine forces
- ^ Kenya Navy: Online museum
- ^ Google earth placemarks: Kenya Navy
- ^ Daily Nation, March 7, 2002: Naval vessels, spare parts to be sold
