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In 1977 the Navy (Marine) of Suriname received three large patrol vessels from the Dutch, built by De Vries Scheepsbouw. With a length of 32 meters each ship had two Paxman 12YHMC diesel engines of 1200HP performing a maximum speed of 20 knots. Delivery was between February 1977 and 1978 and the hull numbers were S-401, S-402 and S-403.
Colombian National Navy: 1823; 201 years ago () Spanish: Armada Nacional de Colombia [24] Comoros Comorian Navy: 1997; 27 years ago () French: Garde-côtes Democratic Republic of the Congo Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1960; 64 years ago () French: Marine Nationale Republic of the Congo: Congolese Navy
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Surinam, after an English variation of Suriname: HMS Surinam was an 18-gun sloop, previously the French Hussard or Hussar. [1] She was captured in 1799, captured by the Dutch in 1803 but recaptured in 1807 and re-added the following year.
Upon independence in 1975, the military of Suriname became Surinamese Armed Forces (Surinaamse Krijgsmacht). After a coup on 25 February 1980, the armed forces became the National Army (Nationaal Leger). In 1980 the Surinamese Land Forces was formed as a division of the National Army.
On September 9, 2014, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) through the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the French Shipbuilder OCEA entered an agreement to supply the latter with four 24 m FPB-72 Patrol Boats and one 82 m (269 ft 0 in) OPV-270 Offshore Patrol Vessel provided by a loan granted by the French Government.
SS Ganges was a 3,475-ton steamship, built for the Nourse Line by Charles Connell and Company of Glasgow and launched on 9 March 1906. She made seven trips carrying Indian indentured labourers from Calcutta and Madras to Fiji, ten trips to Trinidad and Tobago and also trips to Surinam and British Guiana.
Suriname Netherlands: World War II: Convoy TAG 5: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea) by U-558 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of thirteen of her 82 crew. Survivors were rescued by a United States Navy ship. [122] Vilja Norway
The Armed Forces of Suriname have three branches: the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy. The president of the Republic is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ( Opperbevelhebber van de Strijdkrachten ).