The National Navy is the maritime component of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a brown-water navy.
Congolese sailors at the Independence Day parade in Kinshasa, 10 June 2010.
A Congolese sailor (left) with MONUSCO peacekeepers training on Lake Tanganyika, October 2012
A FARDC naval patrol on Lake Kivu in 2012
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A brown-water navy or riverine navy, in the broadest sense, is a naval force capable of military operations in inland waters and nearshores. Brown-water navies have existed since the ancient era, sinc
Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
…The National Navy (French: Marine nationale) is the maritime component of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). It is a brown-water navy. Ordinance no.70/295 of 9 November 1970 fixed the organization of the Coast, River, and Lake Guard, after it had been created by ordonnance-loi 70/060…
A United States Navy Monitor, a brown-water navy vessel, firing napalm during the Vietnam War
Barroso, a Brazilian ironclad of the central casemate type, the first vessel to dash past the Fortress of Humaitá on the River Paraguay
The large landing craft NRP Alfange supplying the garrison of Bambadinca, Portuguese Guinea, in the early 1970s.
Swift Boat in Vietnam