History

Yemen

Yemen

The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

's navy was created in 1990 when North and South Yemen united.

Yemen early on had problems with trying to keep drugs from entering Yemen by sea. In 2006 Yemen purchased 10 Bay class patrol boats which were very effective at stopping smugglers from entering Yemen.

In the Hanish Islands

Hanish Islands

The Hanish Islands are an island group in the Red Sea. Most of them are a part of Yemen, but before 1998–1999 they were claimed by Eritrea as well. After a long trial with an international court under the guidance of Dr...

 Crisis, Yemen prepared its navy for an assault on the Hanish islands and on Eritrea

Eritrea

Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...

. Eritrea accidentally destroyed a Russian ship thinking it was a Yemeni ship. The invasion however never happened since Eritrea made agreements with Yemen which involved Eritrea taking over the islands. Yemen however, later took over Zukur-Hanish archipelago island which created further tensions with the Eritrean government but it didn't lead to another war.

Yemen is currently on the look out for Somali pirates, due to Yemen's and Somalia's proximity. Yemen has greatly tightened its security after attacks on Yemeni ships.

Naval Equipment

Corvette

• 2 Tarantul I
  Tarantul class corvette
  The Project 1241.1 Molniya are a class of Soviet missile corvettes. They have the NATO reporting name Tarantul...
  
   class

Missile Boat

• 8 Osa class missile boat
  Osa class missile boat
  The Project 205 Tsunami, more commonly known by their NATO reporting name Osa, are a class of missile boats developed for the Soviet Navy in the early 1960s. The Osas are probably the most numerous class of missile boats ever built, with over 400 vessels constructed for both the Soviet Navy and for...
  
  

Patrol Craft

• 3 Type 037 class submarine chaser
  Type 037 class submarine chaser
  The Type 037 class submarine chaser, also known as the Hainan class, is a class of submarine chaser of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy, designed by China to replace the Soviet S.O.-1 class submarine chaser...
  
   class coastal patrol craft
• 10 fast attack patrol boats
• 2 Sana’a (patrol vessel)
  Sana’a (patrol vessel)
  The Sana’a and Aden are two patrol vessels being built at Bollinger Shipyards for Yemen's Coast Guard.The vessels use the same design as the United States Coast Guard's 75 Marine Protector class cutters....
  
   patrol ships still under construction

Utility Craft

• 4 utility landing craft

Landing Ships

• 1 Polnocny class landing ship
  Polnocny class landing ship
  The Polnocny -class ships are amphibious warfare vessels. They were designed in Poland, in cooperation with the Soviet Navy and were built in Poland between 1967 and 2002. They now serve in several different navies, and some have been converted to civilian use...
  
  

Minesweeper/hunter

• 1 Natya class minesweeper
  Natya class minesweeper
  The Natya class were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers during the 1970s and '80s. The Soviet designation was Project 266M Avkvamarin. The ships were used for ocean minesweeping.-Design:...
  
  
• 2 Yevgenya class minesweeper
  Yevgenya class minesweeper
  The Yevgenia class are a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1967 and 1980. The Soviet designation was Project 1258 Korund.-Design:These were small minehunters built for inshore work...