What is Azerbaijani Navy?
{{unreferenced|date=November 2011}} {{Infobox Military Unit |unit_name=Azərbaycan Hərbi Dəniz Qüvvələri<br />Azerbaijani Navy |image=Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg |caption=The Flag of the Azerbaijani Navy |dates=October 9, 1991 - present |country={{AZE}} |branch=[[Navy]] |type=[[Military]] |role=Naval [[war]]fare and coastal defence ([[coast guard]]) |size=5,000 military personnel and 25 [[ship]]s |command_structure= |current_commander=[[Vice Admiral]] [[Shahin Sultanov]] |garrison=[[Baku]] |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles= |notable_commanders= |anniversaries=June 26, 1918 (first founding); October 9, 1991 (second founding) }} The '''Azerbaijan Navy''' ({{lang-az|Azərbaycan Hərbi Dəniz Qüvvələri}}) is the [[navy]] of the [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]] operating in the [[Caspian Sea]]. The origin of the current organization goes back to June 26, 1918, when the [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic]] which became [[independent]] in 1918, after the collapse of the [[Russian Empire]], formed its first navy. After the second independence of Azerbaijan in 1991, after the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]], the Azerbaijani Navy was formed out of the former Soviet Navy in the Azerbaijani SSR. ==Strength== The navy has about 5,000 [[military]] personnel in sixteen units. These include the [[Caspian Sea]] [[fleet (ships)|fleet]] and a [[border]] [[coast guard]]. The fleet is made up of 1 Petya class [[frigate]], 2 OSA-II-Class and 5 Stenka Class [[patrol boat]]s, 2 Sonya Class and 5 Yevgenya Class [[minesweeper]]s (for removing [[mines]]), 6 landing craft (ships that can land on the [[coast]]), 2 landing cutters (patrol boats that can land on the coast), 1 special purposes [[warship]] and 1 special purposes cutter. ==Related pages== *[[Military history of Azerbaijan]] *[[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]] *[[Azerbaijani Land Force]] *[[Azerbaijani Air Force]] *[[Azerbaijani National Guard]] *[[Internal Troops of Azerbaijan]] *[[State Border Service of Azerbaijan]] ==Other websites== {{Commonscat|Azerbaijani Navy}} *[http://