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WARRIOR CLASS

The Warrior Class Ships were built by LURSSEN WERFT in Germany and commissioned into the German Navy as BUSSARD and ALBATROS respectively in 1978. The Ships were decommissioned in March 2005 and later refurbished and purchased by the Ghana Navy in July 2012. The Ships have a length of 57.58 m, a beam of 8m and a draught of 2.78m. The Ships are normally deployed for anti-drug trafficking, anti-smuggling, anti-piracy and fisheries enforcement ops. The Ships after christened as;

GNS YAA ASANTEWAA

GNS NAA GBEWAA

SNAKE CLASS

The ships were built and launched on April 2011 by Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, China. They were commissioned into the Ghana Navy in Feb 2012. And have been primarily used for anti-drug trafficking, anti-smuggling, anti-piracy and fisheries enforcement ops. They have a length of 46.4, and a beam of 7.2 m

GNS CHEMLE

GNS BLIKA

GNS EHWOR

GNS GARINGA

CUTTER CLASS

The Cutter Class Ships were originally employed by the US Coast Guard and named as USCGS SWEET BRIER and USGGC WOODRUSH respectively. They were built by the Marine Builder shipyard in 1944 and decommissioned. They were acquired by the Ghana Navy in 2001 and employed as Logistics support Vessels and for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. Additionally they serve as training ships for the fleet. They have a length of 55 m , a beam of 11m and a draught of 3.7m and were re-named as follows:

GNS BONSU

GNS ANZONE

DEFENDER AND CNS CLASS

These are a collection of Port Security Boats & Chinese Defender Boats. These boats/ships are primarily deployed to in fighting illicit activities at Sea and on the shores such as piracy, illegal unregulated fishing , drug trafficking and oil bunkering within Ghana’s territorial waters. The Class features the following Platforms/Ships/Boats:

GNS STEPHEN OTU

GNS DAVID HANSEN

GNS MATTHEW QUASHIE

GNS KEVIN DZANG

RIVER CLASS

The River Class Ships are the newest addition to the Ghana Navy’s Fleet, built by the Penguin Ship Yard in Singapore and commissioned into the Ghana Navy on 25 Feb 2022. They are flex fighter boats with a length of 40m, a beam of 7.6 m and a draught of 1.89 m. They are primarily deployed to provide security for Ghana’s offshore petroleum installations. The boats are named after rivers of symbolism in Ghana, hence the choice of names assigned to them as shown below:

GNS PRA

GNS DENSU

GNS VOLTA

GNS ANKOBRA