Nigeria. Nigerian Navy
URI(s)
Variants
- Nigeria. Navy
- Nigeria. NN
Additional Information
Associated Locale
- Nigeria
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Smuggling and "coast piracy" in Nigeria, c1983:t.p. (Nigerian Navy)
- found: Its website, June 1, 2023:banner (Nigerian Navy; logo: Nigerian Navy, onward together) About us (the origin of the Nigerian Navy can be traced to the Marine Department of the Royal Navy established in 1887, which combined the duties of the present-day Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority and the Nigerian Navy Elements of the Marine Department; it took part in military operations against the Germans in Cameroon during the First World War; the Marine Department was considered adequate until the end of the Second World War; after the war, the colonial administration preferred that emphasis be placed on port related duties for the Marine Department, and a proposal was made to establish NPA; the colonial administration disbanded the colonial Marine Department and the Nigerian Naval Force (NNF) was formed in April 1956, later renamed Naval Defence Force (NDF) of Nigeria; on 1st June, 1956 the NDF commenced operation; the Nigerian Navy Ordinance of 5 September 1956 redesignated the NDF as the Royal Nigerian Navy (RNN); in 1963, when Nigeria became a Republic, "Royal" was dropped and the name became the Nigerian Navy (NN); the modern-day Nigerian Navy came into being legally through the Act of Parliament No. 21 of 1964; "NN" used repeatedly) - https://www.navy.mil.ng/history/
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1986-11-26: new
- 2023-06-03: revised
Alternate Formats