Editing Armed Forces of Mauritania (section)

==Navy==
Mauritania has developed a five-year plan to develop its navy into a force that is capable of defending the country's 235,000&nbsp;km squared exclusive economic zone, Admiral Isselkou Ould Cheik El-Weli said during a promotion ceremony held at the [[Nouadhibou]] naval base in late May 2017. The Saharamedias.net website reported that the plan includes the acquisition of two 60-meter vessels, which are currently under construction, and "mid-sized ships", as well as the formation of three companies of marines. No further details were provided.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/38757/mauritanian-naval-expansion-revealed|title=Mauritanian Naval Expansion Revealed}}</ref> 

The Mauritanian Navy was created on 25 January 1966, after the extension of Mauritania's territorial waters from {{convert|12|to|30|nmi|km|abbr=off}}. By 1972 the navy had one small patrol gunboat and two small patrol craft that performed port control and customs duties. In 1987 the navy had thirteen boats. Of these boats, only eight were seaworthy, and the navy could send only two vessels out to open water at a time. Mauritania's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extended {{convert|200|nmi|km|abbr=on}} out from the coast, but even if effective coastal surveillance were possible, the navy's vessels would not be able to control Mauritania's waters. Nouadhibou housed the major naval base; [[Nouakchott]] housed a secondary base.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-8591.html|title=Mauritania — The Navy}}</ref>

===Ship inventory===
[[File:Gedarmerie maritime (remix).jpg|thumb|A patrol boat similar to this one is used by the Navy. ]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Vessel
! Origin
! Type
! In service
! Notes
|-
| ''LIMAM EL HADRAMI''
| China
| [[Patrol boat]]
| 
| Obtained in 2001
|-|-
| ''TIMBEDRA''
| China
| [[Patrol boat]]
| 
| Obtained in 2016 . CMS from France (LYNCEA CMS)
|-|-
| ''GORGOL''
| China
| [[Patrol boat]]
| 
| Obtained in 2016. CMS from France (LYNCEA CMS)
|-
|-
| ''Aboubekr Ben Amer''
| France
| [[Patrol boat]]
| 
| Obtained in 1992
|-
| '' El Nasr ''
| France
| [[Patrol boat]]
| 1<ref name="sipri1">[http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php Trade Registers]. Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved on 8 January 2018</ref>
| [[Patrol boat|Patra-class]]
|- 
| '' Z'bar''
| Germany
| [[Patrol boat]]
| 1<ref name="sipri1"/>
| [[List of German Federal Navy ships|Neustadt-class]]
|}