The Palestinian Navy (Arabic: البحرية الفلسطينية al-baḥriyah al-falasṭīnīyah) is one of the four services of the Palestinian Armed Forces. It is headquartered at Budapest Naval Station near Port Said.
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Ranks[]
Commissioned[]
| Code | Rank | Arabic | Insignia |
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| OF-10 | no equivalent | ||
| OF-9 | Admiral | عماد أول ‘imād awwal |
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| OF-8 | Vice admiral | عماد ‘imād |
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| OF-7 | Rear admiral | لواء liwā’ |
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| OF-6 | Commodore | عميد ‘amīd |
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| OF-5 | Captain | نقيب naqīb |
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| OF-4 | Commander | قائد qā’id |
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| OF-3 | Lieutenant commander | قائد ملازم qā’id mulāzim |
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| OF-2 | Lieutenant Sub-lieutenant |
ملازم mulāzim ملازم فرعي mulāzim far‘ī |
 
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| OF-1 | Ensign Officer cadet |
حملة الراية ḥumlat ar-rāyah ضابط متدرب ḍābiṭ mutadrib |
 
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Enlisted[]
| Code | Rank | Arabic | Insignia |
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| OR-9 | Petty officer 1st class Petty officer 2nd class |
مساعد أول musā‘id awwal مساعد ثاني musā‘id thānī |
 
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| OR-8 | Petty officer 3rd class | مساعد musā‘id |
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| OR-7 | no equivalent | ||
| OR-6 | Leading seaman | رائد البحارة rā’id al-buḥārah |
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| OR-5 | Seaman 1st class | بحار أول buḥār awwal |
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| OR-4 | Seaman 2nd class | بحار ثاني buḥār thānī |
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| OR-3 | no equivalent | ||
| OR-2 | Seaman 3rd class | بحار buḥār |
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| OR-1 | Seaman apprentice | بحار متدرب buḥār mutadrib |
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Bases[]
This is a list of all current active bases of the Palestinian Navy. Apart from these dedicated naval bases, the Navy also maintains an operations room and staffing centre at Khan el-Ahmar Joint Operations Base in the landlocked West Bank, as that base serves as the operational headquarters of the armed forces as a whole.
The six current active domestic naval bases are:
- Budapest Naval Station (headquarters)
- Tafria Naval Station
- Gaza Naval Station
- Taba Naval Station
- Dahab Naval Station
- Ras Mohammed Naval Station
In addition, the Palestinian Navy maintains one foreign base:
- Khaldeh Naval Station, near Beirut, Lebanon
