User:Saxum/Yugoslav Navy
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The Yugoslav Navy (Serbo-Croatian: Jugoslavenska ratna mornarica – JRM) was the naval branch of the Yugoslav People's Army (Serbo-Croatian: Jugoslovenska narodna armija – JNA). Primarily organized as a coastal defence force tasked with preventing enemy landings along its long and indented coastline, the navy's inventory reflected the countries foreign relations as well as the growing ship-building capabilities of its domestic shipyards and scientific institutions. This list includes all large sea-going ships such as destroyers and frigates, small surface combatants such as torpedo and missile boats, submarines and minewarfare vessels. The list also covers the majority of auxiliary ships, although ceertain small harbour vessels may have been left out du to a lack of reliable sources.