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Ghana Navy - Modernization

On July 14, 1989, the navy recommissioned two ships, GNS Yogaga and GNS Dzata, at the western naval base in Sekondi. The vessels had been refurbished by a British shipyard, Swan Hunter. In late 1992, two of the navy's ships were in France for refitting.

In July 2010 Jane’s reported that Ghana’s Navy planned to acquire ten new vessels over the next two years. Ghana was also expanding its Naval Dockyard in the southwest of the country. Poly Technologies is building another two 46 metre patrol vessels for Ghana under a separate contract. Janes believed Ghana had ordered two 62 meteer patrol craft from South Korea for delivery by July 2013.

In September 2008 Ghana signed a US$39.86 million contract with Poly Technologies Incorporated (PTI) for the two vessels. Construction began at China’s Quigdao Shipyard in May 2009 after PTI received an initial US$8.48 million payment. The boats, named Chemle and Ehoo, were launched on 01 April 2011 this year and commissioned during a visit to Beijing.

On 21 January 2011, Ghana’s navy commissioned a refurbished Sea Dolphin-class fast-attack craft donated by South Korea. The vessel, GNS Stephen Otu, is being joined by two fast attack craft from Germany. In 2008 the US government gave Ghana three ex-Coast Guard Defender class boats and another four in March 2010 and in December 2010 the Ghana Navy received six new speedboats.

On 18 October 2016 it was reported that China was to donate military equipment valued at Twenty Million Yuan to Ghana to boost defence cooperation between the two countries. This was made known when a Protocol on the provision of Military Aid Gratis to the Ghana Armed Forces covering the donation was signed at the Ministry of Defence on 18th October, 2016. The equipment which will comprise four patrol boats with spare parts, four vehicle-mounted machine guns plus mounting racks , tools and spare parts as well as 120,000 rounds of Amour-Piecing Incendiary (API) over a three year period.