Its main functions are anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Guinea and protecting the offshore oil and gas assets of the nation.

Its main purpose is to protect the nation's oil assets and prevent piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

The navy is also used to patrol the Corisco bay islands which are claimed by both Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

[3][4][5][6] The Navy partially built a 107-m long frigate, the Wele Nzas, in the dry dock in Malabo.

The frigate was commissioned on June 3, 2014 by president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and named after the Wele-Nzas Province.