Pasha Liman Base
| Pasha Liman Base | |
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Turkish Navy | |
| Site history | |
| In use | Formerly: People's Socialist Republic of Albania Soviet Union (until 1961)
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The Pasha Liman Base, or Pashaliman Base, is an Albanian Navy base south of Vlorë, Albania.
History
Cold War history
Pashaliman was the only Soviet base in the Mediterranean in the 1950s.
Modern history
Three of the Albanian Navy's four
Damen Stan patrol vessels were built at Pashaliman, the most recent completed in 2014.[6] Currently, four retired Whiskey-class submarines previously owned by the Soviet Union
are still located on the facility alongside Albania's active-duty naval vessels. They can be seen via satellite images of the base.
The Naval Force often operates naval exercises in the Bay of Vlorë, out of Pashaliman.[7] This includes exercises with other nations, such as the United Kingdom.[8] The most recent[citation needed] exercise, Sarex '16, took place in April 2016.[9]
An Albanian-Turkish military cooperation agreement was signed in 1992 that encompassed rebuilding Albania's Pasha Liman Base by Turkey alongside granted access for Turkish use.[1]
Civilian facilities
A civilian
naval engineering firm and shipyard also operate out of the military facility, providing a wide range of services.[10]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9780833034045.
albania.
- ^ Gordon H. McCormick (1987). "The Soviet Presence in the Mediterranean" (PDF).
- ^ Enver Hoxha (1984). The Khrushchevites.
- ^ "Turkish army to rebuild Albanian port". reliefweb.int. 23 January 1998.
- ^ "Brief History of the Turkish Armed Forces". www.tsk.tr. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Një anije e re i shtohet Forcës sonë Detare (A new ship is added to our Naval Force)". Albanian Ministry of Defense. 8 April 2014. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Joint Exercise "Imposition '14"". Albanian Ministry of Defense. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Opening ceremony of the Joint Exercise "Albanian Lion"". Albanian Ministry of Defense. 8 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Vlora Sarex 16" Exercise". Albanian Ministry of Defense. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Pashaliman Shipyard". Archived from the original on 2016-06-11.