Leningrad Naval Base

The Leningrad Naval Base is part of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy.

History

The Naval base was created on the basis of Order № 117 as of March 15, 1919 of the Baltic Sea Fleet. The Naval Forces of Petrograd were transformed by the order into the Petrograd Naval Base. The Petrograd, then the Leningrad naval base has since that time been sometimes abolished, reformed and again created. In the summer of 1919 the crews of torpedo boats "Gabriel" and "Azard", and also the submarine "Panther" under A. Bakhtin's command scored the first successes ('kills') for the base, sinking the submarine HMS L55 and the destroyer HMS Vittoria of the British Royal Navy.

During the Great Patriotic War from the headquarters of the naval educational institutions and fleet parts command and a staff of sea defence of Leningrad and Lake area have been generated. About 100 thousand military seamen battled on all sites of the Leningrad front. In 1941-1944 the ships and boats of this base participated in carrying out of landing operations in areas Strelna, Peterhof, on Lake Ladoga, in the Vyborg and Narva gulfs. During the blockade of Leningrad the fleet provided communication of the besieged city with the country through Ladoga lake. Only on a water line of Road of Life 1.7 million tons of cargo were transported and 1 million people were evacuated. Since 1994 the base has been part of the Baltic Fleet.

Ships reservist

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} Журнал «Власть» № 7(760) от 25.02.2008
2. ^ RIA Novosti, Russian Navy to commission first Lada class diesel sub in 2010. March 20, 2009. Retrieved on March 22, 2009.

External links

• "History of Leningrad Naval base Russian: Историческая справка (Ленинградская военно-морская база)" (in ru). Official sight of Ministry of Defence. http://www.mil.ru/848/1045/1274/8948/8952/22811/39259/39262/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-07-26.