Bartın Naval Base

Bartın Naval Base Bartın Deniz Üssü
Bartın
Bartın NB Location of Bartın Naval Base
Coordinates	41°40′57″N 32°14′18″E / 41.68250°N 32.23822°E / 41.68250; 32.23822Coordinates: 41°40′57″N 32°14′18″E / 41.68250°N 32.23822°E / 41.68250; 32.23822
Type	Military base
Site information
Controlled by	Turkish Navy
Site history
In use	1965 - present

Turkish Naval Forces

Components
Structure Installations
Special Forces
Underwater Offence Group Underwater Defence Group Underwater Search and Rescue
Naval infantry
Amphibious Marine Brigade
History
History of the Naval Forces
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Active ships Active aircraft Entire fleet Ranks
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Bartın Naval Base (Turkish: Bartın Deniz Üssü) is a submarine base of the Turkish Navy on the southern coast of the Black Sea in Bartın Province north of Turkey. The base is assigned to the Turkish Northern Sea Area Command. It is located 9.8 km (6.1 mi) west by north-west of Bartın.

The submarine pen, adjacent to the , was built between 1960 and 1965 by the Turkish construction company STFA to give underground shelter to the Black Sea submarine flotilla.^[1]

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