Back المنشأة البحرية الروسية في طرطوس Arabic Руска военноморска база в Тартус Bulgarian Marinebasis Tartus German Ρωσική ναυτική εγκατάσταση στην Ταρτούς Greek Base naval de Tartús Spanish Installation navale russe à Tartous French בסיס הצי הרוסי בטרטוס HE Base navale russa di Tartus Italian タルトゥース海軍補給処 Japanese Russisk marinebase i Tartus NB
| 720th Material-Technical Support Point of the Russian Navy in Syria | |
|---|---|
720-й ПМТО ВМФ России в Сирии | |
| Part of the Russian Navy | |
 Map of the Tartus Syrian Naval Base
(Russian piers (5) off northern breakwater, most of the balance of facility—numbered buildings—within the dashed line belongs to the Syrian Navy).[a] | |
  MTSP Tartus | |
| Coordinates | 34°54′54″N 35°52′26″E / 34.915°N 35.874°E |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Russian Navy |
| Controlled by | Black Sea Fleet [b][c] |
| Condition | Prior to mid-2013 was minimally manned by civilian contractors.[1] |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1971 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Up until June 2013 was primarily maintained by civilian contractors only (4 servicemen stationed circa 2012).[2] |
The Russian naval facility in Tartus is a leased military installation of the Russian Navy located on the northern edge of the sea port of the Syrian city of Tartus. Up until 2017, Russian official usage classified the installation as a Material-Technical Support Point (Russian: Пункт Mатериально-Tехнического Oбеспечения, ПМТО) and not as a base. Tartus is the Russian Navy's only Mediterranean repair and replenishment point, sparing Russia’s warships the trip back to their Black Sea bases through the Turkish Straits.[3]
The Tartus facility currently can accommodate four medium-sized vessels but only if both of its 100 m (330 ft) floating piers, inside the northern breakwater, are operational. It is not (yet) capable of hosting any of the Russian Navy's current major warships which range in length from the 129 m (423 ft) Neustrashimy-class frigate through to the 163 m (535 ft) Udaloy-class destroyer, much less cruisers such as the 186.4 m (612 ft) Slava class and the 252 m (827 ft) Kirov class, or the 305 m (1,001 ft) Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier and the 156 m (512 ft) Sovremennyy-class destroyer. It is however, in theory at least, presently able to support limited vertical replenishment operations for those larger warships.
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- ^ "Russia not withdrawing its base from Syria's Tartus". Pravda. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ RTR Russian TV 4 Jul 2012
- ^ Kramer, Andrew E. (18 June 2012). "Russian Warships Said to Be Going to Naval Base in Syria". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2012.