Bartın Naval Base

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.

Bartın Naval Base Bartın Deniz Üssü
Bartın
Bartın NB Location of Bartın Naval Base
Site information
Type	Military base
Controlled by	Turkish Navy
Location
Coordinates	41.68250°N 32.23822°E / 41.68250; 32.23822
Site history
In use	1965 - present

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