History

The Naval base

Naval base

A naval base is a military base, where warships and naval ships are deployed when they have no mission at sea or want to restock. Usually ships may also perform some minor repairs. Some naval bases are temporary homes to aircraft that usually stay on the ships but are undergoing maintenance while...

 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

HMS L55

HMS L55 was a British L class submarine built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Clyde. She was laid down on 21 September 1917 and was commissioned on 19 December 1918.- British service :...

 and the destroyer HMS Vittoria of the British Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

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During the Great Patriotic War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 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

Strelna

Strelna is a municipal settlement in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, situated about halfway between St. Petersburg proper and Petergof and overlooking the shore of the Gulf of Finland...

, Peterhof

Peterhof Palace

The Peterhof Palace in Russian, so German is transliterated as "Петергoф" Petergof into Russian) for "Peter's Court") is actually a series of palaces and gardens located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great. These Palaces and gardens are sometimes referred as the...

, on Lake Ladoga

Lake Ladoga

Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, not far from Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe, and the 14th largest lake by area in the world.-Geography:...

, in the Vyborg

Vyborg

Vyborg is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Bay of Vyborg, to the northwest of St. Petersburg and south from Russia's border with Finland, where the Saimaa Canal enters the Gulf of Finland...

 and Narva gulfs

Narva Bay

The Narva Bay is a bay in the southern part of the Gulf of Finland divided between Estonia and Russia. The Kurgalsky Peninsula separates it from the Luga Bay to the east. The bay is about long and wide at its mouth. The eastern shore is low and sandy, while the south coast is rather steep...

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During the blockade of Leningrad

Siege of Leningrad

The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation resulting from the failure of the German Army Group North to capture Leningrad, now known as Saint Petersburg, in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II. It started on 8 September 1941, when the last...

 the fleet provided communication of the besieged city with the country through Ladoga lake. Only on a water line of Road of Life

Road of Life

The Road of Life was the ice road transport route across the frozen Lake Ladoga, which provided the only access to the besieged city of Leningrad in the winter months during 1941–1944 while the perimeter in the siege was maintained by the German Army Group North and the Finnish Defence Forces. ...

 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

Baltic Fleet

The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...

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Ships reservist

#	Ship					Commander
	Type (and project)	Name	Board number	Active in the fleet	Notes	Captain's Rank	Captain's Name
105th brigade of the ships of protection of water area (based in Kronstadt Kronstadt Kronstadt , also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt |crown]]" and Stadt for "city"); is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland. Population: It is also... )						Captain of 1st rank Captain (naval) Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....	Sergey Pinchuk
109th battalion of the small anti-submarine ships						Captain of 2nd rank	Maxim Kirpichnikov
1	Project 1331M small anti-submarine ship Parchim class corvette The Parchim class corvette was developed for the East German Navy in the late 1970s, and built by the Wolgast Peene-Werft. The ships were designed for coastal anti-submarine warfare. In case of an all-out NATO-Warsaw Pact war in Europe their prime targets would have been the small U-206 coastal...	MPK-99 "Zelenodolsk"	308	since 1987	Under repair	Captain of 3rd rank	Evgenie Tishkevich
2	Project 1331M small anti-submarine ship Parchim class corvette The Parchim class corvette was developed for the East German Navy in the late 1970s, and built by the Wolgast Peene-Werft. The ships were designed for coastal anti-submarine warfare. In case of an all-out NATO-Warsaw Pact war in Europe their prime targets would have been the small U-206 coastal...	MPK-192	304	since 1986		Captain Lieutenant Captain Lieutenant Captain lieutenant or captain-lieutenant is a military rank, used in a number of different navies worldwide.It is generally equivalent to the Commonwealth or US rank of lieutenant, and has the NATO rank code of OF-2, though this can vary....	Evgenie Kuznetsov
3	Project 1331M small anti-submarine ship Parchim class corvette The Parchim class corvette was developed for the East German Navy in the late 1970s, and built by the Wolgast Peene-Werft. The ships were designed for coastal anti-submarine warfare. In case of an all-out NATO-Warsaw Pact war in Europe their prime targets would have been the small U-206 coastal...	MPK-205 "Kazanets" (translate:Citizen of Kazan Kazan Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the... )	311	since 1987
22nd battalion of trawlers						Captain of 2nd rank	Michael Ahahlin
4	Base trawler ship of project 12650	BT-44	563	since 1985
5	Base trawler ship of project 12650	BT-115	561	since 1994		Captain Lieutenant Captain Lieutenant Captain lieutenant or captain-lieutenant is a military rank, used in a number of different navies worldwide.It is generally equivalent to the Commonwealth or US rank of lieutenant, and has the NATO rank code of OF-2, though this can vary....	Vladimir Remezov
123rd separate submarines under repair battalion (based in Kronstadt Kronstadt Kronstadt , also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt |crown]]" and Stadt for "city"); is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland. Population: It is also... )						Captain of 1st rank Captain (naval) Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....	Igor Martemjanov
6	Project 877 class diesel submarine Kilo class submarine The Kilo class is the NATO reporting name for a naval diesel-electric submarine that is made in Russia. The original version of the vessels were designated Project 877 Paltus in Russia. There is also a more advanced version, designated as Improved Kilo in the west, and Project 636 Varshavyanka in...	B-227		since 1983		Captain of 2nd rank	Igor Abitov
7	Project 877EKM diesel submarine Kilo class submarine The Kilo class is the NATO reporting name for a naval diesel-electric submarine that is made in Russia. The original version of the vessels were designated Project 877 Paltus in Russia. There is also a more advanced version, designated as Improved Kilo in the west, and Project 636 Varshavyanka in...	B-806		since 1986		Captain of 3rd rank	Vitaly Tchikin
13th brigade of the under construction and repaired ships (based in Kronstadt Kronstadt Kronstadt , also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt |crown]]" and Stadt for "city"); is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland. Population: It is also... )						Captain of 1st rank Captain (naval) Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....	Belonogy Sergey Petrovich
8	diesel submarine of project 677 (Lada class submarine) Lada class submarine The Russian Navy's Project 677 Лада is a submarine class designed by the Russian Rubin Design Bureau. The class is also referred to as the Petersburg class, after the lead ship...	B-585 "Saint Petersburg		Formally as a part of fleet since 2007	To be commissioned in 2010.
32nd a separate battalion of courts of support (based in Priozersk Priozersk Priozersk is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, centered on an island at the southwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern armlet of River Vuoksi on the Karelian Isthmus. It is served by a station of the Saint Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railroad with the same name... )						Captain of 1st rank Captain (naval) Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....	Vladimir Karmanov

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