Haifa naval base

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Partial view of the Haifa naval base berths at the outer pier
Haifa coat of arms
INS Hanit at the Haifa naval base
INS Nitzachon at the Haifa naval base
Wilhelm II went ashore in Haifa on October 25, 1898

The Haifa Naval Base ( בסיס חיפה, transcribed Ba sis Ch eyfa, abbreviatedב Ba "Ch , English Naval Base Haifa ) is the main base of the Israeli Navy . It is located in the northwestern part of the port of Haifa . Since November 2011, Brigadier General Elijahu (" Eli ") Sharvite has been in command of the military port .

history

The area where the Kishon flows into the Mediterranean Sea was populated as early as the Late Bronze Age (approx. 1550–1200 BC), as the excavations on Tell Abu-Hawam have shown. Even then, there was a port in what is now the center of Haifa. From when this was also used for military purposes is unsecured. Later Templars , the Ottoman Empire and Napoleon used the port and roadstead of Haifa (also "Kaiffa" "Hayfa"). As part of his Palestine trip , Wilhelm II visited Haifa on October 25, 1898. Reports in the Le Matin newspaper that the emperor wanted to set up a naval base there were found to be false. As a regular naval base, the port was mentioned several times in the 20th century by British planning commissions. On September 23, 1918, the area was occupied by units of the British Expeditionary Force . Through the League of Nations mandate for Palestine , the port of Haifa came under British administration until May 14, 1948. The second Jewish naval academy was founded in Haifa in 1938 as a successor to the Betar Naval Academy (1935–1938 in Civitavecchia , Italy) . The port was the British military base for operations, supplies and repairs during World War II. On May 14, 1948, Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham , the last High Commissioner of Palestine , left Haifa to travel to Great Britain on the HMS Euryalus . The final evacuation of the British base was scheduled for June 30, 1948 and later known as "Z-Day". Negotiations have taken place on the financial compensation of the facilities built by the British. Until the British withdrew, fighting with various groups in the port area of ​​Haifa was known. On July 1, 1948, David Ben Gurion hoisted the Israeli flag over the port of Haifa as a formal sign of the takeover. Even before the British withdrew and as a member of the Palyam , Aryeh ("Arieh") Kaplan (also "Kipi") was appointed first commandant of the Haifa naval base in April 1948. After 1948 the naval base was expanded. Since 1956 there are facilities for stationing submarines there . The 6th fleet of the US Navy visits Haifa annually with around 20 ships and also uses its repair facilities. On January 16, 2008, seven people were injured in an ammunition explosion on board the Israeli missile speedboat INS Tarschisch in port . For further submarines to be delivered by Germany in 2014, planning for new submarine hangars was completed in 2011 with the support of Jedidja Ja'ari (formerly the base commander ).

deployment

Haifa includes the missile speedboat flotilla with a total of 13 units including the three corvettes of the Sa'ar-5 class , the submarine flotilla with five units of the dolphin class , the missile speedboat and submarine school as well as parts of the patrol boat flotilla (Squadron 914) and an underwater task force. The submarines are known to be armed with nuclear weapons.

Known commanders of the naval base

  • 1948 Aryeh ("Arieh") Kaplan (also "Kipi") (אריה קפלן)
  • Isaac Gazit (יצחק גזית)
  • Uri Paz (אורי פז)
  • 1975–1976 Zeev Almog (זאב אלמוג)
  • 1976–1979 Abraham Dror (אברהם דרור)
  • 1979–1981 Eli Rahav (אלי רהב)
  • 1985–1989 Ben Shushan (אברהם בן שושן)
  • 1992–1994 Ami Ayalon (עמי איילון)
  • 1996–2000 Alex Tal (אלכס טל)
  • 1999–2001 Eljezer Marom (אלי מרום)
  • 2000–2004 Jedidja Ja'ari (ידידיה יערי)
  • 2005-2007 Yochai Ben-Yosef (יוחאי בן יוסף)
  • 2007–2009 Ram Rutberg (רם רוטברג)
  • 2011 Elijahu ("Eli") Sharvite (אלי שרביט)

  • Base coat of arms

  • Zeev Almog
    commander 1975–1976

  • Eli Rahav
    Commander 1979–1981

  • Alex Tal
    Commander 1996–2000

  • Eli Marum
    Commander 1999–2001

  • Jedidja Ja'ari
    Commander 2000-2004

  • Ram Rutberg
    Commander 2007–2009

  • Elijahu Scharwit (center)
    Commander 2011

See also

literature

  • JC Hurewitz: The Middle East and North Africa in World Politics: A Documentary Record. 2nd Edition. Yale Univ. Press, 1979, ISBN 0-300-02203-4 .
  • Simon Stern: The Struggle to Build the Port of Haifa during the British Mandate. Chair October 1981. (Hebrew text on port development with numerous sketch plans) ybz.org.il (PDF; 1.4 MB)
  • Eran Kaplan: The Jewish Radical Right: Revisionist Zionism and Its Ideological Legacy (Studies on Israel). Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 2004, ISBN 0-299-20380-8 .

Web links

Commons : Port of Haifa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on the port at globalsecurity.org (English) accessed on August 22, 2012
  2. ↑ Report by Eli Scharwit at israeldefense.com ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on August 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.israeldefense.com
  3. ↑ Report from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (English) accessed on August 22, 2012
  4. ↑ Templer "The German colony" (English) accessed on August 22, 2012
  5. ^ The Naval Society, Naval Review , 1921. (PDF; 10.7 MB) p. 525 (English) accessed on August 22, 2012
  6. ^ Yearbook of the Institute for German History , Volume 4, Institute for German History, 1975, p. 238.
  7. ↑ JC Hurewitz: The Middle East and North Africa in World Politics. 1979, p. 34 (1915), p. 726 (1943), p. 764 (1944)
  8. ↑ The Battle of Haifa (1918) ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on August 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dover.idf.il
  9. ^ Eran Kaplan: The Jewish Radical Right: Revisionist Zionism and Its Ideological Legacy. 2004, p. 155 ff.
  10. ↑ Yair Braker: This is the Way it Was. from palyam.org (English) accessed on August 28, 2012
  11. ↑ High Commissioner departs. In: The Advertiser. Adelaide, May 14, 1948. Retrieved August 25, 2012
  12. ^ A Briton's view of Israel's creation. In: BBC News. (English) accessed on August 25, 2012
  13. ↑ Evacuation procedure for “Z-Day” 40 Commando Royal Marines ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on August 25, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / britains-smallwars.com
  14. ↑ A / AC.21 / JA / 38 April 9, 1948 ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 249 kB) UN document (English) accessed on August 25, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / domino.un.org
  15. ↑ UN Document A / AC.21 / AP / 37 April 15, 1948 ( Memento of the original dated February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on August 25, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / unispal.un.org
  16. ↑ Official situation report from Haifa ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 126 kB) UN document (English) accessed on August 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / domino.un.org
  17. ↑ Battle raging for control of Haifa. In: The Canberra Times. April 23, 1948. Retrieved August 25, 2012
  18. ↑ Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) June 29, 1948, situation in Haifa (English) accessed on August 25, 2012
  19. ↑ Israeli Flag hoisted over port of Haifa. In: The Canberra Times. July 2, 1948. Retrieved August 25, 2012
  20. ↑ Aryeh Kaplan at jewishsoldiers.com ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on August 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jewishsoldiers.com
  21. ↑ Aryeh Kaplan's autobiography at palyam.org ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on August 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.palyam.org
  22. ↑ Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 1994 page 64 (English) accessed on August 25, 2012
  23. ↑ Entry on the use of the base at globalsecurity.org (English) accessed on August 22, 2012
  24. ↑ 7 hurt when shell explodes at Haifa base. In: Haaretz , January 17, 2008 ( online )
  25. ^ Defense Industrie Daily Germany Sells Israel More Dolphin Subs Agenda of German submarine deliveries, accessed on August 22, 2012
  26. ^ Revital Hoval: In the shadow of the Polinum . Haaretz.com, July 17, 2011 (English) accessed on August 22, 2012
  27. ↑ Made in Germany . In: Der Spiegel . No. 23 , 2012 ( online ).
  28. ↑ Aryeh Kaplan: This is the Way it Was ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from palyam.org (English) accessed on August 28, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.palyam.org
  29. ↑ Israel during NATO naval exercise ( memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Newsletter of the Embassy of the State of Israel / Public Relations Department; Retrieved August 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nlarchiv.israel.de
  30. ↑ Ram Rutberg ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at eucom.mil (English) accessed on August 25, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eucom.mil

Coordinates: 32 ° 49 ′ 44.9 "  N , 34 ° 59 ′ 38.2"  E