Muskö naval port

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SwedenNaval Ensign of Sweden.svg Muskö naval port
HMS Sundsvall in front of the tunnel entrance, 1968

HMS Sundsvall in front of the tunnel entrance, 1968
country SwedenSweden Sweden
Names Musköbasen, Muskö örlogsbas
local community Haninge
Coordinates : 58 ° 59 '  N , 18 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 58 '47 "  N , 18 ° 3' 50"  E
Opened 1950-1969
owner leased to Kockums AB and Muskövarvet AB
Workforce <100
Formerly stationed units
4th Navy Flotilla SwedenNaval Ensign of Sweden.svg
Muskö naval port (Stockholm)
Muskö naval port

Located in the archipelago south of Stockholm

The naval port of Muskö is an underground naval base on the island of the same name on Sweden's east coast , which was secret during the Cold War . The plant is compared to the submarine bunkers of the German navy in the second world war underground. In October 2019, the Swedish Navy announced that it would use the base as a command center again in the future.

architecture

The facility is connected to the mainland via the Muskö tunnel, which is 3 km long and 70 m under the water. 1.5 million tons of rock were blown away for the expansion of the base. The supply tunnels alone are over 20 km long. The completely underground facility has three dry docks for destroyers and submarines , fuel and ammunition stores, as well as a kitchen, workshops, emergency power generators and troop accommodation.

history

Since conventional naval bases could be easily spied on by reconnaissance planes , spies on land or from submarines, the Swedish Navy looked for a way to protect its main warships from reconnaissance and nuclear weapon attacks. An unknown base, which is not visible from the air, from the water or on land, fulfilled those expectations. In the archipelago of the archipelago, Muskö was tunneled under. From 1950 until it was completed in 1969, the base was continuously expanded. The Soviet Navy tried again and again to find and scout the base. After a government decision in 2004, the Swedish Navy on the east coast was concentrated on Karlskrona , which made the Muskö base less important. The following year it was leased to the private companies Kockums AB and Muskövarvet AB.

  • The HMS Uppland in the tunnel

  • The HMS Södermanland before entering the tunnel port

  • The HMS Småland docked in the tunnel, 1960

Web links

Commons : Musköbasen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World's largest underground Naval Base reactivated. October 3, 2019, Retrieved October 30, 2019 (American English).