Porto Palermo Tunnel

Porto Palermo Tunnel
Near Porto Palermo Castle
Site information
Open to
the public
None, military zone
Condition Not in use
Site history
Built 1969 (1969)
Built by Communist Albania
In use 1969–1991
Materials Concrete, Steel
Submarine Bunker in Porto Palermo

Porto Palermo Tunnel (Albanian: Tuneli i Porto Palermos) is claimed to be a submarine bunker built in the Socialist People's Republic of Albania during the rule of dictator Enver Hoxha. It is situated at the northern end of the bay of Porto Palermo.[1] It is no longer in use as such, but remains in a military restriction zone. Almost certainly its main function was as a homebase for fast attack craft. Unlike submarines, these craft are short range coastal defence vessels that lie hidden during the day near to where they have to operate at night. Albanian Whiskey class submarines were long range vessels and were normally based further from the frontier in the Pasha Liman area of the Gulf of Valona. Now defunct these submarines are still visible on google images. Tourist guides find a submarine base sexier than the daytime shelters of fast attack craft.

References

Porto Palermo Submarine Base, Albania - guerrillaexploring.com

Bibliography

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