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Russian naval facility in Tartus

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The Russian naval facility in Tartus is a leased military installation of the Russian Navy located on the northern edge of the sea port of the Syrian city of Tartus. Up until 2017, Russian official usage classified the installation as a Material-Technical Support Point (Russian: Пункт материально-технического обеспечения, ПМТО) and not as a base. Tartus is the Russian Navy's only Mediterranean repair and replenishment point, sparing Russia’s warships the trip back to their Black Sea bases through the Turkish Straits.^[3]

720th Material-Technical Support Point of the Russian Navy in Syria
720-й ПМТО ВМФ России в Сирии
Part of the Russian Navy
Map of the Tartus Syrian Naval Base (Russian piers (5) off northern breakwater, most of the balance of facility—numbered buildings—within the dashed line belongs to the Syrian Navy).[a]
MTSP Tartus
Coordinates	34.915°N 35.874°E
Site information
Owner	Russian Navy
Controlled by	Black Sea Fleet [b][c]
Condition	Prior to mid-2013 was minimally manned by civilian contractors.[1]
Site history
Built	1971
Garrison information
Garrison	Up until June 2013 was primarily maintained by civilian contractors only (4 servicemen stationed circa 2012).[2]

The Tartus facility currently can accommodate four medium-sized vessels but only if both of its 100 m (330 ft) floating piers, inside the northern breakwater, are operational. It is not (yet) capable of hosting any of the Russian Navy's current major warships which range in length from the 129 m (423 ft) Neustrashimyy-class frigatethrough to the 163 m (535 ft) Udaloy-classdestroyer, much less cruisers such as the 186.4 m (612 ft) Slava class and the 252 m (827 ft) Kirov class, or the 305 m (1,001 ft) Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier and the 156 m (512 ft) Sovremennyy-class destroyer. It is however, in theory at least, presently able to support limited vertical replenishment operations for those larger warships.

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1. ^ As of early 2018 these boundaries are subject to change.
2. ^ Prior to 2013 it was under the direct control of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
3. ^ For organizational purposes it is currently under the aegis of the Black Sea Fleet; operational control however is normally exercised by the 5th Operational Squadron.

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