Main installation base of the Portuguese Navy
Lisbon Naval Base
Base Naval de Lisboa
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Lisbon Naval Base
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Type
| Naval base
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Controlled by
| Portuguese Navy
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Built
| 1920s-1950s
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In use
| 1937 - Today
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Past
commanders
| Capitao de Mar e Guerra Luis Pedro Pinto Proenca Mendes
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The
Lisbon Naval Base
(
Portuguese
:
Base Naval de Lisboa
), is the main installation and
operational base
of the
Portuguese Navy
. Located at the former Royal Estate of Alfeite on the south bank of the
Tagus river
's estuary, near the city of
Almada
, the installation is sometimes referred to as the
Alfeite Naval Base
.
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Most of the Portuguese
Naval fleet
ships
are based at Alfeite, as well as many of its administrative, training and support services. Within its perimeter are also located the
Naval School
, the Naval Technologies School, the Alfeite Arsenal, the
Marine corps Base
and other Portuguese Navy units.
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citation needed
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The Lisbon Naval Base is an administrative entity that ? besides the main naval station at Alfeite ? manages several other smaller naval facilities in the region.
[
citation needed
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History
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Lisbon
and the neighbor Tagus estuary has always been the largest and most important
naval base
of
Portugal
, since the 12th century.
[
citation needed
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During the
Age of Discovery
, in the 15th and 16th centuries, Lisbon and the Tagus became the major naval base in the World. It was from this base, that
Vasco da Gama
set out to discover the sea route to
India
.
Until after
World War I
, in reality there was not a single naval base, but a series of smaller bases located at various points of both banks of the Tagus.
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citation needed
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Among others, in the early 20th century, there was the Lisbon Navy Arsenal, the
Doca de Belem
submarine
base, the
Bom Sucesso
seaplane
base, the
Vila Franca de Xira
destroyer
base, the Vale do Zebro
torpedo boat
base, the
Alcantara
Naval Barracks and the Doca da Marinha naval
quay
.
In the late 19th century, the idea of building a new
naval arsenal
at the site of the Royal Estate of Alfeite arose.
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citation needed
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Several senior naval officers also began to advocate the idea of concentrating the several Navy facilities in Lisbon and the Tagus, at a single site near the future new arsenal.
Construction of the new naval arsenal began in 1928 and was completed in 1937.
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citation needed
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Considered one of the largest and best equipped installations of its kind, the Alfeite Arsenal started full operation in 1938. A large naval complex ? known as "the city of the Navy" ? was built concurrently, to accommodate most of the ships, personnel and services of the Portuguese Navy. These were successively transferred to Alfeite up until the 1950s.
Since, 3 December 1958, the
Intendencia de Marinha do Alfeite
(Naval Intendency of Alfeite) has been the Lisbon Naval Base.
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References
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38°40′09″N
9°09′01″W
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38.6692°N 9.1503°W
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38.6692; -9.1503
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