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Former Olpenitz Naval Base
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Klaus 🚴♂️ SchleiRadler 🚴♂️
April 4, 2020
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At the entrance to the Baltic Sea resort of Olpenitz, a boulder reminds us that the naval base was Olpenitz. A base of the Federal Navy at the mouth of the Schlei in the Baltic Sea, which existed from 1964 to 2006 and was home to two speedboat squadrons and two mine search squadrons.
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Martin Deeks
January 27, 2026
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To be precise, there were three minesweeping squadrons…and two fast attack craft squadrons…the so-called Baltic Sea rockers…each squadron had a tender (supply ship).
In naval circles, Olpenitz was also affectionately called Olpenizsibirsk…because it was in the middle of nowhere…🙃
Until the end of the 1990s, 50 boats were stationed there…today, the navy unfortunately doesn't even have a fraction of that number…
In naval circles, Olpenitz was also affectionately called Olpenizsibirsk…because it was in the middle of nowhere…🙃
Until the end of the 1990s, 50 boats were stationed there…today, the navy unfortunately doesn't even have a fraction of that number…
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