Beirut Naval Base ( ar, قاعدة بيروت البحرية, translit=Kaidat Beirut al Bahriyah) is the first
naval base
A naval base, navy base, or military port is a military base, where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or need to restock. Ships may also undergo repairs. Some naval bases are temporary homes to aircraft that us ...
and the headquarters of the
Lebanese Navy, established in 1950. The base comprises a part of
Port of Beirut,
and was affected by the
massive ammonium nitrate explosion on 4 August 2020.
References
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Ports and harbors of Lebanon
Lebanese Navy bases
Ports and harbours of the Arab League