The Naval Academy () was an educational institution based in
Vlorë, Albania. It trained officers and non-commissioned officers in the
Albanian Navy. Over 1000 cadets graduated from the academy.
History
It was established on 4 September 1961 as the first naval school in the nation, which was then the
People's Republic of Albania
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.
It was originally called the School of Navy Officers (). It was formed from the first 70 Albanian naval students who returned from the
Soviet Union studying at institutions of the
Soviet Navy in cities like
Baku
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,
Sevastopol,
Riga
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and
Leningrad.
The building was damaged during the
Albanian Civil War
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in 1997, only being rebuilt in 1998.
It was closed in July 2007 by order of the Ministry of Defense.
In 2019, the Albanian government decided to change the ownership of the facility's remnants from the Ministry of Defense to the Municipality of Vlora, in accordance with a decision of February 2017.
Alumni
* Kristaq Gerveni, Representative of Albania in
NATO.
See also
*
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy
*
Italian Naval Academy
*
Hellenic Naval Academy
References
{{coord missing, Albania
Educational institutions established in 1961
Military academies of Albania
1961 establishments in Albania