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Yulin Naval Base: In Focus
The Yulin Naval Base is located in Sanya, Chinas southernmost city on Hainan Island. The original Yulin base was mainly served as a conventional submarine facility, located on the eastern bank of the Yulin Bay.
In recent years, the naval base has expanded into the nearby Yalong Bay, where a major surface fleet base and a nuclear submarine base are located. The naval base is one of the most important bases of the PLA Navy South Sea Fleet, strategically located close to the Xisha & Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.
Location of the Yulin Naval Base
The Yalong Bay as an average depth of 15~20 metres, suitable for berthing large combatants and submarines. The facilities consist of a 3,200m and a 1,300m waterbreak, a surface fleet base located on the northeast bank of the bay, and a nuclear submarine base on a peninsula at the eastern part of the bay. The facilities possibly became operational in 2002.
The surface fleet base consists of two finger piers about 1,000m in length, both capable of berthing surface combatants, amphibious warfare ships, larger replenishment oiler ships, and potentially aircraft carriers if necessary. Currently the base is the home port of the 9th Destroyer Flotilla of the South Sea Fleet.
Destroyers docked on the finger pier at the Yulin base
The facility consists of three finger piers for berthing nuclear submarines, an underground submarine facility, and a submarine demagnetisation facility located on the southern tip of the peninsula. The underground facility has a large entrance about 3 metres wide, enough to accommodate large nuclear-powered missile submarines (SSBN).
Entrance of the underground submarine tunnel
The Yulin Naval Base is located in Sanya, Chinas southernmost city on Hainan Island. The original Yulin base was mainly served as a conventional submarine facility, located on the eastern bank of the Yulin Bay.
In recent years, the naval base has expanded into the nearby Yalong Bay, where a major surface fleet base and a nuclear submarine base are located. The naval base is one of the most important bases of the PLA Navy South Sea Fleet, strategically located close to the Xisha & Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.
Location of the Yulin Naval Base
The Yalong Bay as an average depth of 15~20 metres, suitable for berthing large combatants and submarines. The facilities consist of a 3,200m and a 1,300m waterbreak, a surface fleet base located on the northeast bank of the bay, and a nuclear submarine base on a peninsula at the eastern part of the bay. The facilities possibly became operational in 2002.
The surface fleet base consists of two finger piers about 1,000m in length, both capable of berthing surface combatants, amphibious warfare ships, larger replenishment oiler ships, and potentially aircraft carriers if necessary. Currently the base is the home port of the 9th Destroyer Flotilla of the South Sea Fleet.
Destroyers docked on the finger pier at the Yulin base
The facility consists of three finger piers for berthing nuclear submarines, an underground submarine facility, and a submarine demagnetisation facility located on the southern tip of the peninsula. The underground facility has a large entrance about 3 metres wide, enough to accommodate large nuclear-powered missile submarines (SSBN).
Entrance of the underground submarine tunnel
