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02-27-11, 10:11 AM
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Admiral
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Top Gear: Albanian episode
Last week BBC America aired the Top Gear Albanian episode. I enjoyed it especially when they showed the Cold War era military machines. One of their stops was to an old sub base. Clarkson was walking around on a very rusty, old sub. I was wondering, does anyone know what kind of subs those were?
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02-27-11, 11:02 AM
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Navy Seal
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I didn't see the episode but where these it?
 Those are whiskeys.
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02-27-11, 11:24 AM
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Navy Seal
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I just tracked down that episode online and yea its the old Whiskeys parked at Porto Palermo Submarine Base.
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02-27-11, 11:29 AM
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Navy Seal
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Holy s**t they're in bad shape.
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02-27-11, 11:39 AM
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Admiral
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Some interesting photos on Albanian bunkers in general:
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...the-First-Post) Money well spent
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02-27-11, 11:53 AM
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Navy Seal
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Here are a few more recent Albanian Navy Photos:    
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02-27-11, 12:19 PM
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Navy Seal
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Why don't they just sell them for scrap? Someone might even give them a few hundred bucks for them.
Those things will definitely not put out to sea again (at least not until someone decides to scuttle them there).
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05-02-12, 08:43 AM
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I don't know about visiting, there's quite a few photos so it can't be that restricted an area although I've just read somewhere that Turkey has help rebuild the base and has the right to use it - if so then I'm guessing a visit is a no-no. If you do, get some pics. 
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05-02-12, 09:00 AM
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that's what I've read in internet. it doesn't seem likely that Turkish militars would let us get in and take pictures, but maybe there is a restricted area and subs could be outside of it.
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05-02-12, 09:08 AM
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Kaiser Bill's batman
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Good luck
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05-02-12, 10:25 AM
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05-02-12, 07:41 AM
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Nub
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how can I visit the base?
does anybody know if it is possible to visit this submarine base? I will travel to albania in a couple weeks and would like very much to visit it and if possible take some pictures. thanks
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