Военный порт: База военного флота

After World War II, some 4,000 tonnes of chemical weapons were sunk into the Baltic Sea. This included mustard gas and a variety of other gases, including arsenic compounds. After the war, these chemical weapons were sunk near the island of Bornholm, which belongs to Denmark, offshore from Sweden’s Gotland, and some 100 kilometres to the West of Liepāja. It is likely that the chemicals were transported from the Liepāja port. Some were sunk to a depth of just 20 metres or so.