There are actually three shipyards located in Mykolaiv: Black Sea Shipyard, Okean Shipyard, and 61 Communards.
The Zaliv Shipbuilding yard (Soviet Shipyard No. 532) (Ukrainian: «Суднобудівний завод «Залив», Russian: «Судостроительный завод «Залив») is located in Kerch, Ukraine and specializes in the construction of tankers and container carriers, and the repair of ships of different types and tonnage.[1] The shipyard is affiliated with the KrAZ Holding Company (Kremenchuk).
The shipyard was also known as Kamysh-Burun Zavod.[2] The name of the yard is in Russian and means gulf. Although it is already decades after the fall of the Soviet Union the name has not changed to the Ukrainian variant.
History[]
The joint stock company Zaliv Shipyard was founded in 1938. It is situated on the shore of the Kerch Strait, between two seas, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Facilities and Services[]
The shipyard is 350 acres (0.55 sq mi)
Specialization[]
From 1945 to 1980 the yard built about 600 ships.
- sea trawlers
- small torpedo boats
- fishing boats
- barges
Since 1960s it builds tankers.
- Type "Krym", project 1511 was built 1974-1980, created in 1973 by "Baltsudnoproekt"[3][4]
- Panamax was built 1980-1996
- nuclear-powered icebreaker Sevmorput in 1980s
- series of stationary oil platform
- several military frigates
- Krivak I class (alnog with Yantar and Severnaya Verf)
- Krivak III class (exclusively at Zalyv)
Notable Vessels[]
| Name | Laid | Launched | Class and type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevmorput | 1982 | 1988 | Nuclear-powered LASH carrier |
| Hetman Sahaydachniy (U130) | 1991 | 1992 | Krivak III (FFG) frigate (patrol) |
| Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy | 1973 | 1977 | Krivak I (FFG) frigate (patrol) |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Official Zalyv Shipyard Public Website
- ↑ Andrew Toppan, World Navies Today: Ukraine (2003), Online: Hazegray.org Website
- ↑ Тип Крым, проект 1511
- ↑ Data on Krym
External links[]
- Castle Holdings, LLC Website - a ship repair company whose main activities are dock and voyage repairs of cargo vessels, conversion and shipbuilding works.
- Official website
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