Shipyard named after 61 Communards
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Shipyard named after 61 Communards ( 61 Kommunar yard) is a major shipyard
Shipyard
Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial...
located in Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
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. In modern times, the shipyard has been most commonly referred to as Nikolaev North Shipyard but was also known as Soviet Shipyard No. 200.
History
In 1788, the Nikolaev Admiralty shipyard was founded on the banks of the Ingul river approximately 55 miles (88.5 km) inland from the Black SeaBlack Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
. The following year the first 44-cannon frigate The St. Nickolas was launched. Subsequently, a series of battleships were constructed to defend south borders of Russian Empire.
In 1851, Admiral M.P. Lazarev
Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev
Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev was a Russian fleet commander and explorer who discovered Antarctica.-Education and early career:Lazarev was born in Vladimir, a scion of the old Russian nobility from the Vladimir province. In 1800, he enrolled in Russia's Naval College. Three years later he...
ordered the first considerable reconstruction of the shipyard. Between 1856 and 1867, a series of battleships were constructed.
In 1910 the government decided to stop building battleships and close the shipyard, but it was reopened in the following year as the French-owned Russian Shipbuilding Corporation (Russud). The name Russud comes from combining the word Russian and the word Sudostroitel'nyj (lit. Shipbuilding).
Between 1911 and 1914, two building berths with slip-ways, an assembling and welding workshop, a number of buildings and an outfitting wharf were built on the left bank of the Ingul River.
Early in the Soviet era, the shipyard was renamed to the Andre Marti (North) Yard. In 1931, the shipyard was named after 61 Communards. From then on, torpedo-boats, destroyers, light cruisers, submarines; naval supply vessels, including rescue vessels of various purposes equipped with deep-water operation systems were built.
Facilities and Services
The shipyard is about 11.4 square kilometres (4.4 sq mi), with a building area of about 476.5 square metres (5,129 sq ft). Production capacities of the shipyard are concentrated in 286 industrial buildings and 165 industrial structures.Notable vessels
The following vessels were constructed at this shipyard. The list is not all inclusive.| Name | Laid down | Launched | Class (NATO) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novorossiysk | 1911 | 1913 | Imperatritsa Mariya V Imperatritsa Mariya class battleship The Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. All three ships were built in Nikolayev during World War I; two of the ships were built by the Rossud Dockyard and the third was built by the Associated Factories and... |
Battleship |
| Imperator Alexandr III | 1911 | 1914 | Imperatritsa Mariya V | Battleship |
| Imperator Nikolay I | 1911 | 1913 | Imperatritsa Mariya V | Battleship |
| Imperatritca Ekaterina Velikaya | 1911 | 1913 | Imperatritsa Mariya V | Battleship |
| Imperatritsa Maria | 1911 | 1913 | Imperatritsa Mariya V | Battleship |
| Gnevnyy | 1959? | 1961? | Kanin (Krupny/DDG) Kanin class destroyer The Kanin class destroyers were warships of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. The Soviet designation was Project 57A Gnevny . These ships were the first Soviet guided missile destroyers and were initially designated Project 57bis and known to NATO as the Krupny class... |
Destroyer |
| Upornyy | 1959? | 1961? | Kanin (Krupny/DDG) Kanin class destroyer The Kanin class destroyers were warships of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. The Soviet designation was Project 57A Gnevny . These ships were the first Soviet guided missile destroyers and were initially designated Project 57bis and known to NATO as the Krupny class... |
Destroyer |
| Boykiy | 1959? | 1961? | Kanin (Krupny/DDG) Kanin class destroyer The Kanin class destroyers were warships of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. The Soviet designation was Project 57A Gnevny . These ships were the first Soviet guided missile destroyers and were initially designated Project 57bis and known to NATO as the Krupny class... |
Destroyer |
| Nikolayev | 1968 | 1969 | Kara Kara class cruiser The Kara is a class of Cold War era Soviet guided missile cruisers. The Soviet designation is Project 1134B Berkut B - Беркут Б and the Soviet mission description is "large anti-submarine warfare ship" and not "cruiser".-Design:... |
Guided Missile Cruiser |
| Slava | 1976 | 1979 | Slava Slava class cruiser The Slava class cruiser, Soviet designation Project 1164 Atlant, is a large conventionally-powered warship, currently operated by Russia.-Design:... |
Guided Missile Cruiser |
- Note: NATO class only shown if applicable; classes of vessels launched before 1949 are provided as originally designated. The name of the ship provided is the name given when launched–some ships may have since been renamed.