Zalyv Shipbuilding yard
There are actually three shipyards located in Mykolaiv: Black Sea Shipyard, Okean Shipyard, and 61 Communards.
The Zalyv Shipbuilding yard (Soviet Shipyard No. 532) (Ukrainian: «Суднобудівний завод «Залив», Russian: «Судостроительный завод «Залив») is located in Kerch, Crimea 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 Zalyv 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 the 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 the 1980s
- series of stationary oil platform
- several military frigates
- Krivak I class (along 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
- ↑ Kozhara: Hetman Sahaidachny frigate to join NATO’s anti-piracy operation, Interfax-Ukraine (17 September 2013)
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
- Port of the shipyard
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Coordinates: 45°15′50.0″N 36°24′44.7″E / 45.263889°N 36.412417°E