Mykolayiv Shipyard

For other uses, see Mykolaiv Shipyard (disambiguation).

Mykolayiv Shipyard

Formerly	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Company type	Shipyard
Industry	Shipbuilding
Predecessors	Nikolayev Admiralty; Russud; Andre Marti (North) Yard; Shipyard No. 200 (in the name of 61 Communards); Shipyard No. 445 (in the name of 61 Communards)
Founded	1788 (1788) in Mykolaiv (Nikolaev), Russian Empire
Owner	state
Parent	Ukroboronprom
Website	http://www.shipyard61.com.ua/start-eng.html

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Ukraine Shipyards

There are three shipyards located in Mykolaiv: Black Sea Shipyard, Okean Shipyard, and Mykolayiv.

Mykolayiv Shipyard (Ukrainian: Миколаївський суднобудівний завод) is a major shipyard owned by state and located in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. In modern times, the shipyard has been most commonly referred to as Mykolayiv North Shipyard. Until 2017, it was known as the Shipyard named after 61 Communards.

History

In 1788, there was found as part of the Imperial Russian admiralties Nikolaev Admiralty on the banks of the Ingul river approximately 55 miles (89 km) inland from the Black Sea . The following year the first 44-gun frigate, St. Nicholas, was launched. In 1827-1829 the neighboring Kherson Admiralty was closed down and transferred to be merged with one in Nikolaev (Mykolaiv). In 1851, Admiral M.P. Lazarev ordered the first considerable reconstruction of the shipyard.

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. It was named Shipyard No. 200 (in the name of 61 Communards) on 30 December 1936 and was renumbered as Shipyard No. 445 when it reopened after the end of World War II.

Facilities and Services

Drydock

The shipyard is about 11.4 square kilometers (4.4 sq mi), with a building area of about 476.5 square meters (5,129 sq ft) and 1-2 Kone four-legged cranes. Production capacities of the shipyard are concentrated in 286 industrial buildings and 165 industrial structures.

Soviet-built ships

Cruisers

• Kronshtadt-class battlecruiser: 1 (along with Admiralty Shipyard)
• Kara-class cruiser: 7 (whole class)
• Slava-class cruiser: 4 (whole class)

Destroyers

• Skoryy-class destroyer: 18 (all names started with B)

Submarines

• Shchuka-class submarine, Series V-modified: 3
• Shchuka-class submarine, Series V-modified-2: 4
• Shchuka-class submarine, Series X: 8

Notable vessels

The following vessels were constructed at this shipyard. The list is not all inclusive.

Notable Vessels
Imperial Russian Navy (1696–1917) • Soviet Navy (1917–1991)

Name	Laid down	Launched	Displacement	Class (NATO)	Type
Vitse-admiral Popov	1874	1875	3,600 tons		Ironclad Monitor
Pamiat' Merkuria	1901	1902	6,645 tons	Bogatyr	Protected Cruiser
Imperator Aleksandr III	1911	1914	23,413 tons	Imperatritsa Mariya	Battleship
Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya	1911	1913	24,644 tons	Imperatritsa Mariya	Battleship
Imperatritsa Mariya	1911	1913	23,413 tons	Imperatritsa Mariya	Battleship
Imperator Nikolai I	1915	1916	27,830 tons		Battleship
Soobrazitelny	1939	1939	1,727 tons	Storozhevoy (Project 7U)	Destroyer
Ognevoy	1939	1940	2,125 tons	Ognevoy (Project 30)	Destroyer
Gnevny	1957	1958	3,500 tons	Kanin (Project 57A)	Destroyer
Uporny	1958	1959	3,500 tons	Kanin (Project 57A)	Destroyer
Boyky	1959	1959	3,500 tons	Kanin (Project 57A)	Destroyer
ORP Warszawa	1966	1968	4,950 tons	Kashin (Project 61MP)	Large Anti-submarine Ship (Guided Missile Cruiser - western typing)
Nikolayev	1968	1969	9,700 tons	Kara (Project 1134B Berkut B)	Large Anti-submarine Ship (Guided Missile Cruiser - western typing)
Slava	1976	1979	12,490 tons	Slava (Project 1164 Atlant)	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.

Bibliography

• Breyer, Siegfried (1992). Soviet Warship Development: Volume 1: 1917-1937. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-604-3.
• Harrison, Mark; Cooper, Julian; Dexter, Keith & Rodionov, Ivan (2003). The Numbered Factories and Other Establishments of the Soviet Defence Industry Complex, 1927 to 1968, Part I, Factories & Shipyards (Version 8 ed.). Warwick, UK: University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
• Hauner, Milan L. (Spring 2004). "Stalin's Big-Fleet Program". Naval War College Review. LVII (2). Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
• Polmar, Norman (1983). Guide to the Soviet Navy (3rd ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-239-7.
• Polmar, Norman & Noot, Jurrien (1991). Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies, 1718–1990. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-570-1.
• Treadea, John & Sozaev, Eduard (2010). Russian Warships in the Age of Sail, 1696–1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-058-1.

External links

• State Enterprise "Shipyard named after 61 Communards" Public Website