Oskarshamn Shipyard

Oskarshamn Shipyard is a shipbuilding and repair facility located in Oskarshamn, Sweden.

General information[edit]

The shipyard company was established in 1863, when a dry dock was built in Oskarshamn. About 540 vessels have been built and launched at the shipyard since then. In the 1960s, the company had a working force of about 1,450 people.

The Oskarshamn shipyard is still active. Some of the facilities are floating drydock, gantry crane, slipway, and 318 metres of quay.^[1]

Ships built at the shipyard[edit]

Below is a gallery of some of the ships built at Oskarshamn Shipyard:

SS Enköping, steamship launched 1868
SS Jarl, steamship launched 1907
SS Drotten, steamship launched 1927
MS Bore, passenger ferry launched in 1960
SS Stockholm, passenger ferry built in 1931.
MS Malmö Link leaves Travemünde in 1993
MS Malmö Link, Ropax-ship built in 1980
MV Vaxö, passenger ferry launched 1993

References[edit]

^ "Shipping News in Brief". Daily Commercial News And Shipping List. No. 17, 076. New South Wales, Australia. 13 October 1943. p. 4 (Supplement to "Daily Commercial News and Shipping List."). Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia., ...Considerable improvements are being made at the Oskarshamns Varv, which now employs over 1,000 workmen, is the largest yard on the east coast of Sweden and the largest industrial under taking, in Oskarshamn. A building slip to take vessels of 12,000 tons d.w. is under construction, and the graving dock is being lengthened to take ships of up to 9,000 tons d.w.; this latter work is expected to be completed next year. Alongside the yard's patent slip, which takes vessels of up to 7,000 tons d.w, a smaller slip for repairing. vessels of up to 1,500 tons has been constructed...

Literature: Hofrén, M: Oskarshamn 1856-1956.
Oskarshamnsvarvet Sweden

57°15′42.57″N 16°28′05.90″E / 57.2618250°N 16.4683056°E / 57.2618250; 16.4683056

[1] "Shipping News in Brief". Daily Commercial News And Shipping List. No. 17, 076. New South Wales, Australia. 13 October 1943. p. 4 (Supplement to "Daily Commercial News and Shipping List."). Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia., ...Considerable improvements are being made at the Oskarshamns Varv, which now employs over 1,000 workmen, is the largest yard on the east coast of Sweden and the largest industrial under taking, in Oskarshamn. A building slip to take vessels of 12,000 tons d.w. is under construction, and the graving dock is being lengthened to take ships of up to 9,000 tons d.w.; this latter work is expected to be completed next year. Alongside the yard's patent slip, which takes vessels of up to 7,000 tons d.w, a smaller slip for repairing. vessels of up to 1,500 tons has been constructed...

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