Dockstavarvet is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...

located in the small village of Docksta, in the municipality of Kramfors, by the

Gulf of Bothnia The Gulf of Bothnia (; fi, Pohjanlahti; sv, Bottniska viken) is divided into the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast ( East Bothnia) and the Sweden's east coast (West ...

. The company was founded in 1905 by Nils and Carl Sundin as ''N & C Sundins Båtbyggeri''; the current name of the company simply means "Docksta shipyard". In the 1970s Dockstavarvet began specializing in aluminium vessels, such as pilot boats, patrol crafts, and lifeboats. In the mid 1980s the company was commissioned to build a military assault craft, known as the

Combat Boat 90 Stridsbåt 90 H(alv) (Strb 90 H; CB90) is a class of fast military assault craft used by several countries after being originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet. Its name means Combat Boat 90 Half; the ''90'' refers to the year ...

, for the Swedish Marines. This has been the company's most successful product, with around 250 to 300 units built. In 2000, Dockstavarvet acquired the Rindö naval yard, which remains the primary repair facility for the

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's CB90s. The Russian Border Patrol operates 1
Interceptor Craft 16M
built by Dockstavarvet. These boats are based on CB90 design concept but not identical to it.

References

Dockstavarvet's web site
{{Authority control Shipyards of Sweden