Sevastopol Shipyard ( russian: Севастопольский морской завод, uk, Севастопольський морський завод / Севморверф, Sevmorverf, Sevastopol Sea Wharf) is a shipyard located in

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

, founded as a

dockyard 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 ...

for the

Imperial Russian Navy The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution of 1917. It developed from ...

in 1783. The shipyard has mostly been used to repair and maintain

warships A warship or combatant ship is a naval ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the armed forces of a state. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster an ...

throughout its history, although it has occasionally built ships.

History

The Sevastopol Shipyard was founded in 1783 on the south side of

Sevastopol Bay Sevastopol Bay ( uk, Севастопольська бухта; russian: Севастопольская бухта) is a city harbor that includes a series of smaller bays carved out its shores. The bay of Sevastopol splits the city of Sevastopo ...

as Akhtiar Admiralty to maintain the ships of the Black Sea Fleet. It occasionally built frigates and smaller

sailing ships A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel. There is a variety of sail plans that propel sailing ships, employing square-rigged or fore-and-aft sails. Some ships ca ...

between 1813 and 1851. It was renamed the Lazarev Admiralty after Admiral

Mikhail Lazarev Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev (russian: Михаил Петрович Лазарев, 3 November 1788 – 11 April 1851) was a Russian fleet commander and an explorer. Education and early career Lazarev was born in Vladimir, a scion of t ...

who was assigned as the general commander of the Black Sea Ports and fleet in 1834. He was a major contributor to the development of the Black Sea Fleet and to the building and development of Sevastopol.Sevastopol Shipyard Website

/ref> The dockyard was transferred to the Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company in 1858 after the damage caused by the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...

of 1854–1855. It was nationalized on 16 August 1897.Harrison, et al. The

Soviets Soviet people ( rus, сове́тский наро́д, r=sovyétsky naród), or citizens of the USSR ( rus, гра́ждане СССР, grázhdanye SSSR), was an umbrella demonym for the population of the Soviet Union. Nationality policy in ...

separated it from the naval base in 1919 and named it the Sevastopol Shipyard, Engineering and Electromechanical Works (Russian: ''Sevastopol'skii sudostroitel'nyi, mashinostroitel'nyi i elektromekhanicheskii zavod''). The dockyard was renamed the Sevastopol Naval Shipyard (''Sevastopol'skii morskoi zavod'') on either 13 January 1921 or January 1930. It was again renamed Shipyard No. 201 (in the name of Sergo Ordzhonikidze) on 30 December 1936 and became Shipyard in the name of Sergo Ordzhonikidze No. 201 (''Zavod imeni Sergo Ordzhonikidze No. 201'') on 15 May 1940.

After the annexation of Crimea

On February 28, 2015, the plant was

nationalized Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to p ...

in favor of the city by a resolution of the Russian appointed government of Sevastopol. On April 3, 2015, the Sevastopol Shipyard was renamed "Sevastopol Shipyard named after

Sergo Ordzhonikidze Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze,, ; russian: Серго Константинович Орджоникидзе, Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze) born Grigol Konstantines dze Orjonikidze, russian: Григорий Константино ...

" (Russian: ''ГУП «Севастопольский морской завод имени Серго Орджоникидзе»''). On April 4, 2015, the Vice Prime Minister

Dmitry Rogozin Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin (russian: link=no, Дми́трий Оле́гович Рого́зин; born 21 December 1963) is a Russian politician who served as director general of Roscosmos from 2018 to July 2022. He previously served as deputy ...

visited the plant. As of April 21, 2015, the plant began to repair ships and serve the ships of the Black Sea Fleet. As of March 2017, the shipyard is under the ownership of Zvezdochka Shipyard, a subsidiary of

United Shipbuilding Corporation , romanized_name = , former_name = , type = State owned enterprise , traded_as = , industry = Shipbuilding, Defense industry , genre = , fate = , predecessor = , successor = , founded = , founder = , defunc ...

. Under Ukrainian law, the shipyard is a part of the Sevastopol Marine Plant ( uk, Севморзавод; ''Sevmorzavod'') joint-stock company (JSC). On January 31, 2018, the government of Russia transferred control of the shipyard to the Russian government under the control of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The shipyard has built two special catamarans, each one formed by two

barge Barge nowadays generally refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. The first modern barges were pulled by tugs, but nowadays most are pushed by pusher boats, or other vessels ...

s, to move on place railway and highway arcs of the

Crimean Bridge The Crimean Bridge ( rus, Крымский мост, r=Krymskiy most, p=ˈkrɨmskʲij most), also called Kerch Strait Bridge or Kerch Bridge, is a pair of parallel bridges, one for a four-lane road and one for a double-track railway, spanning t ...

, and also tankers and other vessels.

Facilities and services

The Sevmorverf is located on two production sites — Southern and

Inkerman Inkerman ( uk, Інкерман, russian: Инкерман, crh, İnkerman) is a city in the Crimean peninsula. It is '' de facto'' within the federal city of Sevastopol within the Russian Federation, but '' de jure'' within Ukraine. It li ...

, with a total area of 53

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. The shipyard operates three

dry docks A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, ...

, a

slipway A slipway, also known as boat ramp or launch or boat deployer, is a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water. They are used for building and repairing ships and boats, and for launching and retrieving small ...

for the assembly of floating crane hulls and ships, specialized shops and production sections, large

warehouses A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities, town ...

, fitting-out embankments, and every other facility to secure the ship's vital systems and units.''Sevmorverf (Sevastopol Shipyard)'', Federation of American Scientist
Website
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Management

* * ? - 1986 — Viktor Podbyeltsev *1986-2006 — Anatoliy Cherevatyy *?-2010 — Oleksandr Prokaza *2010-2015 — Kostyantyn Kartoshkin *Since March 5, 2015 — Yuriy Khaliulin (acting) *Since March 31, 2015 — Oleksandr Yuryiv

List of products

The production list mainly consists of Tankers,

Fishing boat A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river. Many different kinds of vessels are used in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing. The total number of fishing vessels in the world in 2016 was ...

s, Pontoons and

Barge Barge nowadays generally refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. The first modern barges were pulled by tugs, but nowadays most are pushed by pusher boats, or other vessels ...

s. * Repaired Chersonesos * Pontoons, Barges * Repaired or float medium marine tanker ChF Iman * Repaired many ships and boats * Larger dry dock north east repaired or either float out two to five or six tankers or other larger vessel for the 157 and 175 meter docks. * Inkerman dock yard repaired few and scrapped many vessels. * Floating Docks works

Awards

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

(1923) *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

(1966) *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

(1983)

Notes

Bibliography

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External links

Official website
{{Imperial Russian Shipyards Shipbuilding companies of Crimea Shipbuilding companies of the Soviet Union United Shipbuilding Corporation