Mykolayiv Shipyard ( uk, Миколаївський суднобудівний завод) is a major

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owned by state and located in

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. In modern times, the shipyard has been most commonly referred to as Mykolayiv North Shipyard.Polmar, p. 407 Until 2017, it was known as the Shipyard named after 61 Communards.

History

In 1788, there was found as part of the Imperial Russian

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Nikolaev Admiralty on the banks of the Ingul river approximately inland from the

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.Shipyard's office public website
, Accessed 6/9/2008 The following year the first 44-gun

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, ''St. Nicholas'', was launched. In 1827-1829 the neighboring Kherson Admiralty was closed down and transferred to be merged with one in Nikolaev (

). 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).Hauner, pp. 87–120 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.Harrison

Facilities and Services

Shipbuilding Factory name of 61 Communard

The shipyard is about , with a building area of about 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

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) * 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.Black Sea Fleet Information Resource Online
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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.

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External links

State Enterprise "Shipyard named after 61 Communards" Public Website
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