State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center ( uk, Державне підприємство «Дослідно-проектний центр кораблебудування» (ДП «ДПЦК»)) is a

design bureau OKB is a transliteration of the Russian initials of "" – , meaning 'experiment and design bureau'. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and prototyping of advanced technology, usually for military applications. ...

specializing in shipbuilding and located in

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. It is part of the Ukrainian Defense Industries state corporation.

History

Established in 1975 as a regional division of the Northern Planning and Design Bureau (Severnoe PDB,

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) known as the 61st department. During

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

in 1990 it was transformed into the Southern Planning and Design Burea (Yuzhnoe PDB,

). After the succession of Ukraine from the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

in 1992, the company became a major state

, the State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center located in a

seaport A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...

of Ukraine,

next to several

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 ...

Other design bureaus

* Central Design Bureau "Chornomorets" (1949–2018),

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 ...

Projects

Warships

* Tornado-class frigate (Wele Nzas frigate for

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

) * Amazonia-class corvette * Neptun-class corvette * Muson-class corvette *

Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvette The ''Volodymyr Velykyi'' class or Project 58250 is a planned class of frigates (previously envisioned as multipurpose corvettes) ordered by the Ukrainian Navy. Background and development Before starting this project in 2002 the State Researc ...

* Hajduk-class corvette (Ukrainian continuation of the Soviet

Grisha-class corvette The Grisha class, Soviet designation Project 1124 ''Al'batros'', are a series of anti-submarine corvettes built by the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1990 and later by Russia and Ukraine. These ships have a limited range and are largely used onl ...

) * Hajduk-M class corvette * Project RS655 class corvette * Karakal-class small corvette * Triton-class landing ship * BPS-500-class missile boat

Smaller crafts

Gurza-class boat The ''Project 58150 Gyurza'' class is a series of small armored gunboats built for the Uzbek Frontier Service. The whole class is produced by the Kuznya na Rybalskomu (Kyiv). The class is named after the Levant viper, , in Ukrainian. The origi ...

Gyurza-M class artillery boats The Project 58155 Gyurza-M class is a series of small armored gunboats in service with the Ukrainian Navy. The first two vessels were laid down at the Kuznia na Rybalskomu (previously Leninska Kuznia) shipbuilding plant in October 2012. Origina ...

Centaur-class fast assault craft The Project 58181 Centaur (''Kentavr'')/Project 58503 Centaur-LK class is a series of small armored assault craft being built for the Ukrainian Navy. The first two vessels were laid down at the Kuznya na Rybalskomu in December 2016. The 58181 pro ...

* Lan-class missile boats (sold to Vietnam; see

TT-400TP gunboat The TT-400TP is the first class of warship designed and built by Vietnam in Z-173 shipyard (Hong Ha company, Hai Phong, Vietnam). This class is based on the "Lan" project designed by the Ukrainian State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center. ...

) * Project Pearl-fac class fast attack craft * Dozor-class offshore patrol vessel * Bryz-40M class patrol boats * Bryz-40P class coast guard boats * Koral-class patrol boat (Ukrainian continuation of the Soviet Stenka-class patrol boat) * Arho-2000 class search and rescue * Bobr-class landing craftBobr landing craft
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References

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External links

Official website

List of companies in Ukraine specialized in shipbuilding
Ukrainian Defense Industries.

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

. August 1, 2013.
The first corvette of Ukrainian production will join the Navy before 2017
Ukraine Industrial (portal). September 1, 2013. Defence companies of the Soviet Union Design companies established in 1975 Defence companies of Ukraine Economy of Mykolaiv 1975 establishments in the Soviet Union Ukroboronprom Design bureaus