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The Almaz Shipbuilding Company (russian: Судостроительная фирма Алмаз) is a Russian manufacturing enterprise, specializing in military and commercial ship design, development and production.
Headquartered in
Official site of Almaz (www.almaz.spb.ru)
Almaz Docks
at Rusnavy.com Shipbuilding companies of Russia Shipbuilding companies of the Soviet Union Manufacturing companies based in Saint Petersburg Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1901 1901 establishments in the Russian Empire Russian brands {{russia-company-stub
The Almaz Shipbuilding Company (russian: Судостроительная фирма Алмаз) is a Russian manufacturing enterprise, specializing in military and commercial ship design, development and production.
Headquartered in St. Petersburg
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 ...
, the factory has 165,000 square metres located in the central part of St. Petersburg on Petrovsky Island
Petrovsky Island (russian: Петро́вский о́стров) is an island in St. Petersburg, Russia, bordered by the Malaya Neva, Malaya Nevka, and Zhdanovka Rivers (in the delta of the Neva River).
History
The island was called Sto ...
(near the Gulf of Finland
The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and ...
). It was founded in 1901 for the production of motorboats. It has produced more than a thousand military and commercial ships.
On May 24, 2008 Leonid Grabovets was appointed as General Director for one year.
Production
*Hovercraft
A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and other surfaces.
Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull, or air cushion, ...
* Patrol boat
A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and the ...
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* High-speed motor boat
A motorboat, speedboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine.
Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion engine, the gea ...
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See also
*Lebed-class LCAC
The Kalmar class (Project 1206, NATO reporting name Lebed) are a class of medium-sized assault hovercraft designed for the Soviet Navy. The few remaining craft are operated by the Russian Navy.
Designed by the design bureau wing of Almaz shipb ...
* Aist-class LCAC
The Aist class (NATO-Code; Russian ''Project 12321 Dzheyran'') was the first large assault hovercraft operated by the Soviet Navy. It was designed by the Almaz design bureau wing of the Almaz Shipbuilding Company in 1964–1965. Production of ...
References
External links
Official site of Almaz (www.almaz.spb.ru)
Almaz Docks
at Rusnavy.com Shipbuilding companies of Russia Shipbuilding companies of the Soviet Union Manufacturing companies based in Saint Petersburg Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1901 1901 establishments in the Russian Empire Russian brands {{russia-company-stub