Uki Workboat Oy (
Finnish: Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy) is a
Finnish shipyard located in
Uusikaupunki
Uusikaupunki (; , ) is a list of towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland regions of Finland, region, northwest of Turku and south of Pori. The municipality has a pop ...
on the Western coast of Finland. The company specializes in small and medium-sized vessels for professional use, ranging from aluminium-hulled workboats to steel-hulled multipurpose ships and road ferries. The facilities consist of one
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 smal ...
and production halls where boats up to a length of can be manufactured indoors.
Most of the shipyard's newbuildings are one-off products, but smaller boats have also been built in series of up to 18 vessels. , Uki Workboat has delivered over 220 vessels with the largest being the Finnish pollution control vessel
''Louhi'', which was delivered in 2011.
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Uki Workboat. The company also built the
presidential yacht
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of the
President of Finland
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The presi ...
, ''
Kultaranta VIII''.
Whereas the Finnish name of the company uses the full name of the city where the shipyard is located, the English-language name contains the commonly used shorter nickname ''Uki''.
Ships
Naval
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Finnish Navy
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Finnish pollution control vessel ''Louhi''
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Finnish Navy
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''Fabian Wrede''-class training ship
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UK Border Force
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HMC ''Protector''
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Estonian Navy
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With only six commissioned ships and displacement well under 10,000 tonnes, the Estonian navy is one of the smallest navies in the world. Its ship prefix is EM ...
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Offshore Oil Collecting Patrol Vessel ''Kindral Kurvits''
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Finnish Navy
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Finnish Navy oil recovery vessel ''Hylje'' refit*
Finnish Navy
The Finnish Navy ( , ) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS", short for "Finnish Navy ship", but ...
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''Pansio''-class minelayer Mid-life Upgrade
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RajavartiolaitosMultitask Patrol Boat RV15E
Civilian
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Waxholmsbolaget
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MV ''Nämdö''
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Waxholmsbolaget
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MV ''Gällnö''* Double ended passenger ferr
''Braheborg''*
Västtrafik
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Hybrid ready passenger ferries ''Älveli'' and ''Älfrida''*
Arctia
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Harbour icebreaker ''Ahto''
References
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External links
Official website
Shipbuilding companies of Finland