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Severnaya Verf

Shipyard on Gutuevsky Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Severnaya Verf

Shipyard on Gutuevsky Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia

FieldValue
nameSevernaya Verf
logoSevernaya_Verf_logo.png
typeShipyard
industryShipbuilding
predecessorsPutilov Shipyard; Shipyard No. 190 (in the name of Zhdanov)
successor
foundedin Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
founder
defunct
area_served
owner
num_employees4,500
num_employees_year1917
parentUnited Shipbuilding Corporation
websitehttp://www.ru.nordsy.spb.ru/
Aerial view of the Northern Shipyard

Severnaya Verf () is a major shipyard on in Saint Petersburg, Russia, producing naval and civilian ships. It was founded as a branch of the Putilov Plant in the late 1800s. Under the Soviets, the shipyard was generally known as Shipyard No. 190 (in the name of Zhdanov) and reverted to its former name in 1989.

The priority market for Severnaya Verf is military export to Asian countries as India, China and Vietnam.

History

The shipyard was established by 1912 with the name of Putilov Shipyard (Russian: Putilovskaya Verf). It was situated near the main Putilov factory, and began building small warships, up to destroyers in size, in addition to non-military ships for the government like dredgers, tugboats, etc. Under Bolshevik control it was known as the Severnaya Verf and was then renamed Severnaya sudostroitel'naya verf in the early Twenties. It was given the honorific "in the name of Zhdanov" in 1935 and was renamed as Shipyard No. 190 (in the name of Zhdanov) when the Soviets numbered most of their industrial facilities on 30 December 1936. During this time, the yard built its only submarines; notably several Shchuka and M-class boats as well as components for S-class submarines that were assembled in Vladivostok in the Far East. Badly damaged during World War II by the Germans, the shipyard was rebuilt and enlarged after the war, partially by using plundered equipment and machines from Germany, and specialized in larger surface warships up to cruiser size. As of 1983 about one-third of its output was commercial ships. The shipyard reverted to its earlier name of Severnaya Verf on 2 August 1989. It is now part of the Severnaya Verf Production Association.

Facilities and services

As of 1998, the shipyard included:

  • Four slips in covered-in-births with the capacity to construct vessels with a maximum length of 170 m and width of up to 20.5 m. Slipways are equipped with cranes with a lifting capacity of 50 tons.
  • Four open-air slipways with the capacity to construct vessels with a maximum length of 170 m and width of 24 m, and are equipped with cranes with a lifting capacity from 30 to 100 tons.
  • Launch-hoisting facilities with floating dock that has a lifting capacity of 10,000 tons and a transborder, which is able to launch and hoist vessels from and to any slipway.
  • New closed drydock (or slipway) 270 x 150 x 78 m for large vessels, under completion

Notable classes and vessels

NameBuiltQuantityType
Skoryy class1949–195316Destroyer
Kotlin class1955–195812Destroyer
Kanin class1958–19614Destroyer
Kynda class1959–19654Cruiser
Kashin class1963–19665Destroyer
Kresta I class1964–19694Cruiser
Kresta II class1966–197810Cruiser
Krivak class1969–19906Frigate
Sovremenny class1976–200621Destroyer
Udaloy class1977–19994Destroyer
Steregushchy class2001–present5 (completed) (5 more under construction)Corvette
Admiral Gorshkov class2006–present5 (completed), (3 under construction), 10 (planned)Frigate
Gremyashchy class2012–present2 (1 under construction)Corvette

Notes

Bibliography

References

  1. de Saint Hubert & Drashpil, p. 353
  2. Harrison, et al.
  3. Polmar & Noot, p. 332
  4. Polmar, p. 405
  5. (1998). "Severnaya Verf". [[Federation of American Scientists]].
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