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 early 20th century. 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.de Saint Hubert & Drashpil, p. 353 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.Harrison, et al.Polmar & Noot, p. 332Polmar, p. 405 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 and width of up to . 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 and width of , 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 construction
Notable classes and vessels Name Built Quantity Type Skoryy class 1949–1953 16 Destroyer Kotlin class 1955–1958 12 Destroyer Kanin class 1958–1961 4 Destroyer Kynda class 1959–1965 4 Cruiser Kashin class 1963–1966 5 Destroyer Kresta I class 1964–1969 4 Cruiser Kresta II class 1966–1978 10 CruiserKrivak class 1969–1990 6FrigateSovremenny class 1976–2006 21DestroyerUdaloy class 1977–1999 4DestroyerSteregushchy class 2001–present 5 (completed) (5 more under construction)CorvetteAdmiral Gorshkov class 2006–present 5 (completed), (3 under construction), 10 (planned)FrigateGremyashchy class 2012–present 2 (1 under construction)Corvette
See also Baltic Shipyard Admiralty Shipyards List of ships of Russia by project number
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External links Official site