Mykolayiv Shipyard

Mykolayiv Shipyard (Ukrainian: Миколаївський суднобудівний завод) is a major shipyard owned by state and located in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. In modern times, the shipyard has been most commonly referred to as Mykolayiv North Shipyard.[1] Until 2017, it was known as the Shipyard named after 61 Communards.

For other uses, see Mykolaiv Shipyard (disambiguation).
Mykolayiv Shipyard
Formerly61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
TypeShipyard
IndustryShipbuilding
PredecessorsNikolayev Admiralty; Russud; Andre Marti (North) Yard; Shipyard No. 200 (in the name of 61 Communards); Shipyard No. 445 (in the name of 61 Communards)
Founded1788 (1788) in Mykolaiv (Nikolaev), Russian Empire
Ownerstate
ParentUkroboronprom
Websitehttp://www.shipyard61.com.ua/start-eng.html
Ukraine Shipyards
There are three shipyards located in Mykolaiv: Black Sea Shipyard, Okean Shipyard, and Mykolayiv.

History

In 1788, there was found as part of the Imperial Russian admiralties Nikolaev Admiralty on the banks of the Ingul river approximately 55 miles (89 km) inland from the Black Sea .[2] The following year the first 44-gun frigate, St. Nicholas, was launched. In 1827-1829 the neighboring Kherson Admiralty was closed down and transferred to be merged with one in Nikolaev (Mykolaiv). In 1851, Admiral M.P. Lazarev ordered the first considerable reconstruction of the shipyard.[2]

In 1910 the government decided to stop building battleships and close the shipyard, but it was reopened in the following year as the French-owned Russian Shipbuilding Corporation (Russud).[3] The name Russud comes from combining the word Russian and the word Sudostroitel'nyj (lit. Shipbuilding).

Between 1911 and 1914, two building berths with slip-ways, an assembling and welding workshop, a number of buildings and an outfitting wharf were built on the left bank of the Ingul River.[2]

Early in the Soviet era, the shipyard was renamed to the Andre Marti (North) Yard.[1] In 1931, the shipyard was named after 61 Communards. From then on, torpedo-boats, destroyers, light cruisers, submarines; naval supply vessels, including rescue vessels of various purposes equipped with deep-water operation systems were built.[2] It was named Shipyard No. 200 (in the name of 61 Communards) on 30 December 1936 and was renumbered as Shipyard No. 445 when it reopened after the end of World War II.[4]

Facilities and Services
Drydock

The shipyard is about 11.4 square kilometers (4.4 sq mi), with a building area of about 476.5 square meters (5,129 sq ft) and 1-2 Kone four-legged cranes. Production capacities of the shipyard are concentrated in 286 industrial buildings and 165 industrial structures.[2]

Soviet-built ships

Cruisers

Destroyers

Submarines
  • Shchuka-class submarine, Series V-modified: 3
  • Shchuka-class submarine, Series V-modified-2: 4
  • Shchuka-class submarine, Series X: 8

Notable vessels

The following vessels were constructed at this shipyard. The list is not all inclusive.[5]

Notable Vessels
Imperial Russian Navy (1696–1917) • Soviet Navy (1917–1991)
Name Laid down Launched Displacement Class (NATO) Type
Vitse-admiral Popov 1874 1875 3,600 tons Ironclad Monitor
Pamiat' Merkuria 1901 1902 6,645 tons Bogatyr Protected Cruiser
Imperator Aleksandr III 1911 1914 23,413 tons Imperatritsa Mariya Battleship
Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya 1911 1913 24,644 tons Imperatritsa Mariya Battleship
Imperatritsa Mariya 1911 1913 23,413 tons Imperatritsa Mariya Battleship
Imperator Nikolai I 1915 1916 27,830 tons Battleship
Soobrazitelny 1939 1939 1,727 tons Storozhevoy (Project 7U) Destroyer
Ognevoy 1939 1940 2,125 tons Ognevoy (Project 30) Destroyer
Gnevny 1957 1958 3,500 tons Kanin (Project 57A) Destroyer
Uporny 1958 1959 3,500 tons Kanin (Project 57A) Destroyer
Boyky 1959 1959 3,500 tons Kanin (Project 57A) Destroyer
ORP Warszawa 1966 1968 4,950 tons Kashin (Project 61MP) Large Anti-submarine Ship (Guided Missile Cruiser - western typing)
Nikolayev 1968 1969 9,700 tons Kara (Project 1134B Berkut B) Large Anti-submarine Ship (Guided Missile Cruiser - western typing)
Slava[6][7] 1976 1979 12,490 tons Slava (Project 1164 Atlant) Guided Missile Cruiser
Note: NATO class only shown if applicable; classes of vessels launched before 1949 are provided as originally designated. The name of the ship provided is the name given when launched–some ships may have since been renamed.

Notes
  1. Polmar, p. 407
  2. Shipyard's office public website Archived 2018-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed 6/9/2008
  3. Hauner, pp. 87–120
  4. Harrison
  5. Black Sea Fleet Information Resource Online
  6. Recommisioned as Moskva in 2020
  7. Sunk off Odesa in 2022

Bibliography
  • Breyer, Siegfried (1992). Soviet Warship Development: Volume 1: 1917-1937. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-604-3.
  • Harrison, Mark; Cooper, Julian; Dexter, Keith & Rodionov, Ivan (2003). The Numbered Factories and Other Establishments of the Soviet Defence Industry Complex, 1927 to 1968, Part I, Factories & Shipyards (Version 8 ed.). Warwick, UK: University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
  • Hauner, Milan L. (Spring 2004). "Stalin's Big-Fleet Program". Naval War College Review. LVII (2). Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  • Polmar, Norman (1983). Guide to the Soviet Navy (3rd ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-239-7.
  • Polmar, Norman & Noot, Jurrien (1991). Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies, 1718–1990. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-570-1.
  • Treadea, John & Sozaev, Eduard (2010). Russian Warships in the Age of Sail, 1696–1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-058-1.
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