- Severnaya Verf
Severnaya Verf (Northern shipyard) is a shipyard in
Saint Petersburg and major shipyard producing both naval and civilian ships. Originally was founded exclusively for military shipbuilding.The priority market for Severnaya shipyard is military export to Asian countries as India, China and Vietnam.
History
The shipyard was originally established in the early 1900s as the "Severnaya Verf" (Severny shipyard) which is part of the "Severnaya Verf Production Association". This association also includes an electrodes factory with a capacity of 20,000 tons annually and a furniture factory."Severnaya Verf", [http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/industry/severnaya_verf.htm Federation of American Scientists] , Retrieved 6/10/2008]
The shipyard was formerly known as "Soviet Shipyard No. 190", and between
1935 -1989 asZhdanov Shipyard .Under the name "Zhdanov Shipyard", various classes of destroyers and ASW frigates were built here to include:
* Late 1940s, theSkoryy class destroyer
* During the 1950s, theKotlin class destroyer
* Late 1950s, theKanin class destroyer and the modified Kildin class guided missile destroyer
* During the 1960s, the Kashin class guided missile destroyer
* During the 1970s, theKrivak class frigate
* Late 1970s, theSovremenny class destroyer
* Early 1980s, theUdaloy class destroyer Facilities and Services
As of 1998, the shipyard includes:
* four slips in covered-in-births with the capacity to construct vessels with a maximum length of convert|170|m|ft|sp=us and width of up to convert|20.5|m|ft|sp=us. 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 convert|170|m|ft|sp=us and width of convert|24|m|ft|sp=us, 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.Notable Classes and Vessels
See also
*
List of ships of Russia by project number
*List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes
*Admiralty Shipyard
*Baltic Shipyard References
External links
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