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Rauma Shipyard
Rauma shipyard ( fi, Rauman telakka) is a shipyard in Rauma, Finland. It was previously operated by STX Finland which is owned by the South Korean STX Corporation. Rauma shipyard is specialized in large ferries, small cruise ships, multipurpose icebreakers and small naval craft. , Rauma Marine Constructions operates the Rauma shipyard. History Shipbuilding in Rauma had begun in the 16th century and continued until the end of the sail ship era in the 1890s. Modern shipbuilding was launched in 1945 as F.W. Hollming and Rauma-Repola started building ships for Soviet Union as war reparations. In 1991 they merged and were known as Finnyards which was later owned by the Norwegian Aker Maritime. Since 2008 the shipyard was operated by STX Finland. In September 2013 STX Finland announced of closing the Rauma shipyard and 600 workers were laid off. In January 2014 the shipyard was purchased by the City of Rauma with a price of 18 million euros. The shipyard area is planned to be devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipyard
A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial construction. The terms are routinely used interchangeably, in part because the evolution of dockyards and shipyards has often caused them to change or merge roles. Countries with large shipbuilding industries include Australia, Brazil, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam. The shipbuilding industry is more fragmented in Europe than in Asia where countries tend to have fewer, larger companies. Many naval vessels ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Navy
The Finnish Navy ( fi, Merivoimat, sv, Marinen) 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 this is not used in Finnish language contexts. The Finnish Navy also includes coastal forces and coastal artillery. Organization The current Commander of the Navy is rear admiral Jori Harju. The navy is organized into the Navy Command, three Brigade-level units, and the Naval Academy. Since 1998 the navy also includes the Nyland Brigade in Dragsvik, where Finnish Marines or '' Coastal Jaegers'' are trained. Nyland Brigade is also the only Swedish language unit in the country and it carries on the traditions and battle-honours of the Nyland (Uusimaa) Regiment of the Swedish Army. Locations * Navy Command headquarters: ( Heikkilä, Turku) * Naval depot: Pansio and Kimito * Naval research depot: Espoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipbuilding Companies Of Finland
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history. Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both commercial and military, are referred to as "naval engineering". The construction of boats is a similar activity called boat building. The dismantling of ships is called ship breaking. History Pre-history The earliest known depictions (including paintings and models) of shallow-water sailing boats is from the 6th to 5th millennium BC of the Ubaid period of Mesopotamia. They were made from bundled reeds coated in bitumen and had bipod masts. They sailed in shallow coastal waters of the Persian Gulf. 4th millennium BC Ancient Egypt Evidence from Ancient Egypt shows that the early Egyptians knew how to assemble planks of wood into a ship hull as early as 3100 BC. Egyptian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turva
''Turva'' is a Finnish offshore patrol vessel. Built in 2014 by STX Finland Rauma shipyard for the Finnish Border Guard, she is the largest vessel of the fleet as well as the first patrol vessel in Finland powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Development and construction In the second supplemental budget of 2009, the Government of Finland reserved 57 million euro for the procurement of a new offshore patrol vessel for the Finnish Border Guard.Sisäasiainministeri Anne Holmlund: Lähivuosina panostetaan erityisesti Itämeren turvallisuuteen ja merellisen ympäristön suojeluun Sisäasianministeriö, 15 September 2009. In addition, a further 10.4 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Hovercraft Tuuli
''Tuuli'' was a hovercraft built for the Finnish Navy. Originally intended to be the lead vessel of a class of four combat hovercraft, she was never officially commissioned and after having been laid up for the most of her career, she was broken up in 2013. Development ''Tuuli'' was built at the Aker Finnyards Rauma shipyard in Rauma, Finland. Named after a decommissioned ''Tuima''-class (modified Soviet OSA-II) missile boat, she was intended to be the lead vessel of a class of four combat hovercraft that would form part of ''Squadron 2000'' ( fi, Laivue 2000), a vessel procurement program of the Finnish Navy. Before naming, the hovercraft were referred to as the T-2000 class. The hovercraft were intended to be used as mobile missile platforms that would be able to navigate and perform surprise attacks in the fractured Finnish archipelago. It was an attack vessel, not a landing craft or transport. Since the seas around Finland usually freeze over in the winter, parts of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamina-class Missile Boat
The ''Hamina''-class missile boat is a class of fast attack craft of the Finnish Navy. They are classified as "missile fast attack craft" or ''ohjusvene'', literally "missile boat" in Finnish. The ''Hamina'' FACs are based at Upinniemi, and form the 7th Surface Warfare Squadron, part of the Finnish Coastal Fleet, together with the minelayers MLC ''Hämeenmaa'', ''Porkkala'' and ''Pyhäranta''. History The vessels were built in the late 1990s, early 2000s, and are the fourth generation of Finnish missile craft. The first vessel was ordered in December 1996 and the fourth was handed over on 19 June 2006. Since the launch of the s, all fast attack craft have been named after Finnish coastal cities. The class was previously known also as ''Rauma 2000'' following its predecessor the . The four vessels form what the Finnish Navy calls ''Squadron 2000'' ( fi, Laivue 2000). Initially the Finnish Navy considered several different compositions for the new squadron, and at one poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MSV Fennica
MSV ''Fennica'' is a Finnish multipurpose icebreaker and offshore support vessel. Built in 1993 by Finnyards in Rauma, Finland and operated by Arctia Offshore, she was the first Finnish icebreaker designed to be used as an escort icebreaker in the Baltic Sea during the winter months and in offshore construction projects during the open water season. ''Fennica'' has an identical sister ship, ''Nordica'', built in 1994. Design General characteristics The maximum overall length of ''Fennica'' is and her length between perpendiculars is . The hull has a moulded breadth of and depth of . Her draught varies between as a Baltic icebreaker and in Arctic conditions and offshore work.Vapalahti, H: Finnish illustrated List of Ships 1999. Judicor Oy, 1999. The gross tonnage of ''Fennica'' is 9,392, net tonnage 2,818 and deadweight tonnage ranging between 1,650 and 4,800 tons depending on the draft. The ship weighs 7,935 tons and has a maximum displacement of 12,800 tons. ''F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rauma-class Missile Boat
The ''Rauma''-class missile boats ( fi, Rauma-luokan ohjusvene) are a class of missile boat in use by the Finnish Navy. It is the predecessor of the s. The ships were constructed at the Rauma shipyard (initially by Hollming and after the merger Finnyards) in Rauma, Finland. All the ships have their home port in Pansio. All four vessels underwent a 70 million EUR modernization program at the Western Shipyard in Teijo. The program includes the installation of a new version of the 9LV225 control and command system made by SAAB (the Mk.3 has been replaced by a Mk.4), the replacement of the Mistral SAM missiles with a MASS decoy system. The MASS system also replaces the Philax chaff and IR flares, the Thales Matilda radar warning system, and the six 103 mm rails for rocket illuminants, that were previously fitted. The sonar and ASW systems are being completely renewed (the previous Simrad ST 240 has been replaced by a ST2400). The modernization programme began late in 2010 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Explorer
''Silver Explorer'' is an expedition ship operated by Silversea Cruises. The ship typically hosts cruises to Norway, the South Pacific, and Antarctica. It is the first ship of Silversea involved in expedition cruising. Design and construction ''Silver Explorer'' is a 1A ice-rated vessel. She carries up to 144 passengers in 72 cabins. The ship was built by the yards of Rauma-Repola, of Rauma, Finland, and launched on 3 February 1989. She operated under several names before being acquired by Society Expeditions, who operated her under the names ''World Adventurer'' and ''World Discoverer''. the ship was launched service in 1994, and it was the first luxury to branch off in the expedition market in 2008 with the Silver Explorer. She was purchased by Silversea Cruises in autumn 2007, and underwent a multimillion-pound refit at Fincantieri, Trieste. In June 2008, at a ceremony in Monte Carlo attended by Prince Albert II of Monaco, she was re-christened ''Prince Albert II''. She the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akademik Sergey Vavilov
The ''Akademik Sergey Vavilov'' (russian: Академик Сергей Вавилов) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) research vessel, named after physicist Sergey Vavilov. She was completed on 12 February 1988, at the Hollming Yard in Rauma, Finland for the Soviet Union. ''Akademik Sergey Vavilov'' started operations as a research vessel of Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Science (Russian Academy of Science since 1991) in the USSR on 20 March 1989, and prior to 7 November 1999, completed five research cruises into Norwegian Sea, North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean. In recent times she has served as cruise ship specializing in Polar cruises. She is managed by International Shipping Partners and her current port of registry is Kaliningrad, Russia. She has a sister ship, ''Akademik Ioffe ''Akademik Ioffe'' is a research vessel, named after the Soviet physicist Abram Fedorovich Ioffe. Built in 1988, the vessel has a displacement of 6,600 ton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiisla-class Patrol Boat
The ''Kiisla'' class was a Finnish class of two patrol boats later converted to anti-submarine warfare vessels. The ships were built in 1984 and 1988 at the Hollming shipyard in Rauma, Finland for the Finnish Coast Guard. They were transferred to the Finnish Navy in 2004. The two vessels of the class formed the Guard Squadron ( fi, Vartioviirikkö) of the 7th Missile Boat Flotilla and they were based at Upinniemi. After only a few years in service in the Finnish Navy, the ''Kiisla''-class patrol boats were laid up and offered for sale. In January 2013, the Finnish shipowner Joakim Håkans proposed that the unused vessels should be donated to Djibouti, where they would be used for anti-piracy patrols. On 10 July 2013, it was announced that as no sufficient buyer had been found, ''Kiisla'' and ''Kurki'' would be scrapped and salvaged parts used as spares for other vessels of the Finnish Navy. The ships were broken up Ship-breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demoliti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
The R/V ''Akademik Mstislav Keldysh'' (russian: Академик Мстислав Келдыш) is a 6,240 ton Russian scientific research vessel. It has made over 50 voyages, and is best known as the support vessel of the ''Mir'' submersibles. The vessel is owned by the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, and is homeported in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea. Named after the Soviet mathematician Mstislav Keldysh, it usually has 90 people on board (45 crew members, 20 or more pilots, engineers and technicians, 10 to 12 scientists and about 12 passengers). Among its facilities are 17 laboratories and a library. The ship was built in Rauma, Finland by Hollming Oy for the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the ''Russian Academy of Science''). Construction of the vessel was completed on 28 December 1980. It started operations on 15 March 1981 for the Soviet Union. The Mir submersibles were added to her equipment in 1987. ''Keldysh'' was involv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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