The Severnoe Design Bureau (russian: Северное Проектно-Конструкторское Бюро, ''Severnoe Proyektno-Konstruktorsoye Byuro''), founded in 1946, is a Russian ship designing company. It is based in
Saint Petersburg
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with an office in
Moscow
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. Formerly, the bureau was known as the Northern Project Design Bureau (NPDB).
It is not to be confused with
Severnaya Verf or
Nevskoe Design Bureau, abbreviated as NDB. Those firms are also based in Saint Petersburg but have no relation whatsoever to the Severnoe DB.
The Severnoe Design Bureau is one of the leading designers of surface ships, mainly
corvettes,
frigate
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The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed an ...
s,
cruisers, and
destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed ...
s. Over its 70-year-history, it has produced designs of some of the most powerful and advanced warships for the
Soviet
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and
Russian Navy, as well for foreign navies. It also produces civil designs, most notably
LNG carriers.
Some notable designs
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Kirov-class battlecruiser
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Slava-class cruiser
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Sovremennyy-class destroyer
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Talwar-class frigate
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Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate
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Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate
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Rubin-class patrol boat
External links
Website of the Bureau
{{Saint Petersburg Navy structures
Shipbuilding companies of the Soviet Union
United Shipbuilding Corporation
Companies based in Saint Petersburg