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The Almaz Shipbuilding Company () is a Russian manufacturing enterprise, specializing in military and commercial ship design, along with its development and production.
Headquartered in
Official site of Almaz (www.almaz.spb.ru)
Almaz Docks
at Rusnavy.com Shipbuilding companies of the Soviet Union Manufacturing companies based in Saint Petersburg Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1901 1901 establishments in the Russian Empire Russian brands Shipyards of Russia {{russia-company-stub
The Almaz Shipbuilding Company () is a Russian manufacturing enterprise, specializing in military and commercial ship design, along with its development and production.
Headquartered in St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ...
, the factory has 165,000 square metres located in the central part of St. Petersburg on Petrovsky Island
Petrovsky Island () is an island in St. Petersburg, Russia, bordered by the Malaya Neva, Malaya Nevka, and Zhdanovka Rivers (in the delta of the Neva River).
History
The island was called Stolbovy or Pattisaari in the early 18th century.
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(near the Gulf of Finland
The Gulf of Finland (; ; ; ) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg—the second largest city of Russia—to the east, where the river Neva drains into it. ...
). It was founded in 1901 for the production of motorboats. It has produced more than a thousand military and commercial ships.
Production
*Hovercraft
A hovercraft (: hovercraft), also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces.
Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the ...
* Patrol boat
A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval ship, naval vessel generally designed for Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defence, Border control, border security, or law ...
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* High-speed motor boat
A motorboat or powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine; faster examples may be called "speedboats".
Some motorboats are fitted with inboard motor, inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, contain ...
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See also
*Lebed-class LCAC
The Kalmar class (Project 1206, NATO reporting name Lebed) are a class of medium-sized assault hovercraft designed for the Soviet Navy. The few remaining craft are operated by the Russian Navy.
Designed by the design bureau wing of Almaz shipbu ...
* Aist-class LCAC
References
External links
Official site of Almaz (www.almaz.spb.ru)
Almaz Docks
at Rusnavy.com Shipbuilding companies of the Soviet Union Manufacturing companies based in Saint Petersburg Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1901 1901 establishments in the Russian Empire Russian brands Shipyards of Russia {{russia-company-stub