Dockstavarvet is a
Swedish 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 ...
located in the small village of Docksta, in the
municipality of Kramfors, by the
Gulf of Bothnia.
The company was founded in 1905 by Nils and Carl Sundin as ''N & C Sundins Båtbyggeri''; the current name of the company simply means "Docksta shipyard".
In the 1970s Dockstavarvet began specializing in aluminium vessels, such as pilot boats, patrol crafts, and lifeboats.
In the mid 1980s the company was commissioned to build a military assault craft, known as the
Combat Boat 90, for the
Swedish Marines. This has been the company's most successful product, with around 250 to 300 units built.
In 2000, Dockstavarvet acquired the Rindö naval yard, which remains the primary repair facility for the
Swedish Navy
The Swedish Navy ( sv, Svenska marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet () – as well as marine units, the Amphibious Corps ().
In Swedish, vessels ...
's CB90s.
The
Russian Border Patrol operates 1
Interceptor Craft 16Mbuilt by Dockstavarvet.
These boats are based on CB90 design concept but not identical to it.
References
Dockstavarvet's web site
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Shipyards of Sweden