Istanbul Naval Shipyard (), also known as Pendik Naval Shipyard, is a

naval 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. Compared to shipyards, which are sometimes more involved ...

of the

Turkish Navy The Turkish Naval Forces (), or Turkish Navy (), is the naval warfare service branch of the TAF. The modern naval traditions and customs of the Turkish Navy can be traced back to 10 July 1920, when it was established as the ''Directorate o ...

on the northeastern coast of the

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. It is the largest shipbuilding facility in Turkey. Right after the

1999 İzmit earthquake An earthquake of moment magnitude 7.6 struck Kocaeli Province, Turkey on 17 August 1999. According to official figures, at least 18,373 people died and 48,901 people were injured during the earthquake, and 5,840 people were missing. At least 15 ...

, which also caused heavy damage to the facilities of the Turkish Navy located in

Gölcük, Kocaeli Gölcük, historically known as Diolkides, is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 217 km2, and its population is 175,940 (2022). Gölcük is located on the southern shore of the Gulf of İ ...

, the Navy Command decided to relocate the shipbuilding activities at the

Gölcük Naval Shipyard Gölcük Naval Shipyard () is a naval shipyard of the Turkish Naval Forces within the Gölcük Naval Base on the southern shore of the Gulf of İzmit, in the eastern part of the Sea of Marmara, in Gölcük, Kocaeli, Gölcük, Kocaeli Province, ...

to the Istanbul Naval Shipyard, leaving only the ship maintenance and reparation works there. The shipyard has one of the largest shipbuilding dry-docks in the country, with the dimensions of (length x width x depth). The dry-dock is serviced by one Kone portal crane with the lifting capacity of 450 tons. In addition, the shipyard has a semi-dry-dock slipway with the dimensions of (length by width), serviced by one portal crane with the lifting capacity of 300 tons.

Ships built

* RV ''Bilim-2'', scientific research vessel ;Turkish Navy *, ''Ada''-class corvette *, ''Ada''-class corvette *, ''Ada''-class corvette *, ''Istanbul''-class frigate *, ''Ada''-class corvette ;Pakistan Navy *, ''Babur''-class heavy corvet

References and notes

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Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is a major List of newspapers in Turkey, Turkish newspaper, founded in 1948. it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment with news coverage and ...

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Ships built

See also

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