Oskarshamn Shipyard is a shipbuilding and repair facility located in

Oskarshamn Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010. History Etymology Döderhultsvik was the original name before a town charter was granted in 1856. The name was then ch ...

, Sweden. Oskarshamns hamn och varv

General information

The

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 ...

company was established in 1863, when a

dry dock A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, ...

was built in Oskarshamn. About 540 vessels have been built and launched at the shipyard since then. In the 1960s, the company had a working force of about 1,450 people. The Oskarshamn shipyard is still active. Some of the facilities are floating drydock,

gantry crane A gantry crane is a crane built atop a gantry, which is a structure used to straddle an object or workspace. They can range from enormous "full" gantry cranes, capable of lifting some of the heaviest loads in the world, to small shop cranes, use ...

slipway A slipway, also known as boat ramp or launch or boat deployer, is a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water. They are used for building and repairing ships and boats, and for launching and retrieving small ...

, and 318 metres of

quay A wharf, quay (, also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more berths ( mooring locati ...

., ''...Considerable improvements are being made at the Oskarshamns Varv, which now employs over 1,000 workmen, is the largest yard on the east coast of Sweden and the largest industrial under taking, in Oskarshamn. A building slip to take vessels of 12,000 tons d.w. is under construction, and the graving dock is being lengthened to take ships of up to 9,000 tons d.w.; this latter work is expected to be completed next year. Alongside the yard's patent slip, which takes vessels of up to 7,000 tons d.w, a smaller slip for repairing. vessels of up to 1,500 tons has been constructed...''

Ships built at the shipyard

Below is a gallery of some of the ships built at Oskarshamn Shipyard: File:Enkoping (5721525533).jpg, SS ''Enköping'', steamship launched 1868 File:SS_Jarl_1907.jpg, SS ''Jarl'', steamship launched 1907 File: SS_Drotten.jpg, SS ''Drotten'', steamship launched 1927 File: Bore (1960) takaisin Turussa 2010.jpg, , passenger ferry launched in 1960 File: MS Stockholm 2009k.jpg, SS ''Stockholm'', passenger ferry built in 1931. File:Ferry Malmö Link - leaves Travemünde in April 1993.jpg, MS ''Malmö Link'' leaves

Travemünde Travemünde () is a borough of Lübeck, Germany, located at the mouth of the river Trave in Lübeck Bay. It began life as a fortress built by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, in the 12th century to guard the mouth of the Trave, and the Danes s ...

in 1993 File: Malmö link 1.jpg, MS ''Malmö Link'',

Ropax Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or ...

-ship built in 1980 File: MS Vaxö.jpg, MV ''Vaxö'', passenger ferry launched 1993

References

* Literature: Hofrén, M: ''Oskarshamn 1856-1956''.
Oskarshamnsvarvet Sweden
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