Sevastopol Shipyard ( , ) is a shipyard located in

Sevastopol Sevastopol ( ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea. Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city's harbours, Sevastopol has been an important port and naval base th ...

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, founded as a

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for the

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in 1783. The shipyard has mostly been used to repair and maintain

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s throughout its history, although it has occasionally built ships.

History

The Sevastopol Shipyard was founded in 1783 on the south side of

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as Akhtiar Admiralty to maintain the ships of the

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. It occasionally built

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s and smaller

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s between 1813 and 1851. It was renamed the Lazarev Admiralty after Admiral Mikhail Lazarev who was assigned as the general commander of the Black Sea Ports and fleet in 1834. He was a major contributor to the development of the Black Sea Fleet and to the building and development of Sevastopol.Sevastopol Shipyard Website

/ref> The dockyard was transferred to the Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company in 1858 after the damage caused by the

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of 1854–1855. It was nationalized on 16 August 1897.Harrison, et al. The

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separated it from the naval base in 1919 and named it the Sevastopol Shipyard, Engineering and Electromechanical Works (Russian: ''Sevastopol'skii sudostroitel'nyi, mashinostroitel'nyi i elektromekhanicheskii zavod''). The dockyard was renamed the Sevastopol Naval Shipyard (''Sevastopol'skii morskoi zavod'') on either 13 January 1921 or January 1930. It was again renamed Shipyard No. 201 (in the name of Sergo Ordzhonikidze) on 30 December 1936 and became Shipyard in the name of Sergo Ordzhonikidze No. 201 (''Zavod imeni Sergo Ordzhonikidze No. 201'') on 15 May 1940.

After the annexation of Crimea

On February 28, 2015, the plant was nationalized in favor of the city by a resolution of the Russian appointed government of Sevastopol. On April 3, 2015, the Sevastopol Shipyard was renamed "Sevastopol Shipyard named after

Sergo Ordzhonikidze Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze, ; (born Grigol Konstantines dze Orjonikidze; 18 February 1937) was an Old Bolshevik and a Soviet statesman. Born and raised in Georgia, in the Russian Empire, Ordzhonikidze joined the Bolsheviks at an e ...

" (Russian: ''ГУП «Севастопольский морской завод имени Серго Орджоникидзе»''). On April 4, 2015, the Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin visited the plant. As of April 21, 2015, the plant began to repair ships and serve the ships of the

. As of March 2017, the shipyard is under the ownership of Zvezdochka Shipyard, a subsidiary of

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. Under Ukrainian law, the shipyard is a part of the Sevastopol Marine Plant (; ''Sevmorzavod'')

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(JSC). On January 31, 2018, the

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transferred control of the shipyard to the Russian government under the control of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. During the

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, Russian sources reported that the facility was attacked by ten Ukrainian

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s and three USVs, injuring 24 people and damaging two unidentified ships during the early morning of 13 September 2023. The ships damaged were later identified as the landing ship ''

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'' and the ''

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'', a Kilo-class submarine. The shipyard has built two special catamarans, each one formed by two

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s, to move in place railway and highway arcs of the

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, and also tankers and other vessels.

Facilities and services

The Sevmorverf is located on two production sites — Southern and

Inkerman Inkerman (; ; ) is a city in the Crimean peninsula. It is '' de facto'' within the federal city of Sevastopol within the Russian Federation, but ''de jure'' within the Autonomous Republic of Crimea within Ukraine. It lies 5 kilometres (3 miles ...

, with a total area of 53

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s. The shipyard operates three

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s, a

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for the assembly of floating crane hulls and ships, specialized shops and production sections, large

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s, fitting-out embankments, and every other facility to secure the ship's vital systems and units.''Sevmorverf (Sevastopol Shipyard)'', Federation of American Scientist
Website
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Management

* ? - 1986 — Viktor Podbyeltsev *1986-2006 — Anatoliy Cherevatyy *?-2010 — Oleksandr Prokaza *2010-2015 — Kostyantyn Kartoshkin *Since March 5, 2015 — Yuriy Khaliulin (acting) *Since March 31, 2015 — Oleksandr Yuryiv

List of products

The production list mainly consists of tankers,

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s, pontoons and

s. * Repaired Chersonesos * Pontoons, Barges * Repaired or float medium marine tanker ChF Iman * Repaired many ships and boats * Larger dry dock north east repaired or either float out two to five or six tankers or other larger vessel for the 157 and 175 meter docks. * Inkerman dock yard repaired few and scrapped many vessels. * Floating Docks works

Awards

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

(1923) *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...

(1966) *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on 31 October 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferred upon individuals or groups for services furthering communis ...

(1983)

Notes

Bibliography

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External links

Official website
{{Imperial Russian Shipyards Shipbuilding companies of Crimea Shipbuilding companies of the Soviet Union United Shipbuilding Corporation