State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center () is a

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specializing in shipbuilding and located in

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. It is part of the Ukrainian Defense Industries state corporation.

History

Established in 1975 as a regional division of the Northern Planning and Design Bureau (Severnoe PDB,

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) known as the 61st department. During

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in 1990, it was transformed into the Southern Planning and Design Burea (Yuzhnoe PDB,

). After the

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of Ukraine from the

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in 1992, the company became a major state

, the State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center located in a

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of Ukraine,

next to several

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Other design bureaus

* Central Design Bureau "Chornomorets" (1949–2018),

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Projects

Warships

* Tornado-class frigate (Wele Nzas frigate for

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) * Amazonia-class corvette * Neptun-class corvette * Muson-class corvette * Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvette * Hajduk-class corvette (Ukrainian continuation of the Soviet

Grisha-class corvette The Grisha class, Soviet designation Project 1124 ''Al'batros'', are a series of anti-submarine corvettes built by the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1990 and later by Russia and Ukraine. These ships have a limited range and are largely used onl ...

) * Hajduk-M class corvette * Project RS655 class corvette * Karakal-class small corvette * Triton-class landing ship * BPS-500-class missile boat

Smaller crafts

Gurza-class boat The ''Project 58150 Gyurza'' class is a series of small armored gunboats built for the Frontier Service (Uzbekistan), Uzbek Frontier Service. The whole class is produced by the Kuznya na Rybalskomu (Kyiv). The class is named after the Macrovipera ...

* Gyurza-M class artillery boats * Centaur-class fast assault craft * Lan-class missile boats (sold to Vietnam; see TT-400TP gunboat) * Project Pearl-fac class fast attack craft * Dozor-class offshore patrol vessel * Bryz-40M class patrol boats * Bryz-40P class coast guard boats * Koral-class patrol boat (Ukrainian continuation of the Soviet Stenka-class patrol boat) * Arho-2000 class search and rescue * Bobr-class landing craftBobr landing craft
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References

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External links

Official website

List of companies in Ukraine specialized in shipbuilding
Ukrainian Defense Industries.

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. August 1, 2013.
The first corvette of Ukrainian production will join the Navy before 2017
Ukraine Industrial (portal). September 1, 2013. Defence companies of the Soviet Union Design companies established in 1975 Defence companies of Ukraine Economy of Mykolaiv 1975 establishments in Ukraine Ukroboronprom Design bureaus Research institutes in the Soviet Union Shipbuilding companies of the Soviet Union