Yantar Shipyard () is a Russian shipbuilding company based in

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad,. known as Königsberg; ; . until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, an Enclave and exclave, exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland ( west of the bulk of Russia), located on the Prego ...

, Russia. Yantar Shipyard builds military ships, including antisubmarine and patrol craft, as well as civil vessels such as fishing trawlers and seiners. It is a part of the

United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC; , ОСК) is an open joint stock company in Russia which unites shipbuilding, repair and maintenance subsidiaries in western and northern Russia, and in the country's Far East, to streamline civilian ship ...

. Before 1945, it was the

Königsberg Königsberg (; ; ; ; ; ; , ) is the historic Germany, German and Prussian name of the city now called Kaliningrad, Russia. The city was founded in 1255 on the site of the small Old Prussians, Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teuton ...

unit of the German

Schichau-Werke The Schichau-Werke (F. Schichau, Maschinen- und Lokomotivfabrik, Schiffswerft und Eisengießerei GmbH) was a German engineering works and shipyard based in Elbing, Germany (now Elbląg, Poland) on the Frisches Haff (Vistula Lagoon) of then-East ...

shipbuilding company. The shipyard's facilities allow it to construct vessels of up to 20,000 tonnes DWT. Between 1945 and 2010 it has built more than 100 large and 400 small civilian ships.

History

Before 1945, the shipyard was the

unit of the

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shipbuilding company. Following

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, the shipyard was absorbed into the

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state enterprise and operated as a government shipyard. Sometime following the

Dissolution of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Declaration No. 142-Н of ...

in 1991, the shipyard became a part of the

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2010s, Project 11356

In the early 2010s the shipyard started a series labeled Project 11356 for the Indian Navy. The lead frigate under the name '' Admiral Grigorovich'' was laid down in mid-December 2010 and was expected to be ready in November 2014. , a total of six ships (including the ''Admiral Essen'', the '' Admiral Makarov'', the ''Admiral Butakov'', the ''Admiral Istomin'' and the ''Admiral Kornikov'') were slated to join the

Black Sea Fleet The Black Sea Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Mediterranean Sea. The Black Sea Fleet, along with other Russian ground and air forces on the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula, are subordin ...

by 2017. The ''Admiral Butikov'' (serial number 01360) was launched on 2 March 2016. The ''Admiral Istomin'' (serial number 01361) and the ''Admiral Kornikov'' (serial number 01362) were launched in 2H2017, "mainly to make room in the construction dry docks", but had no superstructures and the hulls were incomplete. The construction of the second group of three frigates was suspended in 2017 by the Russian Navy due to absence of the gas-turbine power plants, which were originally ordered from a Ukrainian supplier. Although the Russian state

had said in 2015 that the frigates would have Russian-made engines, Russia was unable to provide those in time.

References

External links

Official website
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