Northern Shipyard (Severnaya Verf) (Saint Petersburg)

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Formerly called the Zhdanova Yard (& Shipyard No. 190)
Sudostroitelnyy zavod "Severnaya verf" : Northern Shipyard
Leningradskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod imeni A.A. Zhdanova
Northern Shipyard Open Joint Stock Company

Severnaya Verf (Northern shipyard), the third and the youngest shipyard in St.Petersburg, is a major shipyard producing both naval and civilian ships. Originally founded for military shipbuilding exclusively, it is capable of building merchant ships up to 13,000 deadweight tons. The shipyard is part of the Severnaya Verf Production Association, which includes an electrodes factory with a capacity of 20,000 tons annually and a furniture factory. Established in the early 1900s, the enterprise has privatized and is now a joint stock company.

Military products included destroyers. It has constructed all kinds of vessels including scientific-research and passenger vessels, container carriers and Ro-Ro vessels, timber vessels, minesweepers, escort ships, destroyers, cruisers and antisubmarine ships. Currently, the shipyard has the capability to construct both military vessels and all of the above mentioned civil ships excluding passenger ships. Civilian products includ: Roll-on/Roll-off (RO/RO) freighters; bulk carriers; accessories and spare parts for ships; salvage and diving equipment; barges; souvenirs; mattresses; furniture; consumer goods; metal structures; washbasins; nails.

The shipyard was originally established in the early 1900s.The shipyard was formerly known as Soviet Shipyard No. 190, and between 1935- 1989 as Zhdanov Shipyard.Under the name Zhdanov Shipyard, various classes of destroyers and ASW frigates were built here to include:

Late 1940s, the Skoryy class destroyer During the 1950s,
the Kotlin class destroyer Late 1950s,
the Kanin class destroyer and the modified Kildin class guided missile destroyer
During the 1960s, the Kashin class guided missile destroyer
During the 1970s, the Krivak class frigate
Late 1970s, the Sovremenny class destroyer
Early 1980s, the Udaloy class destroyer
During 2000s, the Steregushchy class corvette (seen below)

Ulitsa Korabelnaya, 6
198096 St. Petersburg, Russia

Tel.: (011-7-812) 184-8233
Telex: 121386 SVER SU, 121386KLAPAN
Fax: (011-7-812) 184-7678

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