Severnaya Verf
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Severnaya Verf is a shipyard in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

 and major shipyard producing both naval and civilian ships. Originally was founded exclusively for military shipbuilding.

The priority market for Severnaya shipyard is military export to Asian countries as India, China and Vietnam.

History

The shipyard was originally established in the early 1900s as the Severnaya Verf (Severny shipyard) which is part of the Severnaya Verf Production Association. This association also includes an electrodes factory with a capacity of 20,000 tons annually and a furniture factory.

The shipyard was formerly known as Soviet Shipyard No. 190, and between 1935- 1989 as Zhdanov Shipyard
Zhdanov Shipyard
Zhdanov Shipyard may refer to:* Severnaya Verf a shipyard of Saint Petersburg named Zhdanov Shipyard between 1935 - 1989* Mariupol Shipyard when Mariupol from 1948 to 1989 was named Zhdanov in honor of Andrei Zhdanov....

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Under the name Zhdanov Shipyard, various classes of destroyers and ASW frigates were built here to include:
  • Late 1940s, the Skoryy class destroyer
    Skoryy class destroyer
    The Skoryy class were the first destroyers built for the Soviet Navy after the end of World War II. Seventy ships were built between 1949 and 1953. The Soviet designation was Project 30bis.-Design:...

  • During the 1950s, the Kotlin class destroyer
  • Late 1950s, the Kanin class destroyer
    Kanin class destroyer
    The Kanin class destroyers were warships of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. The Soviet designation was Project 57A Gnevny . These ships were the first Soviet guided missile destroyers and were initially designated Project 57bis and known to NATO as the Krupny class...

     and the modified Kildin class guided missile destroyer
    Kildin class destroyer
    The Kildin Class destroyer was a series of destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1950s. They were a missile armed version of the Kotlin class destroyer Four ships were built around the KSShch anti-ship missile. When this missile became obsolete in the 1960s, three ships were modernised...

  • During the 1960s, the Kashin class guided missile destroyer
    Kashin class destroyer
    The Kashin class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet designation was Project 61...

  • During the 1970s, the Krivak class frigate
    Krivak class frigate
    The Project 1135 Burevestnik class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. These ship are commonly known by their NATO reporting name of Krivak and are divided into Krivak-I, Krivak-II, and Krivak-III classes.These ships were designed as a successor to the Riga class...

  • Late 1970s, the Sovremenny class destroyer
    Sovremenny class destroyer
    The Sovremenny class destroyer is the principal anti-surface warship of the Russian Navy. Soviet designation for the class was Project 956 Sarych ....

  • Early 1980s, the Udaloy class destroyer
    Udaloy class destroyer
    The Udaloy I class are a series of anti-submarine destroyers built for the Soviet Navy, eight of which are currently in service with the Russian Navy. The Russian designation is Project 1155 Fregat...

  • During 2000s, the Steregushchy class corvette
    Steregushchy class corvette
    The Steregushchy class is the newest class of corvette in the Russian Navy. It was designed by the Almaz Central Marine Design bureau. The first two were designated Project 2038.0 by the Russian Government; subsequent vessels were built to an improved design, Project 20385...

  • During 2010s, the Admiral Sergey Gorshkov class frigate class frigate

Facilities and Services

As of 1998, the shipyard includes:
  • four slips in covered-in-births with the capacity to construct vessels with a maximum length of 170 metres (557.7 ft) and width of up to 20.5 metres (67.3 ft). Slipways are equipped with cranes with a lifting capacity of 50 tons;
  • four open-air slipways with the capacity to construct vessels with a maximum length of 170 metres (557.7 ft) and width of 24 metres (78.7 ft), and are equipped with cranes with a lifting capacity from 30 to 100 tons;
  • launch-hoisting facilities with floating dock that has a lifting capacity of 10,000 tons and a transborder, which is able to launch and hoist vessels from and to any slipway.

Notable Classes and Vessels

Notable Classes and Vessels
Name Built Quantity Type (NATO)
Skoryy class
Skoryy class destroyer
The Skoryy class were the first destroyers built for the Soviet Navy after the end of World War II. Seventy ships were built between 1949 and 1953. The Soviet designation was Project 30bis.-Design:...

1949-1953 16 Destroyer
Kotlin class 1955-1958 12 Destroyer
Kanin class
Kanin class destroyer
The Kanin class destroyers were warships of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. The Soviet designation was Project 57A Gnevny . These ships were the first Soviet guided missile destroyers and were initially designated Project 57bis and known to NATO as the Krupny class...

1958-1961 4 Destroyer
Kashin class
Kashin class destroyer
The Kashin class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet designation was Project 61...

1963-1966 5 Destroyer
Krivak class 1969-1990 32 Frigate
Sovremenny class
Sovremenny class destroyer
The Sovremenny class destroyer is the principal anti-surface warship of the Russian Navy. Soviet designation for the class was Project 956 Sarych ....

1976-2006 21 Destroyer


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