Galați shipyard
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The Galați shipyard (Romanian: Șantierul naval Galați), formally Damen Shipyards Galați, is a shipyard located on the Danube in Galați, a city located in the Moldavia region of Romania. It was founded in 1893 as the G. Fernic et Co Mechanical constructions and iron and bronze foundry (Uzinele de construcții mecanice și turnătorie de fier și bronz G. Fernic et Co). In 1897, it was renamed as the G. Fernic et Co Shipyard (Șantierul naval G. Fernic et Co).
History
Origins to 1893
The earliest mention of a shipyard in Galați comes from a
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1893 through communism
In March 1893, a local resident named Gheorghe Fernic established the "G. Fernic et Co Mechanical constructions and iron and bronze foundry" together with I. Guiller and T. Poujollat. In 1897, Fernic obtained approval to create a branch of his company that would work on ship repairs, which was named the "G. Fernic et Co Shipyard" (Șantierul naval G. Fernic et Co). In 1898, two state-owned
During the interwar period and into World War II, the yard had strategic significance, and two submarines (NMS Rechinul and NMS Marsuinul) and one minelaying destroyer escort (NMS Amiral Murgescu) were built there. Initially commanded by German captains, then replaced with Romanian crews, the submarines later fell to the Soviet Navy.[11][12][13] From 1938 to 1944, Galați completed 65 civilian ships and 11 warships: in addition to the submarines and minelaying destroyer, these consisted of four motor torpedo boats (the Vedenia-class) and four minesweepers (the Democrația-class).[12] The country's first native-built dry dock was constructed there between 1937 and 1942. Before the war, the largest ships built were a river steamer of 420 tons and barges up to 1,700 tons at Galati; the yard employed 500 to 800 men.[14] The number of employees reached nearly 2,000 during the war.[1] Romania's first native-built oil tanker, SRT-128, was launched there in 1942.[15] Between 1893 and 1944, 116 ships were fully-built at the shipyard. Many others were assembled and repaired.[1]
The components of the
Damen Group era
Following this event, there were 32 unsold boats at the shipyard, and these were only liquidated in full in 2000. Meanwhile, the Dutch
Galați is the largest naval shipyard on the
Warships built
Name | Class | Customer | Launched | Fate | Note |
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Karel Doorman | Karel Doorman-class JSS | Royal Netherlands Navy | 17 October 2012 | In active service | The hull of this ship was built in the Damen Shipyards Galați, while fitting out was done by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. Furthermore, it is shared with the German Navy. |
Name | Class | Customer | Launched | Fate | Note |
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Johan de Witt | Rotterdam-class | Royal Netherlands Navy | 13 May 2006 | In active service | Improved design of HNLMS Rotterdam (L800). Hull built at the Damen Shipyards Galați, while fitting out was done at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. |
Name | Customer | Launched | Fate | Note |
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Amiral Murgescu | Romanian Naval Forces | 14 June 1939 | Decommissioned on 27 May 1988. | Had multiple roles in her lifetime, from minelayer to repairship. |
Name | Class | Customer | Launched | Fate | Note |
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Friesland | Holland-class | Royal Netherlands Navy | 4 November 2010 | in active service | Built at Damen Shipyards Galați and fitting out by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. |
Groningen | Holland-class | Royal Netherlands Navy | 21 April 2011 | in active service | Built at Damen Shipyards Galați and fitting out by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. |
Name | Customer | Launched | Fate | Note |
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Marsuinul | Romanian Naval Forces | 4 May 1941 | Scrapped after November 1950 | After 1944 used by the Soviet Union. |
Rechinul | Romanian Naval Forces | 22 May 1941 | Withdrawn from active service in 1961. | Got scrapped 6 years later, in 1967. |
Name | Pennant | Customer | Launched | Commissiong | Notes |
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PNS Yarmook | F-271 | Pakistan Navy | May 17, 2019 | February 13, 2020[26] | PNS Yarmook is named after the Battle of the Yarmuk. |
PNS Tabuk | F-272 | September 3, 2019 | November 12, 2020[27] | PNS Tabuk is named after the Expedition to Tabuk .
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See also
- Port of Galați
- Damen Group
- Constanța Shipyard
- Mangalia shipyard
- List of Romanian-built warships of World War II
Gallery
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Mihail Kogălniceanu in 1941
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Amiral Murgescu, the largest Romanian-built warship of the Second World War
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Launching of Marsuinul, May 1941
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TheSwedish Coast Guardvessel built at Galați and launched in 2010
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The Samskip Pioneer, a container ship launched in 2006
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The Susan Borchard, launched 2010
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f An illustrated history of the shipyard (PDF). Galați. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2019.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Toderașcu 1969, p. 97.
- ^ a b Bold 1969, p. 68.
- ^ Păltănea 1973, p. 6.
- ^ a b Toderașcu 1969, p. 98.
- ^ Toderașcu 1969, pp. 99–105.
- ^ a b Atanasiu-Croitoru 2006, p. 38.
- ^ Bold 1969, p. 72.
- ISBN 978-973-8101-04-3
- ^ Georgeta Filitti, "România acum o sută de ani", Magazin Istoric, November 2011, p.61
- ^ a b c d e f g h (in Romanian) Sorin Anghel, "Afacere bună cu vase pe bandă", Jurnalul Național, 16 October 2006; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ a b (in Romanian) Bogdan Nistor, "Povestea neştiută a celor două submarine construite la Galaţi: Marsuinul şi Rechinul", Adevărul, 2 June 2015; accessed March 14, 2016
- ^ (in Romanian) "Motivul stupid pentru care comandorul Victor Voinescu a fost transformat din erou naţional în duşman al poporului", Adevărul, 14 August 2020; accessed March 18, 2023
- ^ Rumania Economic Survey, p. 28. London: Minister of Economic Warfare, 1943
- ISBN 978-973-5681-41-8
- ^ a b Introduction at the Damen Shipyards Galați site; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ (in Romanian) Introduction at the Galați City Hall site; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ a b Organisation at the Damen Shipyards Galați site; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ a b Products at the Damen Shipyards Galați site; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ a b Key figures 2010 at the Damen Shipyards Galați site; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ Engineering at the Damen Shipyards Galați site; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ (in Romanian) About Us Archived 2011-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, at the Marine Engineering Galați site; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ Facilities at the Damen Shipyards Galați site; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ Piping & Deep Hot Galvanizing Workshop at the Damen Shipyards Galați site; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ Blasting & painting hall at the Damen Shipyards Galați site; accessed February 19, 2012
- ^ "Commissioning ceremony of Offshore Patrol Vessel PNS 'YARMOOK'". www.damen.com. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ Vavasseur, Xavier (2020-11-13). "Pakistan Navy Commissions Second Yarmook-class Corvette". Naval News. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
References
- Bold, Emilian (1969). "România și problema reparațiilor de la Conferința de la Spa la planul Dawes". Istorie. Analele științifice ale Universității "Al. I. Cuza" din Iași (in Romanian). XV (1).
- Toderașcu, Ion (1969). "Construcții navale la șantierul din Galați în ultimul sfert al secolului al XVIII-lea". Danubius (in Romanian) (2–3). Muzeul de Istorie "Paul Păltănea" Galați.
- Păltănea, Paul (1973). "Unele știri despre economia orașului Galați din a doua jumătate a sec al XVIII-lea". Cercetări istorice (in Romanian). Vol. XV, no. IV. Muzeul de Istorie a Moldovei.
- Atanasiu-Croitoru, Andreea (2006). "Traficul fluvial-maritim în apele româneşti și importanța sa în dezvoltarea eonomică a Țărilor Române". Analele Universității Ovidius din Constanța (in Romanian) (3). Ovidius University Press.