Oskarshamn Shipyard

Coordinates: 57°15′42.57″N 16°28′05.90″E / 57.2618250°N 16.4683056°E / 57.2618250; 16.4683056
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Oskarshamn Shipyard is a shipbuilding and repair facility located in Oskarshamn, Sweden.

Port of Oskarshamn with Oskarshamn Shipyard to the left.

General information

The shipyard company was established in 1863, when a dry dock was built in Oskarshamn. About 540 vessels have been built and launched at the shipyard since then. In the 1960s, the company had a working force of about 1,450 people.

The Oskarshamn shipyard is still active. Some of the facilities are

quay.[1]

Ships built at the shipyard

Below is a gallery of some of the ships built at Oskarshamn Shipyard:

  • SS Enköping, steamship launched 1868
  • SS Jarl, steamship launched 1907
    SS Jarl, steamship launched 1907
  • SS Drotten, steamship launched 1927
    SS Drotten, steamship launched 1927
  • MS Bore, passenger ferry launched in 1960
    MS Bore, passenger ferry launched in 1960
  • SS Stockholm, passenger ferry built in 1931.
    SS Stockholm, passenger ferry built in 1931.
  • MS Malmö Link leaves Travemünde in 1993
    MS Malmö Link leaves Travemünde in 1993
  • MS Malmö Link, Ropax-ship built in 1980
    MS Malmö Link,
    Ropax
    -ship built in 1980
  • MV Vaxö, passenger ferry launched 1993
    MV Vaxö
    , passenger ferry launched 1993

References

  1. Daily Commercial News And Shipping List
    . No. 17, 076. New South Wales, Australia. 13 October 1943. p. 4 (Supplement to "Daily Commercial News and Shipping List."). Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia., ...Considerable improvements are being made at the Oskarshamns Varv, which now employs over 1,000 workmen, is the largest yard on the east coast of Sweden and the largest industrial under taking, in Oskarshamn. A building slip to take vessels of 12,000 tons d.w. is under construction, and the graving dock is being lengthened to take ships of up to 9,000 tons d.w.; this latter work is expected to be completed next year. Alongside the yard's patent slip, which takes vessels of up to 7,000 tons d.w, a smaller slip for repairing. vessels of up to 1,500 tons has been constructed...

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