Yantar Shipyard is a Russian shipbuilding company based in Kaliningrad, Russia.
Yantar Shipyard builds military ships, including antisubmarine and patrol craft, as well as civil vessels such as fishing trawlers and seiners.[1] It is a part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. Before 1945, it was the Königsberg unit of the German Schichau-Werke 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.[2]
History
Before 1945, the shipyard was the Königsberg unit of the German Schichau-Werke shipbuilding company.[3]