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Hellenic Shipyards is a large Shipyard in Skaramangas near Athens, Greece.
Its origins are connected with a shipyard (Royal Hellenic Naval Shipyard) created in order to build battleships in 1937. Despite heavy investment and an order of 12 destroyers and a number of submarines (of which 2 destroyers were in initial stages of construction), development ceased due to the Second World War while in 1944 the facilities were virtually destroyed by Allied bombing.[1] Operation started in 1957 when the Greek tycoon Stavros Niarchos purchased the ruined shipyard and rebuilt and expanded its facilities; since then the company has built a large number of ships (both civilian and military).
Military constructions include Greek-designed Fast Patrol Boats and Gunboats (Pyrpolitis and Machitis-class) and foreign-designed Frigates, Fast Attack Crafts, Submarines, etc. A company division is involved in metal and machinery constructions, including specialized constructions for the Greek Industry, structures and platforms for offshore drilling, cranes, etc. A special branch has also been created since 1986, for the mass production of various types of railcars (diesel and electric), railroad cars (passenger and freight) and locomotives, mostly on German designs.
The company was bought in 2002 by a group of German investors under the industrial leadership of the German shipyard Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), later a subsidiary of the German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. However, sector problems have led to a progressive decline of the shipyard. The number of employees was reduced to 1300 in 2009 after serious economic problems. On March 1, 2010, an agreement was reached to sell 75.1% of the company to Abu Dhabi Mar[2][3].
Ships built by Hellenic Shipyards
Several ship types, commercial (general cargo, bulk carriers, tankers, tugboats, superyachts, ferries and other passenger ships) and military, among which:
La Combattante IIIb
Gunboats Class HSY-55
Gunboats Class Osprey HSY-56A
Meko-200HN (under license by parent company HDW)
Type 214 submarines (unde license by parent company HDW)
Ships repaired at Hellenic Shipyards
Thousands of ships, among which:
HS Tombazis (D-215) - repaired between November 1978 and May 1979
Brittany (ex-Bretagne), a Chandris Lines cruise ship that was accidentally destroyed by fire in April 1963 as repairs neared completion[4]
References
^ http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_economyepix_100009_07/05/2006_183075 Article on Hellenic Shipyards in "Kathimerini" newspaper, May 5, 2006
^ "Thyssenkrupp Annual Report 2009/2010, p. 108-109". thyssenkrupp.com. Retrieved Nov 22, 2011.
^ "Thyssenkrupp Press release, Oct. 27, 2010 - Contracts securing the future of Hellenic Shipyards come into effect". thyssenkrupp.com. Retrieved Nov 22, 2011.
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