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Almaz Shipyard

Almaz Shipyard is a Saint Petersburg shipbuilding and repair yard associated with Soviet and Russian small naval combatants, coast-guard craft, and large air-cushion landing vessels. Public ship lists and Russian maritime-industry directories connect the yard to Project 1234 Ovod/Nanuchka missile corvettes, Project 205P Stenka patrol boats, and Project 12322 Zubr/Pomornik air-cushion landing craft.

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The yard traces its modern public lineage to the Soviet small-ship production base on Petrovsky Island in Leningrad, later known in open sources as Primorsky Shipyard and Almaz. Russian maritime directories describe the enterprise as a shipbuilding and ship-repair facility at 26 Petrovsky Prospekt, Saint Petersburg, with covered production halls, floating docks, machining capacity, and experience in steel, aluminum-alloy, and titanium work.

Almaz's defense relevance is strongest in compact naval and border-guard hulls rather than capital ships. RussianShips.info lists Almaz or its Primorsky predecessor among the production yards for Project 205P border-guard patrol boats, Project 1234 small missile ships, and Project 12322 Zubr air-cushion landing ships. The related Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau is a separate design organization, so this profile treats Almaz Shipyard as the production yard where sources specifically identify the shipyard or Primorsky/Almaz plant as a construction site.

Naval shipbuilding and repairCoast-guard and patrol craftSmall missile ships and corvettesAir-cushion landing craftMarine machining and vessel modernization

Notable Systems

Project 1234 Ovod / Nanuchka-class missile corvette, Guided missile corvette family, Naval Systems

Project 1234 Ovod / Nanuchka-class missile corvette

Guided missile corvette family

RussianShips.info lists Almaz Shipyard in Leningrad as a production yard for Project 1234, Project 1234E, and Project 12341 small missile ships within the Ovod/Nanuchka family.

Sources: RussianShips Project 1234
Project 205P / Stenka-class patrol boat, Coast guard anti-submarine patrol boat, Naval Systems

Project 205P / Stenka-class patrol boat

Coast guard anti-submarine patrol boat

RussianShips.info identifies Primorsky Shipyard in Leningrad, renamed Almaz from June 1970, as the main Project 205P production yard and separately lists Almaz for the Project 02059 export derivative.

Sources: RussianShips Project 205P
Zubr-class air-cushion landing craft (Project 12322 Pomornik), Air-cushioned landing craft, Naval Systems

Zubr-class air-cushion landing craft (Project 12322 Pomornik)

Air-cushioned landing craft

RussianShips.info lists Almaz in Leningrad/Saint Petersburg for Project 12322 construction, while open design references connect the Pomornik/Zubr program to the Almaz air-cushion craft lineage.

Sources: RussianShips Project 12322, Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau - GlobalSecurity

Manufacturer History

  1. Shipyard formally opened in Leningrad

    Korabel.ru traces Almaz Shipyard's predecessor to a Sea Border Guard shipyard opened on 1 May 1933 and reports that the first GK-type patrol boat was laid down there on 21 March 1933.

    Sources: Korabel.ru Almaz new orders

  2. Project 205P production begins

    RussianShips.info lists Project 205P Stenka/Tarantul border-guard patrol-boat production beginning in 1967, with Primorsky Shipyard in Leningrad, later Almaz, producing most of the class through 1989.

    Sources: RussianShips Project 205P

  3. Project 1234 missile-ship construction starts at Almaz

    RussianShips.info lists early Project 1234 Ovod/Nanuchka hulls laid down at Almaz Shipyard in Leningrad from 1967, making the yard a principal production site for the compact missile-corvette family.

    Sources: RussianShips Project 1234

  4. Project 12322 Zubr enters serial construction

    Open design-bureau references describe Project 12322 Pomornik/Zubr as serially built from 1988, and RussianShips.info lists Almaz in Leningrad/Saint Petersburg among its construction yards.

    Sources: RussianShips Project 12322, Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau - GlobalSecurity

  5. Russian industry directory records modern yard capacity

    Sudostroenie.info's company directory described Almaz as operating about 165,000 square meters of territory, roughly 50,000 square meters of production shops, more than 1,000 personnel, and floating docks for launching, lifting, repair, and modernization work.

    Sources: Sudostroenie.info Almaz profile

Website links
Official websiteSudostroenie.info company profileRussianShips Project 1234RussianShips Project 205PRussianShips Project 12322

Public English-language sources often blur Almaz Shipyard, Primorsky Shipyard, and Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau. This profile keeps the production-yard role separate from the design bureau and does not use Almaz Shipbuilding Company as an alias because that label already has its own manufacturer profile in the catalog. No rights-clear shipyard-specific image was verified during this pass.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Sudostroenie.info Almaz profilePublisher: Sudostroenie.info | Note: Supports Almaz Shipyard address, official website listing, shipbuilding and repair activities, production-area figures, staffing, machining capability, and floating-dock capacity. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • RussianShips Project 1234Publisher: RussianShips.info | Note: Supports Almaz Shipyard production attribution for Project 1234, Project 1234E, and Project 12341 Ovod/Nanuchka small missile ships, plus class counts and construction dates. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • RussianShips Project 205PPublisher: RussianShips.info | Note: Supports Primorsky Shipyard/Almaz production attribution for Project 205P Stenka/Tarantul patrol boats and Project 02059 export boats. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • RussianShips Project 12322Publisher: RussianShips.info | Note: Supports Almaz production attribution for Project 12322 Pomornik/Zubr air-cushion landing ships and class construction context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau - GlobalSecurityPublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports the separate Almaz design-bureau context, including high-speed combat-craft and air-cushion vehicle design lineage relevant to systems produced at Almaz Shipyard. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Korabel.ru Almaz new ordersPublisher: Korabel.ru | Note: Supports Almaz Shipyard's 1933 predecessor chronology, first patrol-boat laying date, later border-guard orientation, and modern patrol-vessel and auxiliary-vessel production context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Zubr-class air-cushion landing craft (Project 12322 Pomornik), Air-cushioned landing craft, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarZubr-class air-cushion landing craft (Project 12322 Pomornik)Air-cushioned landing craftBuilt in: Soviet Union / Ukraine / ChinaThe Zubr class is a Soviet-designed Project 12322 Pomornik air-cushion landing craft developed by Almaz for high-speed amphibious lift. It can carry tanks, armored vehicles, troops, cargo, or naval mines directly onto prepared or unprepared shores, using bow and stern ramps and integral close-in armament. Greece operates the type as the Kefalonia/PTM class, while China acquired and locally expanded the related Project 958/Type 958 line.
Project 205P / Stenka-class patrol boat, Coast guard anti-submarine patrol boat, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 205P / Stenka-class patrol boatCoast guard anti-submarine patrol boatBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaProject 205P is a Soviet coast guard and anti-submarine patrol-boat class known to NATO as the Stenka class. The design reused the Project 205 Osa hull but traded the missile-boat mission for 400 mm torpedo tubes, depth-charge equipment, sonar, and twin 30 mm AK-230 gun mounts. Its Russia-Ukraine War record is best documented as Black Sea patrol and loss/capture evidence: Ukrainian Donbas was reported seized at Mariupol in April 2022, while a Russian Project 205P/Tarantul boat was reported sunk at Sevastopol after late-December 2023 Ukrainian strike activity.
Project 1234 Ovod / Nanuchka-class missile corvette, Guided missile corvette family, Naval Systems1981 U.S.-Libya Confrontations, 2008 Russo-Georgian War +2 moreProject 1234 Ovod / Nanuchka-class missile corvetteGuided missile corvette familyBuilt in: Soviet UnionProject 1234 Ovod, known in NATO reporting as the Nanuchka class, is a Soviet guided-missile corvette family built around a compact high-speed hull with heavy anti-ship missile armament. Soviet Project 1234 and 12341 ships carried P-120 Malakhit missiles and an Osa-M point-defense launcher, while export Project 1234E boats carried P-15/P-20 Termit missiles; documented combat losses connect Libyan export hulls to the 1986 Gulf of Sidra fighting, NATO's 2011 Libya campaign, and the 2014 Benghazi fighting.