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Stocznia Polnocna was the Gdansk shipyard historically known in Polish as Stocznia Północna, or Northern Shipyard. The yard began as postwar Shipyard No. 3, took the Northern Shipyard name in 1950, and became a major Polish producer of naval and special-purpose vessels for Warsaw Pact and export customers before continuing under the Remontowa Shipbuilding name.
2 weaponsOfficial Remontowa Shipbuilding history traces the yard to 1945, when Shipyard No. 3 was established for wagon, tramway, and small-ship work. The same chronology records the 1950 change to Northern Shipyard, a 1951 shift toward fishing vessels and ship furniture, and a 1955 move into special vessels and warships for the navies of Poland, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and East Germany.
Cold War naval references connect Stocznia Polnocna most visibly to amphibious and auxiliary hulls. RussianShips.info lists the Soviet Project 773 Polnocny-C landing ships as completed at Stocznia Polnocna in Gdansk, while KCHF and GlobalSecurity describe Gdansk-built Project 861 survey hulls and Project 861M intelligence conversions associated with the Moma class.
The yard's corporate path changed after the Cold War. Remontowa Shipbuilding says the shipyard became a joint-stock company wholly owned by the Polish State Treasury in 1993, had shares acquired by Gdansk Ship Repair Yard Remontowa S.A. in 2003, and changed its name to Remontowa Shipbuilding in 2011.
RussianShips.info lists eight Soviet Project 773 Polnocny-C medium landing ships completed at Stocznia Polnocna in Gdansk, with SDK-135 laid down in February 1970 and commissioned in May 1971.
Sources: RussianShips.info: Project 773 medium landing ships, GlobalSecurity: Polnocny Class
KCHF identifies Liman and Kildin as Project 861M intelligence ships built as Project 861 hulls at Stocznia Polnocna in Gdansk, and GlobalSecurity describes Project 861M as ELINT conversions of Moma-class survey and buoy-tender hulls.
Sources: KCHF: Intelligence Ship Liman, KCHF: Intelligence Ship Kildin, GlobalSecurity: Moma classRemontowa Shipbuilding traces the yard to Shipyard No. 3, established after World War II for construction and repair of wagons, tramways, and small ships.
Sources: Remontowa Shipbuilding: About the Shipyard
The official shipyard history records the 1950 change of name to Northern Shipyard, the English rendering of Stocznia Północna.
Sources: Remontowa Shipbuilding: About the Shipyard
Remontowa Shipbuilding says the yard began building special vessels and warships for the navies of Poland, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and East Germany in 1955.
Sources: Remontowa Shipbuilding: About the Shipyard, GlobalSecurity: Polnocny Class
KCHF records the lead Project 861 hydrographic survey vessel Arktika as commissioned at Stocznia Polnocna in Gdansk in December 1967, beginning the hull family later associated with Moma-class intelligence conversions.
Sources: KCHF: Project 861 hydrographic survey vessel
RussianShips.info lists SDK-135, the first Soviet Project 773 Polnocny-C landing ship, as laid down at Stocznia Polnocna in February 1970.
Sources: RussianShips.info: Project 773 medium landing ships
After the 2003 acquisition of shares by Gdansk Ship Repair Yard Remontowa S.A., the yard changed its name to Remontowa Shipbuilding in 2011.
Sources: Remontowa Shipbuilding: About the Shipyard
Modern official sources use Remontowa Shipbuilding for the same Gdansk yard after its 2011 name change. Older naval references use Stocznia Polnocna, Stocznia Północna, Northern Shipyard, or Gdansk shipyard wording for Cold War-era hulls.
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