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Vyborg Shipyard

Vyborg Shipyard is a Russian shipbuilding plant in Vyborg, Leningrad Region, known for icebreaking vessels, Arctic support ships, offshore structures, fishing vessels, and border-service patrol icebreakers. Its catalog connection is concentrated in Russian ice-class naval and para-naval programs, especially the Project 23550 patrol icebreaker family for the FSB Border Service.

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Founded in 1948, Vyborg Shipyard developed into one of northwestern Russia's major yards for specialized ice-capable hulls. Maritime reference and industry reporting describe the yard as a producer of newbuilds and repair work at Primorskoye Road in Vyborg, with a long record in commercial shipbuilding, offshore drilling platforms, and icebreaking vessels.

The yard's recent defense-relevant work sits inside Russia's state shipbuilding base. Reporting on Project 21900M contracts tied the yard to United Shipbuilding Corporation in 2012, while later coverage of Project 23550 identified Vyborg as the construction yard for Purga, an Arctic patrol icebreaker ordered for Russia's FSB Border Service.

Icebreaking patrol shipsDiesel-electric icebreakersArctic support vesselsOffshore structuresFishing vessels and ship repair

Notable Systems

Project 23550 patrol icebreaker, Icebreaking patrol ship family, Naval Systems

Project 23550 patrol icebreaker

Icebreaking patrol ship family

Vyborg Shipyard builds the Ermak-code FSB Border Service derivative, including Purga; Naval News reported Purga's 2022 launch and later damage at Vyborg while under construction.

Sources: Naval News: Russia launches Project 23550 patrol ship Purga, Naval News: Ukraine strikes Russian Project 23550 Arctic patrol ship, gCaptain: Ukraine drone strike reportedly damages Purga
Project 21900M icebreaker, Diesel-electric icebreaker family, Naval Systems

Project 21900M icebreaker

Diesel-electric icebreaker family

Vyborg Shipyard built Project 21900M diesel-electric icebreakers including Vladivostok and Novorossiysk for Rosmorport; the program is useful context for the yard's later ice-class patrol-ship work.

Sources: Offshore Energy: Vyborg Shipyard inks icebreaker contract, VPK.name: Project 21900M2 laid in Vyborg, Wikimedia Commons: Vladivostok category

Manufacturer History

  1. Shipyard founded

    Maritime reference sources list Vyborg Shipyard as founded in 1948 and located in Vyborg, Russia.

    Sources: TrustedDocks: Vyborg Shipyard JSC

  2. Project 21900M contract and USC integration context

    Industry reporting said Vyborg Shipyard and United Shipbuilding Corporation signed a contract for two Project 21900M diesel-powered icebreakers, with delivery targets in 2015.

    Sources: Offshore Energy: Vyborg Shipyard inks icebreaker contract

  3. Project 21900M icebreakers built

    VPK.name reporting on the follow-on 21900M2 program described Vyborg Shipyard as having built the Project 21900M icebreakers Vladivostok, Murmansk, and Novorossiysk in 2012-2016.

    Sources: VPK.name: Project 21900M2 laid in Vyborg

  4. Purga launched

    Naval News reported that Vyborg Shipyard launched Purga, the Project 23550 patrol icebreaker ordered for Russia's FSB Border Service, in October 2022.

    Sources: Naval News: Russia launches Project 23550 patrol ship Purga

  5. Purga damaged at Vyborg

    Naval News and gCaptain reported that Purga was damaged while under construction at Vyborg Shipyard, underscoring the yard's role in Russian Arctic patrol-icebreaker production.

    Sources: Naval News: Ukraine strikes Russian Project 23550 Arctic patrol ship, gCaptain: Ukraine drone strike reportedly damages Purga

Website links
Official websiteOpenSanctions entity recordTrustedDocks yard record

Vyborg Shipyard's official English site was intermittently unreachable during this update, so the profile uses registry aggregators, maritime databases, and defense-maritime reporting for public sourcing.

Manufacturer Sources

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

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

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Project 21900M icebreaker, Diesel-electric icebreaker family, Naval SystemsProject 21900M icebreakerDiesel-electric icebreaker familyBuilt in: RussiaProject 21900M is a Russian 18 MW diesel-electric icebreaker family built for Rosmorport after the earlier Project 21900 ships. Vyborg Shipyard built Vladivostok and Novorossiysk, the Murmansk hull was completed through Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, and the later Project 21900M2 program returned to Vyborg with a higher Icebreaker7 classification. This relationship-only entry documents the civil icebreaker production base that sits beside Vyborg's later Project 23550 patrol-icebreaker work.