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Yantar Shipbuilding Plant

Yantar Shipbuilding Plant refers to the Kaliningrad naval and civil shipyard officially presented in English as Shipyard Yantar and legally identified in sanctions records as Joint Stock Company Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar. The plant traces its postwar establishment to 1945 on the former Schichau shipyard site, became Pribaltiysky Shipbuilding Plant Yantar in 1966, and is part of Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation.

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The plant's public material describes a broad shipbuilding and repair enterprise on the Baltic Sea, with military shipbuilding, civil vessels, ship repair, mechanical engineering, metal processing, and metal-structure work. Its location in the non-freezing southeastern Baltic gives the yard direct year-round access for naval and commercial deliveries from Kaliningrad.

Yantar's defense work is centered on surface combatants and auxiliary naval vessels. Official military-shipbuilding pages list large anti-submarine ships, patrol ships, large landing ships, coast-guard and environmental-protection vessels, current Project 11711 large landing-ship construction, and Project 11356 frigate work for the Indian Navy. The yard's history records more than 160 naval ships for domestic and allied navies, alongside extensive civil construction and repair output.

Naval surface combatantsLarge landing shipsMilitary-technical export shipbuildingCivil shipbuildingShip repair and metalworking

Notable Systems

Neustrashimy-class frigate, Anti-submarine warfare frigate, Naval Systems

Neustrashimy-class frigate

Anti-submarine warfare frigate

The connected catalog record covers the Project 11540 Yastreb anti-submarine frigate family; its sources place production at Yantar in Kaliningrad, and Yantar's history records the second completed ship, Yaroslav Mudry, entering Baltic Fleet service in 2009.

Sources: Yantar official history, Neustrashimy Class (Type 11540)
Ivan Gren-class landing ship (Project 11711), Large landing ship / landing ship tank, Naval Systems

Ivan Gren-class landing ship (Project 11711)

Large landing ship / landing ship tank

Yantar's military-shipbuilding page lists Project 11711 large landing ships as current construction at the yard; the catalog record covers the Russian landing-ship family built at Kaliningrad.

Sources: Yantar military shipbuilding
Project 11356R / Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate, Guided-missile frigate, Naval Systems

Project 11356R / Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate

Guided-missile frigate

Yantar's history records transfer of the first three Russian Project 11356 patrol ships to the Russian Navy in 2016-2017, while Indian government releases document later Project 1135.6/Tushil-class commissioning events at Yantar in Kaliningrad.

Sources: Yantar official history, INS Tushil commissioned, INS Tamal commissioned
Project 22010 (Yantar/Kruys) special-purpose oceanographic intelligence ship, Oceanographic intelligence ship, Naval Systems

Project 22010 (Yantar/Kruys) special-purpose oceanographic intelligence ship

Oceanographic intelligence ship

Yantar's official history says the Project 22010 oceanographic research vessel Yantar was laid down at the yard in 2010 and transferred to Russia's Ministry of Defence in May 2015; USNI also identifies the ship as built at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad.

Sources: Yantar official history, Russian Spy Ship Yantar

Manufacturer History

  1. Postwar plant established in Kaliningrad

    Yantar's official history says the Soviet shipbuilding plant was created on the former Schichau shipyard site in Koenigsberg by State Defense Committee decree on 8 July 1945.

    Sources: Yantar official history

  2. Renamed Pribaltiysky Shipbuilding Plant Yantar

    The plant's official history records the renaming of plant number 820 to Pribaltiysky Shipbuilding Plant Yantar, followed later that year by an Order of the Red Banner of Labour award.

    Sources: Yantar official history

  3. Covered slipway entered operation

    The covered Yantar slipway entered service in 1972, enabling construction of vessels with launch weight up to 12,000 tonnes and supporting the yard's naval-production role.

    Sources: Yantar official history

  4. Joined United Shipbuilding Corporation

    Yantar's history says the plant entered United Shipbuilding Corporation in 2008; OFAC later listed the legal entity as linked to Joint Stock Company United Shipbuilding Corporation.

    Sources: Yantar official history, OFAC Russia-related designations

  5. Yaroslav Mudry accepted into Baltic Fleet service

    Yantar's official history says the Project 11540 frigate Yaroslav Mudry was accepted into Baltic Fleet service in 2009, completing the two-ship Project 11540 operational record.

    Sources: Yantar official history

  6. Project 22010 Yantar transferred

    The yard records transfer of the Project 22010 oceanographic research vessel Yantar to Russia's Ministry of Defence in May 2015 after its 2010 laydown at the plant.

    Sources: Yantar official history

  7. INS Tushil commissioned at Yantar

    India's Ministry of Defence said INS Tushil, an upgraded Project 1135.6 frigate, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad.

    Sources: INS Tushil commissioned

  8. INS Tamal commissioned at Yantar

    India's Ministry of Defence said INS Tamal was commissioned at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad as the second additional follow-on Tushil-class Project 1135.6 frigate.

    Sources: INS Tamal commissioned

Predecessors
Former Schichau shipyard site in Koenigsberg
Website links
Official websiteAbout Shipyard YantarMilitary shipbuildingOFAC designation record

Public English sources most often render the current organization as Shipyard Yantar or Yantar Shipyard; the older Yantar Shipbuilding Plant wording refers to the same Kaliningrad production plant.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Yantar about pagePublisher: Shipyard Yantar | Note: Supports the official English site identity, 1945 establishment, Schichau-site origin, Kaliningrad location, USC membership, activity areas, and address. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Yantar official historyPublisher: Shipyard Yantar | Note: Supports the 1945 foundation, plant number 820, 1966 renaming, 1972 covered slipway capacity, more-than-160-warship production claim, 2008 USC entry, Project 11540 Yaroslav Mudry acceptance, Project 11356 deliveries, and Project 22010 Yantar transfer. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Yantar military shipbuildingPublisher: Shipyard Yantar | Note: Supports the military shipbuilding focus, surface-ship categories, more-than-160-naval-ship figure through 2020, current Project 11711 work, and Project 11356 frigate construction for India. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • OFAC Russia-related designationsPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control | Note: Supports the English legal-name variants, Kaliningrad address, organization establishment date in the sanctions record, tax identifier, and linkage to Joint Stock Company United Shipbuilding Corporation. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Neustrashimy Class (Type 11540)Publisher: Naval Technology | Note: Supports Yantar build context for the Neustrashimy-class frigate family and background on the two completed Project 11540 ships. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Russian Spy Ship YantarPublisher: U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings | Note: Supports Project 22010 Yantar construction at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, with laydown, launch, commissioning, operator, and official vessel classification context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • INS Tushil commissionedPublisher: Government of India Press Information Bureau | Note: Supports the 9 December 2024 commissioning of INS Tushil at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad and the India-Russia industrial context for the frigate. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • INS Tamal commissionedPublisher: Government of India Press Information Bureau | Note: Supports the 1 July 2025 commissioning of INS Tamal at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad as the second additional follow-on Tushil-class ship. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

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

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Neustrashimy-class frigate, Anti-submarine warfare frigate, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation AtalantaNeustrashimy-class frigateAnti-submarine warfare frigateBuilt in: RussiaThe Neustrashimy-class frigate is the Soviet Project 11540 Yastreb anti-submarine warfare frigate family, designed through a long Cold War development path and built at Yantar Shipbuilding Plant in Kaliningrad for Russian Baltic Fleet service. Only Neustrashimy and Yaroslav Mudry were completed, but the class combines a 129.8 m hull, helicopter facilities, sonar-centered anti-submarine weapons, 3K95 Kinzhal naval surface-to-air missiles, Kortik close-in defenses, and Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles on the second ship. Neustrashimy is directly documented in the 2008 Gulf of Aden counter-piracy campaign.