Hellenic Shipyards Co.

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company_name = HELLENIC SHIPYARDS S.A.
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foundation = 1957
founder = Stavros Niarchos
location_city = flagicon|GRE Skaramangas
location_country = Greece
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industry = Shipyards
products = Ships, Submarines, Trains
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parent = ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
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homepage = [http://www.hellenic-shipyards.gr/pg/imprint.htm]
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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 1939. Despite heavy investment, development ceased due to the Second World War when huge damages were inflicted on the facilities.

Operation started in 1957 when the Greek tycoon Stavros Niarchos purchased the shipyard 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 HDW. HDW is a subsidiary of the German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems

Ships built by Hellenic Shipyards

Dozens of commercial and military ship types, 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 accidentally burned to destruction in April 1963 as repairs neared completion [cite book |title=The Chandris Liners and Celebrity Cruises |last=Plowman |first=Peter |year=2007 |publisher=Roseberg Pub |isbn=1877058475 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.hellenic-shipyards.gr/ Hellenic Shipyards Co. website]