Skaramangas Shipyards


Skaramangas Shipyards S.A., formerly Hellenic Shipyards S.A., is a large shipyard in Skaramagas, in West Athens regional unit, Greece, founded in 1937 as a warship building company.
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History

Commonly known as "Skaramanga Shipyards", from the area where they are located, its origins are connected with the Royal Hellenic Naval Shipyard created in 1937 in order to build warships. Despite heavy investment and an order of 12 destroyers and a number of submarines, development ceased due to the Second World War while in 1944 the facilities were virtually destroyed by Allied bombing. Operation started in 1957 when Greek business tycoon Stavros Niarchos purchased the ruined shipyard and rebuilt and expanded its facilities; since then the company has built many civilian and military ships.
Military constructions include Greek-designed fast patrol boats and gunboats, as well as frigates, fast attack crafts, submarines, etc. based on French or German designs. 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 and railroad cars, mostly on German designs.
The company was bought in 2002 by a group of German investors under the industrial leadership of the German shipyard Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, later a subsidiary of the German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. However, serious yard mismanagement by the German TKMS group has caused a decline of the shipyard, and reduction of employees to 1,300 in 2009.
On March 1, 2010, an agreement was reached to sell 75.1% of the company to Abu Dhabi Mar.
On April 12, 2023, transfer of 100% of the company to Milina Enterprises Company Limited, owned by George Prokopiou, was completed.

Ships built by Skaramangas Shipyards

Several ship types, commercial and military, among which:

Ships repaired at Skaramangas Shipyards

Thousands of ships, among which: