Crichton-Vulcan is an abandoned shipyard in Turku, Finland that once formed the cornerstone of the Finnish shipbuilding industry. The shipyard is best known for World War II coastal defence ships and submarines it produced.
Shipbuilding at the yard ended by 1976, after a new shipyard had been built in Turku. The old yard was taken over by Turku Repair Yard and used for ship repair until 2004, when they too moved to the nearby city of Naantali. The shipyard by river Aura in Turku now lies abandoned and is the target of vandals. However, a zoning process is currently under way to turn the site into an upper class residential area, and demolition of the old buildings began in June 2011.
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