Ships Built in Vuosaari
Between 1974 and 1987 the following vessels were delivered from the Vuosaari shipyard with the exception of one crude oil tanker that received a yard number but was later cancelled. As of 2012, less than half of the newbuildings built at Vuosaari remain in service.
Ship name(s) | DWT | Year | Type (as built) | Yard number | IMO number | Status (8/2012) | Notes | Image | Ref |
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Magnitogorsk (1976–1996) |
22,690 | 1976 | Ro-ro | 282 | 7359553 | Scrapped in 2011 | Sister ships: Komsomolsk, Anatoliy Vasilyev and Smolensk. | ||
Komsomolsk (1976–1995) |
22,690 | 1976 | Ro-ro | 283 | 7359565 | Scrapped in 2009 | |||
Tebostar (1974–1994) |
6,060 | 1974 | Product tanker | 284 | 7359577 | Scrapped in 2004 | The last ship launched from Katajanokka shipyard and the first ship delivered from Vuosaari shipyard. Broke in two after collision with container ship APL Pusan on 13 September 2004. Towed to Sachana, India, for scrapping. | ||
Sommerstad (1977–1983) |
153,200 | 1977 | Crude oil tanker | 285 | 7359589 | Scrapped in 2001 | Sister ships: Solstad, Sangstad, Siljestad and a cancelled fifth tanker. When the shipping company filed for bankruptcy in 1983, the ships were returned to Valmet, which resold them in 1983–1984. | ||
Solstad (1977–1983) |
153,200 | 1977 | Crude oil tanker | 286 | 7359591 | Scrapped in 1986 | Attacked by Iraqi fighters on 3 June 1984 while underway in ballast from Tutunciftlik, Turkey to Kharg Island, Iran. Two Exocet missiles hit the superstructure and the engine room, starting a fire, killing three crew members and injuring two. Later towed to Bushir, Iran, where declared total loss and sold to Taiwanese breakers in 1986. | ||
Sangstad (1978-1983) |
153,200 | 1978 | Crude oil tanker | 287 | 7359606 | Scrapped in 2003 | |||
Siljestad (1978–1983) |
153,200 | 1978 | Crude oil tanker | 288 | 7359618 | Scrapped in 2003 | |||
NB Westfal-Larsen | 153,200 | — | Crude oil tanker | — | Cancelled | ||||
Yulius Fuchik (1978–1998) |
37,850 | 1978 | Barge carrier | 290 | 7505322 | Scrapped in 2003 | Featured in the novel Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy. Sister ship: Tibor Szamueli. | ||
Tibor Szamueli (1979–1998) |
37,850 | 1979 | Barge carrier | 291 | 7505334 | Scrapped in 2003 | |||
Sibirskiy-2101 | 3,162 | 1980 | Dry cargo ship | 292 | 8862284 | In service | "Project 292" dry cargo river/sea ships built by Valmet for the Soviet Union, named Sibriskiy-2101–2109 and 2120–2129. | ||
Sibirskiy-2103 | 3,162 | 1980 | Dry cargo ship | 293 | 7801855 | In service | |||
Sibirskiy-2105 (1980–2002) |
3,162 | 1980 | Dry cargo ship | 294 | 7801879 | In service | |||
Sibirskiy-2107 (1980–2000) |
3,162 | 1980 | Dry cargo ship | 295 | 7801893 | In service(?) | Classification suspended by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping since 2005. | ||
Tebo Olympia (1980–2005) |
11,474 | 1980 | Product tanker | 296 | 7813327 | Scrapped in 2011 | |||
Järvsaar | 60 | 1979 | Winter trawler | 297 | — | — | |||
L-915 (1979–??) |
— | 1979 | Tugboat | 298 | — | In service | |||
Hankoniemi | — | 1980 | Transport boat | 299 | — | Decommissioned | Hauki class transport boat constructed in Kotka but delivered from the Vuosaari shipyard for the Finnish Navy. Decommissioned and sold to reservist organization in 2007. Sister vessels: Hirsala and Houtskär. | ||
Hirsala | — | 1980 | Transport boat | 300 | — | In service | |||
Houtskär | — | 1980 | Transport boat | 301 | — | In service | |||
Ahven 1 Ahven 2 Ahven 3 Ahven 4 Ahven 5 Ahven 6 |
— | 1979 | Training boat | 302 | — | Decommissioned | Six training and work boats for the Finnish Navy. Constructed in Kotka but delivered from the Vuosaari shipyard. Decommissioned and sold to civilians in the 2000s. | ||
Julanta (FIN-137-U) | 60 | 1979 | Winter trawler | 303 | — | Scrapped in 2005 | |||
Anatoliy Vasilyev (1981–1997) |
22,447 | 1981 | Ro-ro | 304 | 7910656 | Scrapped in 2010 | |||
Smolensk (1981–1995) |
22,447 | 1981 | Ro-ro | 305 | 7910668 | Scrapped in 2010 | |||
Vikla (1982–2004) |
8,288 | 1982 | Product tanker | 306 | 7924176 | In service | Sold to an undisclosed buyer in auction after a 76-day detention in Gibraltar in 2009. Classification withdrawn by Det Norske Veritas in 2009. | ||
Shelltrans (1982–1994) |
11,548 | 1982 | Product tanker | 307 | 7927960 | In service | |||
Arctic Scan (1982–1983) |
11,538 | 1982 | Product tanker | 308 | 8027195 | Scrapped in 2010 | |||
Polar Scan (1982–1983) |
11,538 | 1982 | Product tanker | 309 | 8027200 | In service | |||
Nizhneyansk (1983–1996) |
20,000 | 1983 | Ro-ro/General cargo | 310 | 8013065 | Scrapped in 2011 | SA-15 class arctic cargo ship. Sister ships built at Vuosaari: Okha, Bratsk, Kemerovo and Anadyry. | ||
Okha (1983–1995) |
20,000 | 1983 | Ro-ro/General cargo | 311 | 8013077 | Scrapped in 2009 | |||
Bratsk (1983–1995) |
20,000 | 1983 | Ro-ro/General cargo | 312 | 8013089 | Scrapped in 2009 | |||
Rossvik | 60 | 1981 | Trawler | 313 | 8027212 | In service | Constructed in Kotka but delivered from the Vuosaari shipyard. | ||
Boris Polevoy (1984–2000) |
8,770 | 1984 | Barge carrier | 314 | 8116049 | In service | Converted to a pipe-laying ship in 2002. Sister ship: Pavel Antokolskiy. | ||
Pavel Antokolskiy (1984–1999) |
8,770 | 1984 | Barge carrier | 315 | 8116051 | In service | Converted to floating power station in 2011. | ||
Kemerovo (1983–2000) |
20,000 | 1983 | Ro-ro/General cargo | 316 | 8120662 | Scrapped in 2012 | |||
Anadyry (1984–2000) |
20,000 | 1984 | Ro-ro/General cargo | 317 | 8120674 | Scrapped in 2011 | |||
Anatoliy Kolesnichenko | 19,500 | 1985 | Ro-ro/General cargo | 318 | 8406688 | Scrapped in 2012 | SA-15 Super class arctic cargo ship. Sister ships: Kapitan Man, Yuriy Arshenevskiy, Vasiliy Burkhanov and Kapitan Danilkin. | ||
Kapitan Man | 19,500 | 1985 | Ro-ro/General cargo | 319 | 8406690 | Scrapped in 2012 | |||
Yuriy Arshenevskiy | 19,500 | 1986 | Ro-ro/General cargo | 320 | 8406705 | In service | |||
Birka Princess (1986–2006) |
2,441 | 1986 | Cruiseferry | 321 | 8406731 | Sank in 2007 | Sank on 5 April 2007 after running aground near the Greek island of Santorini on the previous day. Two French passengers remain missing. | ||
Vasiliy Burkhanov | 19,500 | 1986 | Ro-ro/General cargo | 322 | 8406717 | In service | |||
Kapitan Danilkin | 19,500 | 1987 | Ro-ro/General cargo | 323 | 8406729 | In service | |||
Espa | 8,540 | 1987 | Barge | 324 | 8618322 | In service | Last newbuilding from the Vuosaari shipyard. |
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