for the shipping company see uljanik plovidba . for the village near gare nica see uljanik bjelovar bilogora county . uljanik type public industry shipbuilding and engineering founded 1856 pula austria hungary headquarters pula croatia products ships engines number of employees 2 659 website uljanik.hr uljanik is a shipbuilding company and shipyard located in pula croatia . 1 contents 1 history 2 notable ships constructed in uljanik 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit uljanik was founded in 1856 in the carefully selected bay of pula as a shipyard of the austro hungarian navy . the foundation stone was laid on december 9 by the empress elizabeth so this date is celebrated as the anniversary of the shipyard one of the oldest in the world . almost two years after laying the foundation stone on october 5 1858 the first ship sms kaiser having a deadweight of 5 194 tonnes was launched from the berth . the construction of 55 ships of various type for the austro hungarian fleet having a total deadweight of 53 588 tonnes followed . it was named after an islet on which there used to grow olive trees while at present the steel and hull fabrication workshops are situated there . one olive tree has been preserved as a symbol . in the long period of continuous work the shipyard from pula passed through various development times . during the italian rule it was engaged in repairs docking and cutting of old ships . after the fall of italy during the 2nd world war it became a german naval base . from 1947 it was being renovated under the republic of yugoslavia . it continued with the docking reconstructions and repair of ships while the first newbuilding was delivered in 1951 . under its ausslikees it developed engineering electrical production and other productions . in the independent and free republic of croatia starting from 1990 it becomes a joint stock company undergoes the critical years of attack upon croatia continues with the shipbuilding production of different and special ships and in the second half of 1998 it enters the period of great technological rebuilding . in the period from 1947 to the end of 1998 uljanik delivered 194 newbuildings totalling more than 6 million dwt to buyers from all continents . uljanik s experts design construct and build all types of ships i.e. ships for transportation of oil and oil products bulk cargoes containers trucks rail carriages cars passengers ... it is difficult for uljanik s people to mark off the most significant ship . every ship is special built according to the specific buyer s requirements . with vlcc s the shipyard from pula has developed the technology of building the hull in two parts and then joining them afloat . in this way in the period from 1972 to 1976 there were built 11 ships and among them the biggest ones tarfala of 275 000 dwt for the stockholm based company trafialtiebolaget grangesberg and kanchenjunga of 277 120 tonne dead weight delivered to the indian company the shipping corporation of india in 1975 . notable ships constructed in uljanik edit ms berge vanga ms berge istra see also edit shipyards 3 . maj viktor lenac uljanik plovidba uljanik shipmanagement references edit security uljn r a . zagreb stock exchange . retrieved 2011 08 10 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to uljanik . list of all ships constructed in uljanik 1951 2005 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title uljanik & oldid 725701585 categories pulashipyards of europecompanies established in 1856shipbuilding companies of croatia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschesperantohrvatskiitaliano sloven ina srpskisrpskohrvatski svenska edit links this page was last modified on 17 june 2016 at 09 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view