as bvb snc industry ship construction and repair founded 1892 headquarters constan a romania key people gheorghe bos nceanu president products ships revenue us 200 million 2008 net income us 1 million 2008 number of employees 2 300 2008 parent histria group website www.snc.ro constan a gala i mangalia or ova drobeta giurgiu olteni a br ila tulcea sulina n vodari cernavod shipyards of romania constan a shipyard romanian antierul naval constan a is the largest shipyard in romania and one of the largest in europe having a market share of 20 % in the black sea basin . 1 the shipyard has two drydocks one used for the construction of ships up to 150 000 tonnes deadweight dwt and the second one used for the construction of ships up to 250 000 dwt and two floating docks with a capacity of 8 000 tonnes and 15 000 tonnes . 2 history edit the constan a shipyard was first mentioned as the craft repair shop within the constan a harbour area in 1892 by the ministry for public works . 3 in july 1905 the shipyard housed the russian battleship potemkin and refloated her after she was half scuttled by her mutinous crew . 4 5 the first ship ever constructed by the shipyard and launched to sea on may 31 1936 was a 12 metres 39 ft long yacht named crai nou 3 designed and built by alexandru theodoru a student at the naval school in constan a and graduate of the french naval school . 6 during world war ii the shipyard provided repair and maintenance to the italian flotilla of midget submarines operating in the black sea . 7 together with the gala i shipyard it also rebuilt maintained and repaired numerous german r boats during the war . 8 1950 the shipyard began to construct ships pontoons tugboats and towboats . 6 in 1975 the shipyard constructed one bulk carrier of 54 200 dwt which was the first large ship ever constructed in romania . 6 after the construction of a large bulk carrier giuseppe lembo in 1994 the shipyard reprofiled its activity to construct only small ships . only after the privatisation in 2002 the shipyard restarted to construct large scale ships . 6 in the 114 years of existence the constan a shipyard constructed 432 ships 365 for romanian shipping companies and 67 for shipping companies from egypt russia greece japan hong kong liechtenstein czech republic south africa belgium germany italy norway france panama and netherlands which have a total of 4 128 143 dwt . 6 references edit santierul naval constanta trece pe profit dupa cinci ani de pierderi in romanian . business standard . 2007 07 17 . retrieved 2009 02 09 . constructii navale in romanian . camera de comert industrie agricultur si navigatie constanta . 2009 02 09 . retrieved 2009 02 09 . a b tradition and experience . snatierul naval constanta . 2009 02 09 . retrieved 2009 02 09 . bascomb pp. 286 99 and 297 mclaughlin 2003 p. 121 a b c d e 432 nave n cei 114 ani de existen a antierului naval constan a in romanian . cuget liber . 2006 01 02 . retrieved 2009 02 09 . jamie prenatt and mark stille axis midget submarines p. 15 lawrence paterson schnellboote a complete operational history pp. 233 262 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title constan a shipyard & oldid 736051720 categories companies of romaniabuildings and structures in constan ashipyards of romaniaprivatized companies in romaniacompanies listed on the bucharest stock exchangehidden categories cs1 romanian language sources ro articles containing romanian language textromania articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates 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 languages rom n edit links this page was last modified on 24 august 2016 at 20 49 . 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