Hellenic Shipyards Co.

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HELLENIC SHIPYARDS S.A.

Type	Private Sector
Founded	1957
Founder	Stavros Niarchos
Headquarters	Skaramangas, Greece
Industry	Shipyards
Products	Ships, Submarines, Trains
Parent	ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Website	[1]

Hellenic Shipyards is a large Shipyard in Skaramangas near Athens, Greece.

Its origins are connected with a shipyard (Royal Hellenic Naval Shipyard) created in order to build battleships in 1939. Despite heavy investment, development ceased due to the War when huge damages were inflicted on the facilities.

Operation started in 1957 when the Greek tycoon Stavros Niarchos purchased the shipyard and expanded its facilities; since then the company has built a large number of ships (both civilian and military).

Military constructions include Greek-designed Fast Patrol Boats and Gunboats (Pyrpolitis and Machitis-class) and foreign-designed Frigates, Fast Attack Crafts, Submarines, etc. 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 (Diesel and Electric), railroad cars (passenger and freight) and locomotives, mostly on German designs.

The company was bought in 2002 by a group of German investors under the industrial leadership of the German shipyard HDW. HDW is a subsidiary of the German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.

[edit] Ships built by Hellenic Shipyards

Dozens of commercial and military ship types, among which:

[edit] Ships repaired at Hellenic Shipyards

Thousands of ships, among which:

HS Tombazis (D-215) - repaired between November 1978 and May 1979
Brittany (ex-Bretagne), a Chandris Lines cruise ship that accidentally burned to destruction in April 1963 as repairs neared completion^[1]