# Rauma shipyard > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rauma_shipyard > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rauma_shipyard.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauma_shipyard > Source revision: 1300492075 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) '''Rauma shipyard''' ({{langx|fi|Rauman telakka}}) is a [shipyard](/source/shipyard) in [Rauma, Finland](/source/Rauma%2C_Finland). It was previously operated by [STX Finland](/source/STX_Finland) which is owned by the South Korean [STX Corporation](/source/STX_Corporation). Rauma shipyard is specialized in large [ferries](/source/Ferry), small [cruise ship](/source/cruise_ship)s, multipurpose [icebreaker](/source/icebreaker)s and small [naval](/source/Navy) craft.[http://www.stxeurope.com/sites/Finland/about/Pages/STX-Rauma.aspx STX Finland Rauma Shipyard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417062233/http://www.stxeurope.com/sites/Finland/about/Pages/STX-Rauma.aspx |date=2014-04-17 }} STX Finland. Retrieved 10 June 2014. {{asof|2020}}, [Rauma Marine Constructions](/source/Rauma_Marine_Constructions) operates the Rauma shipyard. == History == Shipbuilding in Rauma had begun in the 16th century and continued until the end of the sail ship era in the 1890s. Modern shipbuilding was launched in 1945 as [F.W. Hollming](/source/Hollming) and [Rauma-Repola](/source/Rauma-Repola) started building ships for [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) as [war reparations](/source/war_reparations). In 1991 they merged and were known as [Finnyards](/source/Finnyards) which was later owned by the Norwegian [Aker Maritime](/source/Aker_Maritime). Since 2008 the shipyard was operated by STX Finland. In September 2013 STX Finland announced of closing the Rauma shipyard and 600 workers were laid off.{{cite web|url= http://yle.fi/uutiset/stx_finland_in_turmoil_as_rauma_shipyard_downs_tools/6804692 |title= STX Finland in turmoil as Rauma shipyard downs tools |publisher= Yle News |date= 29 August 2013 | language = |accessdate= 10 June 2014}} In January 2014 the shipyard was purchased by the City of Rauma with a price of 18 million [euro](/source/euro)s.{{cite web|url= http://yle.fi/uutiset/rauma_finalises_stx_shipyard_purchase_deal/7045795 |title= Rauma finalises STX shipyard purchase deal |publisher= Yle News |date= 22 January 2014 | language = |accessdate= 10 June 2014}} The shipyard area is planned to be developed as an industrial park for companies operating in the marine industry. The British marine engine manufacturer [Rolls-Royce](/source/Rolls-Royce_Holdings) has expressed its intention to expand its Rauma operations to the dockyard site.{{cite web|url= http://www.finlandtimes.fi/business/2014/01/23/4357/Rauma-finalises-deal-to-buy-STX-shipyard |title= Rauma finalises deal to buy STX shipyard |publisher= Finland Times |date= 23 January 2014 | language = |accessdate= 10 June 2014}} The construction of the [Finnish Navy's](/source/Finnish_Navy) four new [Pohjanmaa-class corvette](/source/Pohjanmaa-class_corvette)s is scheduled to begin in the shipyard in 2019.{{cite web|url= http://www.defmin.fi/en/administrative_branch/strategic_capability_projects/squadron_2020/squadron_2020/timetable |title= The new vessels are projected to be completed in 2027 |publisher= Ministry of Defence |date= |accessdate= 27 April 2018}} == Selected ships built at Rauma shipyard == ===Civilian ships=== thumb|MS ''Baltic Queen'' (2009) thumb|MS ''Spirit of France'' (2012) *{{ship||Akademik Mstislav Keldysh||2}} (1981) *{{ship||Akademik Sergey Vavilov||2}} (1988) *{{ship||Akademik Ioffe||2}} (1989) *{{ship||Silver Explorer||2}} (1989) *{{ship||KBV 181||wl=no}}, Swedish Coast Guard Patrol Vessel (1990) *{{ship|MSV|Fennica||6}} (1993) *{{ship|MSV|Nordica||6}} (1994) *{{ship|MSV|Botnica||6}} (1998) *{{MS|Ulysses||6}} (2001) *{{MV|Hjaltland}} (2002) *{{MV|Hrossey}} (2002) *{{MV|Hamnavoe}} (2002) *{{MS|Romantika||6}} (2002) *{{MS|Birka Stockholm||6}} (2004) *{{MS|Victoria I||6}} (2004) *{{MS|Galaxy||6}} (2006) *{{MS|Color Magic||6}} (2007) *{{MS|Superspeed 1||6}} (2008) *{{MS|Baltic Queen||6}} (2009) *{{MS|Spirit of Britain||6}} (2009) *{{MS|Spirit of France||6}} (2012) *{{ship||S. A. Agulhas II||2}} (2012) *{{RV|Mirabilis||6}} (2012) *{{ship||Turva||2}} (2014) *{{MV|Hammershus||6}} (2018) *{{ship||Aurora Botnia||2}} (2021) *{{ship||MyStar||2}} (2022) *{{ship||Spirit of Tasmania IV||2}} (2024) *{{ship||Spirit of Tasmania V||2}} (2025) ===Warships=== thumb|FNS ''Tornio'' (2003) *[''Valas''-class](/source/Valas-class_transport) auxiliary transport vessels (1979–1981) **{{FNS|Vahakari||wl=no}} (1979) **{{FNS|Valas||wl=no}} (1980) **{{FNS|Vaarlahti||wl=no}} (1980) **{{FNS|Vänö||wl=no}} (1981) *[''Kiisla''-class](/source/Kiisla-class_patrol_boat) patrol boats (1984–1988) **{{FNS|Kiisla||wl=no}} (1984) **{{FNS|Kurki||wl=no}} (1988) *{{FNS|Halli|899|6}} (1987) *[''Rauma''-class](/source/Rauma-class_missile_boat) missile boats (1990–1992) **{{FNS|Rauma||wl=no}} (1990) **{{FNS|Raahe||wl=no}} (1991) **{{FNS|Porvoo||wl=no}} (1992) **{{FNS|Naantali||wl=no}} (1992) *[''Hämeenmaa''-class](/source/H%C3%A4meenmaa-class_minelayer) minelayers (1991–1992) **{{FNS|Hämeenmaa||wl=no}} (1991) **{{FNS|Uusimaa||wl=no}} (1992) *[''Hamina''-class](/source/Hamina-class_missile_boat) missile boats (1996–2006) **{{FNS|Hamina||wl=no}} (1998) **{{FNS|Tornio||wl=no}} (2003) **{{FNS|Hanko||wl=no}} (2005) **{{FNS|Pori||wl=no}} (2006) *{{FNS|Tuuli|10|6}} (2003) *[''Pohjanmaa''-class](/source/Pohjanmaa-class_corvette) corvettes (2023–) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://rmcfinland.fi Rauma Marine Constructions] {{Authority control}} {{Coord|61.12347|N|21.46162|E|scale:80000_region:FI|display=title}} Category:Shipbuilding companies of Finland Category:Shipyards of Finland Category:Buildings and structures in Rauma, Finland --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rauma shipyard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauma_shipyard) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauma_shipyard?action=history)). 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