MODERNIZATION AND ENLARGEMENT OF THE '3 MAY' NAVAL YARD AT FIUME
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March 4, 1949
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effijECT Modernization and Fellareement of the
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The Yugoslav Five Year Plan contemplated the addition of several unite
to the Navy and the mercantile fleet, including 25 units, of which ten
11111 be assigned to the mereantile fleet and fifteen to the Wavy. The
new units will be modern in every detail. The majority of these ships
v111 be built in the near future at the "3 Mar naval yards at Fiume.
thils plant was completely. destroyed during the war, but reconstruction
eork commenced soon after the end of the mar. At present many buildings
W. workshops have been completely repaired, while others are being
equipped with modern machinery for the construction of naval craft.
During the war the dry do de was damaged, but it has been repaired and
improved.
The dockyards at the present moment are in full operation. The employees
work on three 6 hour shifty. In May 1948 the largest and most modern
liner every built in Yugoslavia (the ZWREB) was launched from this yard.
The steam engines of this ship were built by. Yugoslav engineers with
Tiii;osiev raw materials. A few months later the SKOPLJE was launched.
The steam engines of the SKOPLJE were built at the "3 May" dockyards.
The construction of & large crane was begun at this plant before the war.
After the end of the maze the crane could not be completed because Ale
blueprints had been stolen. However, the crane has .now been completed
on plans prepared by YUgoalav engineers. This is the most powerful crane
IQ-Yugoslavia.
h. On the advice of a stecial commission which inspected the dockyards at
the beginning of 1949, the Ministry of Marine has decided to start in the
epring of 1949 the modernisation and enlargement of the plant. It is ex,-
pected that this work will take three years. When completed, the dockyard
eill be able to build lareer ships as well as to construct the necessary
machinery-. The plant is already prodacing large machines and precision
Instruments for ships currently under construction. The Yugoslav Government
thus hopes that in the fetare all the ships and relative machinery required
by the Yugoslav Navy and mercantile firms, will be built in their countrY..
The cost of the enlargement and modernization of the dockyards will be
about 150,000,000 dinar. The majority of the machinery to be installed
on the new ships will be of Yugoslav make, while a few others will be
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Tarchased abroad, During tbq mrrent year it is planned to build several
large ships for the Tuposlay mercantile fleet, as well as two 10,000 ton
units for the TAgoslav 14orr, which should be completed by the end of 1949.
The ships for the merchant memine fleet will be between 4,000 and 8,000
;is: two of them will he n wag; am passenger liners in trans?meanie
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