The W Crichton & Co Okhta Shipyard St Petersburg

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Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях Охтинский судостроительный и механический завод акционерного общества Вильгельм Крейтон и К° (Малая Охта, Новочеркасский пр., д.1) Санкт-Петербург 1865 - 1911 гг. Russia in pre-revolutionary photographs The W. Crichton & Co. Okhta Shipyard St. Petersburg 1865 - 1911 Music: Toccata in C-minor by M. Balakirev The W. Crichton & Co. Okhta Shipyard operated in St. Petersburg as a subsidiary of the Finnish, Turku-based shipbuilding and engineering company W:m Crichton & C:o.. The Yard operated between 1897-1913, where the River Okhta flows into River Neva. Shipbuilding had a history in the area going back to 1721 when Okta was settled and processed wood for shipbuilding. The first vessel was built in 1811 and the main customer was the Russian Admiralty. However, by the 1860's when steel replaced wood, the yard became outdated. For the next 30 years the yard was underused, unti it was rented to the Finnish shipbuilder W:m Crichton & C:o in 1896. Crichton built a number of torpedo boats and other vessels predominantly for the Imperial Russian Navy. The enterprise made a number of unprofitable deals leading to the shipyard becoming bankrupt in 1913.....