ŞANTIERUL NAVAL GIURGIU (1948-1997)
THE NAVAL SHIPYARD OF GIURIU (1948-1997)

Summary/Abstract: The city of Giurgiu is one of the many Romanian cities with a long naval tradition and a long history of shipbuilding. The first information about this date back to the 18th century, when the Ottoman administration was building here a variety of military and civilian ships. After Walachia reasserted its control over Giurgiu it built a new shipyard which actually built the first maritime ship for our country – “Marita” (1834). After this however, the state was more interested in developing the river port. After 1835 we have to data to tell us that any ships were built there. But we know that the harbor was sought after the authorities, both local and from the capital, because it became one of the most developed commercial hubs on the Danube and “a harbor for the city of Bucharest”.

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