page_title: Brodosplit
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Brodosplit / History
caption_attribution_description: English: M/S Amorella between Yxlan and the main land, photo taken in Sweden. Suomi: M/S Amorella Yxlanin ja mantereen välillä Ruotsissa.
context_page_description: Brodosplit is the largest shipyard in Croatia, located in the Supaval bay, on the north side of the Split peninsula.
context_section_description: The company was founded in 1922 by a merger of shipyards in the area and has been in its current location since 1932. With significant development in the latter half of the 20th century, it has grown into one of Croatia's largest shipyards. When Croatia was a part of Socialist Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Navy's submarines designed by Zagreb's Brodarski Institute were built in this shipyard, which was called Brodogradilište specijalnih objekata (Special objects shipyard.)
  After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Brodosplit became a joint stock company, with the Government of Croatia as the majority holder. It employed nearly 4,000 people and had experience in designing and building a wide range of ships for an international market, diesel engines licensed by B&W (MAN) engine.
  In 2013 it was privatised and acquired by the Croatian manufacturing company DIV, pending a major restructuring and optimization. The number of workers was cut down to about 2,300.
caption: MS Amorella cruiseferry
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