Almost two years after laying the foundation stone – on October 5, 1858, the first ship – SMS Kaiser – having a deadweight of 5,194 tonnes, was launched from the berth.

[citation needed] It was named after an islet on which there used to grow olive trees while at present the steel and hull fabrication workshops are situated there.

[citation needed] In the Republic of Croatia, formed during the Croatian War of Independence, it became a joint-stock company, continues with the shipbuilding production of different and special ships and in the second half of 1998, it enters the period of great technological rebuilding.

[3] In January 2018, the shipyard floated out the six-star 228-passenger Scenic Eclipse that is expected to enter service later in the year.

[4] After the Uljanik Group filed for bankruptcy in mid-2019, it was decided in January 2020 to liquidate the parent company, with the shipyard site and inventory initially being retained.