The O
Viktor O
Lenac O
overhaul O
shipyard O
operates O
in O
Martinšćica O
Bay O
but O
its O
beginnings O
are O
tied O
to O
the O
port O
of O
Rijeka. O
At O
the O
end O
of O
the O
19th O
century O
when O
the O
area O
of O
Rijeka O
was O
under O
direct O
Hungarian O
direct O
control O
the O
Hungarian O
government O
encouraged O
shipbuilding. O
Engineer O
Josip O
Lazarus O
was O
granted O
600m2 O
of O
the O
shady O
part O
of O
the O
port O
of O
Baroš O
for O
60 O
years. O
The O
shipyard O
established O
there O
in O
1900 O
started O
producing O
anchors O
chains O
boilers O
and O
smaller O
machines O
as O
well O
as O
repairing O
smaller O
ships. O
In O
addition O
to O
Rijeka O
L1920us O
also O
took O
over O
the O
shipyard O
in O
Kraljevica. O
Following O
the O
establishment O
of O
the O
border O
between O
Italy O
and O
Yugoslavia O
on O
the O
Rječina O
river O
and O
and O
Fiumara O
canal O
in O
1924 O
the O
shipyard O
turned O
to O
overhaul O
and O
continued O
its O
operations O
as O
a O
Yugoslav O
company. O
Adriatic O
Shipyards O
a.d. O
from O
Split O
took O
over O
the O
shipyard O
in O
1939. O
After O
the O
Second O
World O
War O
in O
1948 O
the O
shipyard O
was O
rebuilt O
under O
the O
name O
"Viktor O
Lenac" O
but O
the O
port O
of O
Rijeka O
began O
to O
expand O
its O
passenger O
and O
freight O
traffic O
dramatically. O
Faced O
by O
a O
shortage O
of O
space O
the O
port O
identified O
a O
need O
to O
take O
over O
the O
space O
occupied O
by O
the O
shipyard. O
The O
planning O
for O
the O
relocation O
of O
the O
shipyard O
to O
Martinšćica O
Bay O
a O
natural O
port O
at O
the O
eastern O
exit O
of O
the O
city O
began O
in O
1959. O
Work O
on O
the O
construction O
of O
shipyards O
docks O
warehouses O
and O
workshops O
got O
under O
way O
in O
1963 O
and O
from O
the O
beginning O
of O
the O
1970s O
the O
modern O
shipyard O
overhauled O
ships O
for O
domestic O
and O
foreign O
shipping O
companies O
and O
the O
Navy. O
The O
shipyard O
is O
now O
located O
on O
the O
site O
of O
the O
St. O
Francis O
Lazarette O
founded O
in O
1833 O
which O
was O
used O
to O
quarantine O
ship O
passengers. O
It O
was O
used O
as O
a O
lazarette O
until O
the O
First O
World O
War O
after O
which O
it O
operated O
as O
a O
military O
hospital O
for O
infectious O
diseases O
and O
then O
for O
the O
accommodation O
of O
Italian O
and O
German O
soldiers. O
In O
1926 O
its O
function O
changed O
completely O
and O
it O
became O
a O
summer O
resort O
for O
children O
from O
all O
over O
Yugoslavia. O
A O
different O
shipyard O
operated O
in O
the O
western O
part O
of O
the O
bay O
until O
the O
Second O
World O
War O
on O
the O
site O
where O
the O
Victor O
Lenac O
shipyard O
would O
eventually O
relocate. O