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The foundation stone was laid on December 9th by the Empress Elizabeth so, this date is celebrated as the anniversary of the Shipyard, one of the oldest in the world. Almost two years after laying the foundation stone - on October 5th, 1858, the first ship - Kaiser - having a deadweight of 5,194 tonnes, was launched from the berth. The construction of 55 ships of various type for the Austro-Hungarian fleet having a total deadweight of 53,588 tonnes followed. 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. One olive tree has been preserved as a symbol. In the long period of continuous work, the Shipyard from Pula passed through various development times. During the Italian rule it was engaged in repairs, docking and cutting of old ships. After the fall of Italy during the 2nd World War it became a German naval base. From 1947 it was being renovated under the Republic of Yugoslavia. It continued with the docking, reconstructions and repair of ships, while the first newbuilding was delivered in 1951. Under its ausslikees it developed engineering, electrical production and other productions. In the independent and free Republic of Croatia, starting from 1990, it becomes a joint-stock company, undergoes the critical years of attack upon Croatia, 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. In the period from 1947 to the end of 1998, Uljanik delivered 194 newbuildings, totalling more than 6 million DWT, to buyers from all continents. Uljanik's experts design, construct and build all types of ships i.e. ships for transportation of oil and oil products, bulk cargoes, containers, trucks, rail-carriages, cars, passengers...