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The shogunate invited Dutch people including H. Hardes to begin construction of Nagasaki Ironworks. (The beginning of Nagasaki Shipyard)

Renamed to Nagasaki Steelworks. The factory was completed in March 1861 (Bunkyu Era, 1st year).

Factory completed in March 1861 (Bunkyu Era, 1st year).

Transferred to the Meiji government and managed under the jurisdiction of Nagasaki Prefectural Judge.

First dock completed at Tachigami, then the largest in the Orient at the time. (Now the second dock's head section)

Utilized factory facilities, and the "Mitsubishi Steamship Company" inherited the business.

Hako-no-ura Machinery Factory around 1885 (Meiji 18)

Mitsubishi Corporation purchased all leased facilities.

Renamed to "Mitsubishi Joint-Stock Company Mitsubishi Shipyard" upon establishment.

Second dock completed. (Now the general materials yard)

Second and third slipways completed. By February 1906 (Meiji 39), all slipways from the first to the eighth were completed.

Third dock completed in March 1905 (Meiji 38).

All slipways from the first to the eighth completed by February 1906 (Meiji 39).

Japan's first ship model testing water tank completed.

Japan's first power generation turbine No. 1 (output 500 kW) completed and installed at Mitsubishi Shipyard Central Power Plant.

Gantry crane completed at the first slipway. All slipways' gantry cranes completed by 1939 (Showa 14).

Renamed to "Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Nagasaki Shipyard" upon establishment of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

Separated the electric factory. (This became "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Nagasaki Works")

Renamed to "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Nagasaki Shipyard" upon establishment of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

Second dock gantry crane completed.

Electric steel factory became independent. (Later "Mitsubishi Steel Corporation Nagasaki Steel Works", now Mitsubishi Nagasaki Machinery Co., Ltd.)

First unit 75,000 kilowatts for Kansai Joint Thermal Power Amagasaki No. 2 Power Plant (then the largest in the East)

Battleship "Musashi" completed.

The Emperor inspected the production recovery situation.

Dissolution of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Established as "West Japan Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Nagasaki Shipyard".

Returned to the old name and renamed "Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. Nagasaki Shipyard".

Celebrated 100 years since founding.

Modernization (upscaling) of equipment in the machinery department (assembly, machinery, tank manufacturing factories) completed.

Renamed to "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Nagasaki Shipyard" due to merger of Mitsubishi Japan Heavy Industries Ltd., New Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Ltd.

Two 300,000-ton Tondocks (for construction and repair) completed.

Boiler tube factory and pipe header factory completed in Fukai and Kake area.

Kake construction dock completed.

Kake repair dock completed in May 1973 (Showa 48).

Main building completed.

Large coal-fired power boiler factory completed.

Isahaya factory completed.

Luxury cruise ship "Crystal Harmony" completed.

Space equipment factory completed.

Electronics factory completed.

Solar cell factory completed.

Wind power generation equipment factory completed.

Goddess Bridge completed.

Celebrating 150 years since founding.