Deutsche Werft
| Industry | Shipbuilding |
|---|---|
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Defunct | 1968 |
| Headquarters | Finkenwerder, Hamburg, Germany |
| Products | Ships |
Diesel-electric motor vessel Wuppertal, built by Deutsche Werft for Hamburg America Line in 1936
Deutsche Werft was a shipbuilding company in Finkenwerder Rüschpark, Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1918 by Albert Ballin and with Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH), Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) and Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG) as investors.
In peacetime, Deutsche Werft built merchant ships, such as the HAPAG turbo-electric cargo ships Antilla and Orizaba.
In World War II Deutsche Werft built 113 Type IX and XXIII U-boats for the Kriegsmarine.
In 1968 Deutsche Werft was merged and became part of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft.
References
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Documents and clippings about Deutsche Werft in the 20th Century Press Archives of the German National Library of Economics (ZBW)
Gallery

Rüschpark

Yard in 2007

Yard Location

Detail of Submarine Construction Garage

1958 Administrative Building, today third offices

1958 Administrative Building, today third offices

Share of the Deutsche Werft AG, issued 27. September 1927
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