Dolphin shipyard
The Delphin shipyard was founded in 1903 in what is now Bremerhaven as the shipyard Delphin Riedemann und Co. , was entered in the commercial register in 1904 as the shipyard Delphin GmbH and renamed the Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser GmbH in 1910 . After several mergers and integration into the Vulkan network, the company was relocated to the Bremerhaven fishing port in 1989 and the original company on the Geeste became Geeste Metallbau .
Delphin Riedemann and Co. (1903–1908)
The Delphin shipyard emerged from a shipyard founded around 1870 on the Geeste and built small ships, motor boats and lighters . In 1903/1904 it was transferred to the Delphin shipyard Riedemann & Co and in 1905 it was converted into the limited partnership Schiffswerft Delphin GmbH. Up to the bankruptcy, around 40 motorboats were built for many different owners, two sailing loggers for the Elsflether herring fishery , a three-masted schooner for Wilhelm Schuchmann and some barges for Hapag and the Roland-Linie .
Riedemann & Co. shipyard (1908–1910)
In 1908 the shipyard went bankrupt and was continued by Riedemann until 1910 under the name BW Riedemann & Co. Schiffswerft . During this phase around 20 ships, many sailing barges, another three-masted schooner for W. Schuchmann, an oyster catcher, a motor tug for Schulte & Bruns Emden and some fishing trawlers were built .
Shipbuilding Society Unterweser (1910–1972)
In 1910 it became the Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser GmbH, which was converted into a stock corporation in 1921. In 1918, a branch with several patent slip systems was opened in the fishing port , which mainly carried out repair work on fish steamers. In the main operation, in addition to some lighters, three-masted schooners and some cargo steamers, mainly fishing vessels were built, which were mainly taken over and used by the regional fishing companies. From 1910 to the end of the First World War , around 100 ships were built at this shipyard, including around 80 fishing vessels from steam herring loggers to fish steamer. Around 20 of these were delivered to the Imperial Navy .
After the First World War, mainly fishing vessels and a few freight steamers were delivered until 1939. This was followed by submarines , minesweepers , wheeler booms and fish steamers, which were used as outpost boats for the navy . From 1945 to 1949 the shipyard was engaged in renovation and repair work. From 1949 fish steamers could be built again, several motor loggers were built for the Bremen-Vegesack fishing company . From 1950 onwards, an increasing number of freighters up to 2000 GRT were built and from 1955 the fishing vessels were equipped with diesel engines. From 1960 the side catchers were replaced by the rear catchers . From 1964 the first car ferries were built at this shipyard for Danish and 1970 for German clients. In 1968 the first container ships were delivered. In the meantime, the newbuildings had grown significantly and had measurements of up to 6000 GRT.
Schichau Unterweser, SUAG (1972–1989)
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In 1972, against the background of the German and international shipbuilding crisis, the company merged with the Bremerhaven Schichau shipyard to form Schichau Unterweser AG. The shipbuilding program now focused on RoRo ships , offshore suppliers, container ships and other special ships. After spectacular ferry conversions, the shipyard received interesting new construction orders from European Ferries, London, for two expensive car passenger ferries each with around 12,000 GT and 15,000 GT. At 26,000 GT, the car passenger ferries for Townsend-Thorensen, London, delivered in 1987, were even larger and more expensive. Since they were too big for the shipyard construction site, they were built on the Helgen of the Bremer Vulkan in Bremen, because in 1984/85 SUAG was integrated into the Bremer Vulkan Group.
Merger with the Seebeck shipyard (1989)
In 1989 the merger with the Seebeckwerft to form Schichau Seebeckwerft AG took place, as a result, the essential shipbuilding operations were relocated from the narrow Geeste to the Schichau Seebeckwerft in the fishing port. In the part of the company on the Geeste, sections were manufactured, and he turned into a specialist in steel construction. In 1989 it was spun off and re-established as Geeste Metallbau (GMB).
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Jenny ,
№ 121, built in 1917
Niobe ,
№ 179, built in 1921
Elster ,
№ 184, built in 1922
Frieda Morgenroth ,
№ 344, built in 1950
Delia ,
№ 348, built in 1951
Jason ,
№ 361, built in 1954
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Literature and Sources
- P. Kuckuck: Unterweserwerften in the post-war period. Edition Temmen . Bremen 1998, ISBN 3-86108-612-3 .
- Behrend Oldenburg: SSW ferry and special shipbuilding. 125 years of shipbuilding tradition. 125 years of tradition in shipbuilding. Bremerhaven 2001.
- Contemporary illustrated advertising leaflet from Schichau Unterweser Aktiengesellschaft, Bremerhaven.