Eiderwerft

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Eiderwerft

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legal form Corporation
founding 1869/1904
resolution 1924
Reason for dissolution bankruptcy
Seat Toenning
Branch Shipyard and machine factory

The Eiderwerft is a former shipyard in Tönning . It emerged in 1904 from the conversion of the Schömer & Jensen shipyard. The company from which under different names in addition to ships and floating docks and machines were built in 1924 as the work Tönning North German Union-Werke closed.

history

Eiderwerft shares from October 29, 1904

Wilhelm Schömer and Wilhelm Jensen founded a repair workshop in Tönning in 1869 , from which the Schömer & Jensen shipyard developed in 1890. The list of newbuildings began at 1 and ended with the Kehdingen cargo steamer, which was completed on December 12, 1904, at No. 60. At the end of 1904, the company became Eiderwerft AG. It then operated as Tönninger Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik GmbH from 1910 to 1917 and was called Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik Hansa AG from 1917. In 1920 the name was again changed to Eiderwerft AG. It was taken over in 1921 as the Tönning plant by the Norddeutsche Union-Werke with headquarters in Hamburg . After the delivery of the freight steamer Wilbo , hull number 114, the shipyard was closed in 1924.

Schömer & Jensen from 1890

From 1890 the Schömer & Jensen shipyard built tugboats for its own account as well as barges , schooners and barque cents . From 1894 onwards, official ships such as customs steamers, tour steamers, buoy layers and steam barges were added. Soul lighters and freight steamers up to 1500 GRT were delivered from 1900 and formed the main construction program until 1904.

Eiderwerft from 1904

From 1904 onwards, Eiderwerft AG delivered six freight steamers around 1000 GRT for the H. C. Horn shipping company in Schleswig . By 1909, the measurement of the new buildings increased to around 2,600 GRT. In addition, from 1907 fish steamer was built for many inland shipowners such as the Dithmarschen , which was used as an outpost boat during the First World War .

In 1908, two new buildings were built for Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei AG, founded in 1908 with the support of Albert Ballin and the banker Max Warburg . With the start-up capital of 2.2 million RM, 13 fish steamers were acquired, 11 used and the two new buildings Senator Predöhl and Senator Schröder from the Eiderwerft.

The shipyard was closed due to the shipyard crisis from 1909 to 1914. From 1915 the company was continued as the Tönninger shipyard and machine factory.

Tönninger shipyard, shipyard and machine factory Hansa and as a plant of the North German Union

Under the name Tönninger Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik an excavator was delivered from 1916 , a floating dock for own account and a floating dock for Great Britain .

As Shipyard and Machine Works Hansa were for the Imperial Navy six trawlers and for the Navy two trawlers delivered a survey of around 250 tons. They were used as outpost boats or converted. From 1920, the three minesweepers M150 to M152 were delivered, which were later used as motor cargo ships for Kiel and Hamburg shipowners.

In 1922 and 1923, four freight steamers were built for the Neue Dampfer-Compagnie in Stettin as a plant of the North German Union . The last ship with the hull number 115, the trawler Otterndorf , was due to the shipyard closure of the castle yard built Holtz ended.

The shipyard was closed in 1924 and later demolished. A sea air base was built on the site in 1933.

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Web links

Commons : Eiderwerft  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Erich Gröner u. a .: The German warships 1815–1945. Volume 8/1: River vehicles, Ujäger, outpost boats, auxiliary minesweepers, coastal protection associations. Munich 1993, p. 176 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Minesweeper 1916 , German Naval History.

Coordinates: 54 ° 18 ′ 37.8 "  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 25.8"  E