Royal Shipyard

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The Royal Sea Shipyard in Havelberg was founded in 1779 by the Royal Main Timber Administration and managed by the Swedish shipbuilder Johann Samuel Sepelius. The Royal Main Timber Administration conducted European timber trade . The main export goods were oak for shipbuilding and beams and planks made of fir wood. Trade was carried out with its own ships via the port of Hamburg and the most important trading partners were in England , Holland and France .

Shipbuilding, work processes of this epoch in Havelberg

shipyard

The Swedish Councilor Christian Eckerdt suggested building the shipyard and recommended JS Sepelius as the shipyard manager. Sepelius was a student of the later ennobled Swedish shipbuilder Fredrik Henrik af Chapman , who was the first to base the planning and construction of ships on a scientific and mathematical basis, also to determine the flow resistance of various hull shapes. Due to the location of Havelberg on the Havel and Elbe and the abundance of wood, the location offered ideal conditions for a port and a shipyard. The customs privileges and the delivery of seaworthy ships from the shipyard led to the city's national significance.

Model of a herring bush in the North Sea Museum Husum

Ships

Expensive ship transport from Havelberg to Hamburg with draft horses and "camels"

The shipyard delivered around 25 seagoing vessels up to 100 load, mainly for seagoing purposes . The ships of the Prussian maritime trade were allowed to be armed for their protection and to carry the Prussian coat of arms in the flag . Further ships were built for the Royal Timber Administration and also for Hamburg shipowners . The brig and the Schmack predominated as the type of ship , and several yachts and six herring tins were delivered for the new Emden Herings Company.

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literature

  • Walter Laas : The German shipbuilding around the year 1800. In: Yearbook of the shipbuilding society . Volume 40, 1939, ZDB ID 241092-8 .
  • Gerhard Köhn: Sea thrown & sea salted. Logger fishing off the German North Sea coast. In memory of the Glückstadt herring fishery founded 100 years ago. Mocker & Jahn, Soest 1994, ISBN 3-87902-800-1 .
  • Heinz Burmester: circumnavigation under the Prussian flag. The Royal Prussian Sea Trade and its Ships. Kabel, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-8225-0062-3 .
  • Wolfgang Radtke : The Prussian maritime trade between state and economy in the early phase of industrialization (= individual publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin. Vol. 30). Colloquium, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-7678-0526-X .

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