Lindholmens Varv
| Lindholmens Varv AB | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Aktiebolag (AB) |
| founding | 1845 |
| resolution | 1976 |
| Seat |
Gothenburg , Sweden
|
| Branch | Mechanical workshop / shipyard |
The Swedish machine and shipbuilding company Lindholmens Varv AB existed from 1845 to 1976 in Gothenburg.
history
Lindholmens Verkstads Aktiebolaget
The company was founded in 1845 by Theodor Wilhelm Tranchell as a repair and timber shipyard Lindholmens Verkstads Aktiebolaget . After the first ship was launched in 1848 with the brig Aurora , the shipyard began focusing on iron shipbuilding around 1850. In 1855 the first iron steamer, the Gustav II Adolf , was delivered. In the same year, the shipyard inaugurated the first Gothenburg slipway. After economic difficulties, the Motala Verkstad shipyard became a co-owner of the company in 1858 . In 1875, Lindholmen opened the first dry dock in Gothenburg with the participation of the Swedish Navy, and the two ironclad ships Svea and Göta were built in the late 1880s to early 1890s . In 1906, Lindholmen was completely taken over by Motala and in 1910 the railway ferry Konung Gustav V was built. In 1915 a consortium from Gothenburg took over the shipyard.
Aktiebolaget Lindholmen – Motala
In the 1920s, Motala Verkstads Nya Aktiebolaget and Lindholmens Verkstads Aktiebolaget were merged to Aktiebolaget Lindholmen-Motala and in 1936 the company was renamed Lindholmens Varv AB . During the Second World War, Axel Johnson ( Axel Johnson Group ) took over Lindholmen as the sole owner. Lindholmen had a good reputation for its steam engine construction and mainly built steam ships until after the Second World War. In the post-war period, Lindholmen became a licensee for Götaverken two-stroke diesel engines and Pielstick four-stroke diesel engines.
Lindholmens Motor Aktiebolaget
The shipyard flourished until the 1960s, but against the background of growing ship sizes, it ran into difficulties due to a lack of expansion options for the company premises and was taken over in 1970 by Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad , who split up the company and took over large parts of the shipyard's workforce. The remaining marine engineering was called Lindholmens Motor Aktiebolaget and the shipyard was closed in 1976.
In total, more than 600 ships were built at the shipyard in 131 years of operation.