List of German naval shipyards
This list lists German companies that build or have built warships and submarines for the German navy and export. It serves primarily for historical purposes and an overview of the military complex of the Federal Republic of Germany .
| short form | Surname | Products | fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Weser | AG "Weser", Bremen | Submarines, frigates, destroyers | closed on December 31, 1983 |
| Abeking & Rasmussen (A&R) | Abeking & Rasmussen Schiffs- und Yachtwerft AG | Minesweepers, speedboats | still independently active |
| Blohm + Voss | Blohm & Voss Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik AG, Hamburg |
Battleships, cruisers, submarines, destroyers, frigates, speedboats | Taken over by Lürssen in 2016 |
| Bremen volcano | Bremer Vulkan AG shipbuilding and machine factory Bremen-Vegesack |
Submarines, frigates | Closed in 1997 after bankruptcy |
| Burmester shipyard | Burmester Werft Bremen-Lesum, Swinoujscie |
War fish cutters, minesweepers and clearing boats | 1979 taken over by the Lürssen shipyard |
| Gdańsk shipyard | Danzig Werft AG, Danzig | Submarines | After the war ended in 1945, it was merged with Schichau to form the Lenin shipyard in Danzig |
| DeSchiMAG | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen | Destroyers, cruisers, submarines | Merger of individual shipyards in 1928: u. a. AG "Weser", Vulkan Hamburg and Stettin. Liquidated at the end of 1945. |
| German shipyard | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg | Submarines | Merged into HDW in 1968 |
| German works | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel | Battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines | Dismantled after the end of the war, the area taken over by Howaldtswerke in 1955 |
| Evers shipyard | Evers shipyard, Niendorf | Minesweeper | After the wooden minesweepers were taken out of service, the shipyard was abandoned |
| Flender works | Flender-Werft AG, Lübeck | Submarines | Closed in 2002 after bankruptcy |
| FSG | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG | U-boats, supply ships | still independent |
| Germania shipyard | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel | Submarines, cruisers, destroyers, battleships | dismantled after 1945 |
| Stülckenwerft | HC Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg | Destroyers, submarines | Acquired by Blohm & Voss in 1966 after bankruptcy |
| HDW | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG, Kiel | Submarines, frigates | Created in 1968 from the merger of the Howaldtswerke in Kiel with the Howaldtswerke Hamburg and the Deutsche Werft. Since 2012 ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems GmbH, Kiel. |
| Howaldtswerke | Howaldtswerke Hamburg | Submarines | was founded in 1930 from the shipyards AG Vulkan Hamburg and Janssen & Schmilinsky, merged into HDW in 1968 , closed in 1985 |
| Navy shipyard | Kriegsmarine shipyard, Wilhelmshaven | Submarines, battleships, cruisers | Partly dismantled after the end of the war, today BWB naval arsenal |
| Kröger shipyard | Krögerwerft GmbH & Co. KG, formerly | Speedboats, minesweepers and hunting boats, coastal protection boats | Branches in Warnemünde and Stralsund were expropriated in 1945 and the Warnowwerft and Volkswerft Stralsund , newly founded in Schacht-Audorf , are now run as Lürssen-Kröger under the management of Lürssen |
| Lürssen | Ms. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co.KG, Bremen | Speedboats, minesweepers, minehunters, corvettes, frigates and utilities (in cooperation) | still family-owned |
| Neptune shipyard | Neptun Werft AG, Rostock | Minesweepers, submarines | taken over by the Meyer shipyard |
| North Sea Works | North Sea Works, Emden | Submarines, frigates, corvettes | formerly part of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems , today a supplier to the wind energy industry |
| ThyssenKrupp | ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems , Kiel | Submarines, frigates, corvettes | Merger of Blohm + Voss , Nordseewerke and HDW |
| Oderwerke | Stettiner Oderwerke Aktiengesellschaft for shipbuilding and mechanical engineering |
Minesweepers, submarines | Stettin site dismantled in 1945, bankruptcy in 1961 |
| Schichau | F. Schichau, Danzig | Minesweepers, submarines | after 1945 takeover by the Polish state as Lenin shipyard in Danzig |
| Seebeck shipyard | Schichau Seebeck Shipyard GmbH | Minesweepers, torpedo boats, outpost boats, submarines | Closed on July 31, 2009 |
| Hamburg volcano | AG Vulkan Hamburg | Cruisers, submarines | 1926 to DeSchiMAG , 1929 Howaldtswerke Hamburg |
| Szczecin volcano | WG Vulkan Stettin | Cruisers, submarines | 1926 to DeSchiMAG , closed in 1928 |
| GNY Kiel | German Naval Yards Kiel | Frigates, Corvettes, Offshore Patrol Vessels | Originated from the surface naval shipbuilding of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), today part of German Naval Yards Holdings |