MA Flint shipyard
The MA Flint shipyard is a small shipyard in Hamburg . The company was founded in 1870 with the aim of doing mainly repairs. Later the areas of new construction, diving, hydraulic engineering, salvage and mechanical engineering were added. The MA Flint company is now a fifth generation family business.
history
The Hamburg shipbuilder Martin Adolph Flint founded a repair yard on September 15, 1870 in Hamburg on Stadtdeich, which relocated to Norderelbstraße on Steinwerder the following year . Steinwerder, a flood-prone Elbe island, became a flood-proof area for agriculture, restaurants, coffee gardens and industry as well as shipbuilding companies due to the increase with rubble that came from the fire in the city in 1842 . In the new, larger operation, new ships were also built, mainly small harbor vehicles such as barges and tugs . Some of the barges were rented out or used in-house. At the turn of the century the newly built inland vessels Manuele , Ingried and Lieschen were delivered.
Recovery and diving company
Flint had started a rescue and diving company in 1873 after developing useful diving suits and breathing equipment. A small salvage fleet was created consisting of the 70-meter-long pump steamer Adolf and wooden barges built in the own shipyard. To further expand the business, it was sold to the Heinrich-Brandenburg-Werft and a further move to Ellerholzdamm with water connection on Reiherstieg . The salvage business was successful and was expanded to include a crane bar with a steam-powered crane. Two of the recovered ships were converted into the salvage ships Taucher Flint II and Taucher Flint III in our own shipyard .
2nd generation
Martin Adolph Flint's sons William and Harry joined the Navy after completing their apprenticeship and successfully completed a diver training there. Martin Adolph Flint, who died in 1920, handed the company over to his son William Flint in 1912.
3rd generation
His son Adolph learned the metalworking trade and successfully completed a mechanical engineering degree. He also completed diving training with the Navy while doing military service. The Imperial Navy called in Adolph Flint, several employees and two rescue ships for salvage work after the outbreak of the First World War . Many different salvage operations have been carried out in the Baltic Sea . Then over 50 sunken ships were lifted under Flint's direction at the Donautor near Turnu Severin in Romania . In 1919 Adolph Flint became a co-owner of the company, which he gradually expanded and modernized.
After the First World War, the shipyard was equipped for the motorization phase of the coastal shipping fleet. Patent briefs replaced the previous simple towing and the machine shop received a largely new facility. As part of this work, the shipyard also carried out extensions. The salvage steamer Taucher Flint I built by the shipyard Oelkers replaced the first salvage steamer Adolf in 1926 .
In 1927 William Flint died and Adolph Flint became the sole owner of the company. In 1935 the motor tractor Margot was delivered to a Hamburg company. During the Second World War, the company suffered heavily from bomb damage at the shipyard and on the salvage ships, barges and barges.
4th generation
Adolph Flint's sons Carl-Heinrich and Adolf supported Adolph Flint in rebuilding the company after the Second World War and joined the company in 1948 as a personally liable partner. The company had a lot to do, especially in the salvage business, to clear the many wrecks in the port of Hamburg. At that time the company was enlarged and modernized and employed over 100 people. After the extensive salvage work, the company received orders for further new engines, extensions and conversions. Box barges, punt barges and motor launch boats were delivered for Eckelmann . The latter were specially developed for the Port of Hamburg by the engineering office Adolf Weselmann.
MAF shipping company
In 1947 the MAF shipping company was established for Flint as a shipping company for coastal ships. In the beginning, damaged or raised tow lights, coastal ships or loggers were converted or expanded at the company's own shipyard. In 1959, the Hagelstein shipyard in Travemünde delivered the first new build to Flint, the 299 GRT motor ship Adolph Flint . By the 1970s, it became a fleet of eight coasters , which were gradually sold again until the 1980s due to increasing personnel costs. Carl-Heinrich Flint died in 1980, Adolf Flint died in 1986.
5th generation
Jan Flint, the eldest son of Carl-Heinrich Flint and also a shipbuilder, completed a diving apprenticeship in his father's company and also acquired patents as a skipper. In 1984 Jan Flint took over the company. Jan Flint's brothers, William Flint (born 1946), Heiner Flint (born 1951) and Dirk Flint (born 1952) have been involved since April 1980. Dirk Flint has been employed by MA Flint since July 1976 and has been managing director and partner of the company since February 1986.
Around 1990 the salvage fleet consisted of:
- Salvage motor ship Taucher Flint I
- Salvage motor ship Taucher Flint II
- Floating crane Taucher Flint V (200 tons lifting force)
- Salvage motor ship Taucher Flint VI
- Diver rescue boat diver Flint VII
Bankruptcy of the rescue and diving company
There were fewer and fewer orders for the rescue area. In 2004 bankruptcy was filed for the salvage and diving sector. The remaining company concentrated on repairs in the shipyard area, which was continued with a reduced team.
Current situation
Since 2005 the shipyard has operated under the name Schiffswerft MA Flint GmbH to carry out shipbuilding repairs. This includes five patent briefs for performing class work, ship conversions, extensions, modernizations and technical retrofits as well as electrical work. In the machine shop, repairs to engines, maintenance and repair work on shaft systems, propellers, bearings, coolers, filters and other technical auxiliary systems are carried out.
See also
Web links
- MA Flint shipyard
- MA Flint , History and Historical Pictures of the Shipyard
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '1.7 " N , 9 ° 58' 27.3" E