Wilhelm Schuchmann

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Fimmo Wilhelm Schuchmann (born June 22, 1858 in Neuharlingersiel , † April 5, 1943 in Bremerhaven ) was a German shipowner .

biography

Schuchmann was born as the son of the East Frisian master shoemaker Behrend-Janssen Schuchmann and his wife Gretke Maria Cornelia, b. Fimmen born. He learned from his maternal uncle Onno Janssen Fimmen, ship chandler in Geestemünde, and worked for various ship brokers . In 1884 he founded his ship brokerage and equipment company in Geestemünde and soon expanded the company into a shipping company. He held shares in other shipping companies and chartered ships. At the turn of the century he acquired his own sailing ships , which transported wood , paving stones and block ice from Sweden , Norway and Finland and coal from Scotland . In 1913 the first steamship was acquired. In 1914, 12 sailing freighters were used on his European trampoline trips . In 1924 Schuchmann had his first salvage tug, the Seefalke, built.

After the First World War , the shipping company switched the fleet to steamers. In 1924 he was a member of the plenary session of the Geestemünde Chamber of Commerce. In 1926 he moved his headquarters from Geestemünde to Bremerhaven. In 1926 Schuchmann acquired the majority of the shares in the Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft founded in 1866 by several shipowners in Hamburg , to which the Nordic Salvage Association (NBV) also belonged. The entrepreneurial focus now shifted to the maneuvering, tugging and salvage business.

Schuchmann formally resigned in 1926 and his son Behrend ran the shipping company in Hamburg. Only one branch remained in Bremerhaven, which was managed by his sons Hermann (1890–1980) and Heinrich (1898–1974). In 1938 the company owned 48 freighters and 21 recovery vehicles.

The Schuchmann heirs Jan-Wilhelm and Gerd Schuchmann later managed the company in Hamburg, which was merged with the Bugsier shipping company in 2004. Hajo Schuchmann followed Gerd Schuchmann.

The Schuchmann house in Geestemünde, built in 1922 according to plans by Heinrich Jäger, is a listed building.

Schuchmann was buried in the Bremerhaven cemetery in Wulsdorf .

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personal data
SURNAME Schuchmann, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German shipowner
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuharlingersiel
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1943
Place of death Bremerhaven