Willy von Hacht

Willy von Hacht (also W. v. Hacht ) was a yacht and boat yard in Hamburg . It was founded in 1863 and burned down in 1943 with all the documents. After the name was changed to Hamann & Spiess , it was given up in 1962.

history

It was founded in 1863 when Fritz Pantelmann took over the company, which at that time had existed for about 30 years. Initially, the shipyard only dealt with the repair of barges, barges , steamboat piers , "state work" etc. on the Alster. From around 1888 the business increasingly focused on rowing boats and more elegant ships.

In 1889 the open sailing boat Neolus was built as was customary at the time (approx. 7 meters long and 2 meters wide). Shortly afterwards, the order for a larger boat Gesion in Karaveelbau followed, which won the competition against other very good boats.

In 1896 the sword yacht Butt was built on its own account, followed by Bussard , Beowolf and others. The business developed into a pure yacht-boat building; work on barges and similar types of ships was completely abandoned.

The boat building grew more and more, so that from 1907 the owner Willy von Hacht continued his modern shipyard on a new piece of land he had acquired on Weidestrasse. Willy von Hacht was an internationally successful designer of regatta and touring yachts. On its 50th anniversary in 1913, the shipyard was celebrated by the newspaper as a “well-known company with an international reputation”. During the First World War, the company delivered 15 shallow mine clearance boats to the navy, during the Second World War the shipyard built torpedo and explosive vessels.

Ships and yachts of the shipyard

Komoran
sunshine
Sagitta
Hidi (1904)
Hadwig (1904)
Elisabeth (1904)
Nordmark
Rhineland
Muschka (1923)
Ellen (now renamed: Irene) (1936)
Hagen (1937)
Sea Dragon (1937)
Sea Wolf (1937)