Oderwerke
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Industry | Shipbuilding |
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Founded | 1903 |
Defunct | 1961 |
Fate | Bankrupt |
Headquarters | Stettin, Germany |
Products | Merchant ships Warships U-boats |
Number of employees | ~3600 |
Oderwerke or Stettiner Oderwerke was a German shipbuilding company, located in Stettin.
History
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Oderwerke was founded on January 28, 1903, and built 154 ships prior to World War I.
During World War II Oderwerke built two German Type VII submarines for the Kriegsmarine, U-821 and U-822.
After the war, Oderwerke moved first to Lübeck in 1949 and later Cologne in 1950. The company was declared bankrupt in 1961 and closed.
Ships built by Oderwerke (selection)
[edit]Civilian ships
[edit]- SS Preussen (1909)
- SS Stettin (1933)
- SS Isa (1936)
- Wal (1938)
Naval ships
[edit]Submarines (U-boats)
[edit]- 2 x Type VII submarines (1941–1944)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stettiner Oderwerke.
- Some history of Oderwerke
- Documents and clippings about Oderwerke in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW