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[]
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)[]
Civilian ships[]
- SS Preussen (1909)
- SS Stettin (1933)
- SS Isa (1936)
- Wal (1938)
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Submarines (U-boats)[]
- 2 x Type VII submarines (1941–1944)
External links[]
- Some history of Oderwerke
- Documents and clippings about Oderwerke in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
Categories:
- Shipbuilding companies of Germany
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1903
- Defunct companies of Germany
- History of Szczecin
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1961
- German company stubs