Deutsche Werft

Deutsche Werft AG
Industry	Shipbuilding
Fate	Merged
Successor	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Founded	1918
Defunct	1968
Headquarters	Finkenwerder, Hamburg, Germany

Diesel-electric motor vessel Wuppertal, built by Deutsche Werft for Hamburg America Line in 1936

Deutsche Werft was a shipbuilding company in Finkenwerder, Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1918 by Albert Ballin and with Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH), Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) and Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG) as investors.

In peacetime, Deutsche Werft built merchant ships, such as the HAPAG turbo-electric cargo ships Antilla and Orizaba.

In World War II Deutsche Werft built 113 Type IX and XXIII U-boats for the Kriegsmarine.

In 1968 Deutsche Werft was merged and became part of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft.

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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft

Civilian ships	Bungsberg (1924) Otto Hahn (1968) Tor Scandinavia (1976) MS Bahamas Celebration (1981) Astor (1981) PFS Polarstern (1982) Astor (1987) Superfast VII (2001) Superfast VIII (2001) Superfast IX (2002) Superfast X (2002)

Naval frigates	SAS Isandlwana (F146) SAS Mendi (F148)

Naval corvettes	Braunschweig-class corvettes

Naval submarines (U-boats)	Type 800 Dolphin class submarines Type 205 submarines Type 206 submarines Type 209 submarines Type 212 submarines Type 214 submarines Type 216 submarines

Naval gunboats	USS Topeka (PG-35)

People	Wilhelm Bauer August Howaldt

Subsidiaries	Deutsche Werft

Related	Hellenic Shipyards Co. ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 245438927 GND: 2008329-4

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