Industry Shipbuilding Headquarters Hamburg, Germany Ceased operations 1968 | Defunct 1968 Founded 1918 Fate Mergers and acquisitions | |
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Successor Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | ||
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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