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Industry
  
Shipbuilding

Defunct
  
1961

Headquarters
  
Szczecin, Poland

Ceased operations
  
1961

Fate
  
Bankrupt

Number of employees
  
~3600

Founded
  
1903

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Products
  
Merchant ships Warships U-boats

Oderwerke or Stettiner Oderwerke was a German shipbuilding company, located in Stettin.

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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.

Civilian ships

  • SS Preussen (1909)
  • SS Stettin (1933)
  • SS Isa (1936)
  • Wal (1938)
  • Submarines (U-boats)

  • 2 x Type VII submarines (1941–1944)
  • References

    Oderwerke Wikipedia