S-2: 4 units (Schnellboot 1931)
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124-415: A 40mm Bofors or, less commonly, a 20mm flakvierling (quadruple mount) for the aft 37mm cannon. The S26 class boats - which provided the bulk of the wartime deliveries - were 34.94 m (114 ft 8 in) long and 5.38 m (17 ft 8 in) in beam . Their diesel engines provided a range of 700 to 750 nmi (810–860 mi; 1,300–1,390 km), substantially greater than
186-481: A Chief Engineer ( Obermaschinist ), three engineer NCOs ( Maschinenmaaten ), six engine-room ratings (usually Heizer ), two radio operators ( Funkgefreiter or Funkgast ) for radio communications including decoding, and a torpedo mechanic ( Torpedomechanikergefreiter ) who doubled as the boat's cook. Crew members could earn an award particular to their work — the Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen — denoted by
248-408: A badge depicting an E-boat passing through a wreath. The criteria were good conduct, distinction in action, and participating in at least twelve enemy actions. It was also awarded for particularly successful missions, displays of leadership or being killed in action. It could be awarded under special circumstances, such as when another decoration was not suitable. E-boats were primarily used to patrol
310-467: A lot of international maritime live music, Kleinkunst , open-air cinema and "Kutterpullen", a rowing contest. At the beginning of September, Vegesack celebrates the Vegesacker Markt (Vegesack market); a fair with fairground rides, raffle booths, shooting galleries and much more. In 2005 the fair was held for the 197th time. It starts with the pageant across the city, and ends with the wet funeral of
372-671: A museum-ship at the Richmond dry docks in Bideford, Devon . The Schnellboot design evolved over time. The first groups had a pair of torpedo tubes fitted on the foredeck, but from S26 onwards the forecastle had been raised so that the torpedo tubes were built into the structure. The first post-WW1 torpedo boat was ordered in November 1929 to be built by Lürssen at Vegesack , near Bremen , in 1930 as their Yard No. 12120, using mahogany and light metal composite. Originally numbered as UZ(S)16 , it
434-611: A number of smaller craft such as fishing boats. They also damaged two cruisers, five destroyers, three landing ships, one repair ship, one naval tug, and numerous other merchant vessels. Sea mines laid by the E-boats sank 37 merchant ships totalling 148,535 tons, a destroyer, two minesweepers, and four landing ships. E-boat crews were awarded 23 Knight's Cross of the Iron Crosses and 112 German Crosses in Gold. To boost Axis naval strength in
496-743: A patrol boat in the Bundesmarine and became commander-in-chief of the fleet before his retirement in 1978. In 1947, the Danish navy bought twelve former Kriegsmarine boats. These were further augmented in 1951 by six units bought from the Royal Norwegian Navy. The last unit, the P568 Viben , was retired in 1965. After World War II, the Norwegian Navy received a number of former Kriegsmarine boats. Six boats were transferred to Denmark in 1951. There
558-552: A radius of 265 nmiles @ 33 knots. Each carried two 550mm torpedo tubes, a 40mm gun and 16 men. Kajmakcalan and Durmitor escaped to Alexandria in April 1941 to join the Allies; the other six fell into Italian hands and became Ms41 to Ms46 , four of them eventually captured by the Germans and refitted with standard 533 mm torpedoes (see below under " S2 class"). The poor seaworthiness of
620-670: A speed of 33.8 knots. Armament and men as in S1 . They formed a "Half Flotilla" and were used for training crews for later E-boats; all were stricken on 10 December 1936 (along with S1 ) for transfer to Spain. The numbers S2 to S5 were re-used in 1943. Eight petrol-engined boats similar to the original S2 class had been ordered from Lürssen, Vegesack, and completed in 1937-39 for that navy as Orjen , Durmitor , Suvobor , Kajmakcalan , Velebit , Dinaira , Rudnik and Triglav . When Italy occupied Yugoslavia in April 1941, two of them ( Durmitor and Kajmakcalan ) escaped to Alexandria and served with
682-419: A sustained speed of 34.2 knots (maximum 39.8 knots). It carried two 500mm (19.685 inch) torpedo tubes and one 20mm flak gun. It had a complement of 12 (later 18) men. Along with the next five boats ( S2 to S6 ), it was stricken on 10 December 1936 and sold to Spain as Badajoz (renamed LT15 in 1939). The number S1 was re-used in 1939. Five boats had been ordered by Bulgaria from Lürssen, Vegesack, of which
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#1733084942790744-641: A test boat under the name EF 3. S130 was on display in Wilhelmshaven , Germany, having formerly been used as a houseboat. S130 was purchased and towed from Wilhelmshaven to the Husbands Shipyard, Marchwood, Southampton , England in January 2003, under the auspices of the British Military Powerboat Trust. In 2004, S130 was taken to the slipway at Hythe, where, under the supervision of
806-449: Is a northern district of Bremen , the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen). Vegesack is located about 20 km (12 mi) north from the centre of Bremen-city at the mouth of the river Lesum , beside the river Weser ( 53°10′07″N 8°37′30″E / 53.16861°N 8.62500°E / 53.16861; 8.62500 ). Abutting
868-664: Is just one surviving E-boat, identified as S130 . It was built as hull No. 1030 at the Schlichting boatyard in Travemünde . S130 was commissioned on 21 October 1943 and took an active part in the war, participating in the Exercise Tiger attack and attacks on the D-Day invasion fleet. According to Dutch military historian Maurice Laarman: In 1945, S130 was taken as a British war prize (FPB 5030) and put to use in covert operations. Under
930-597: The Kriegsmarine in 1939. The E-boats had MB502 diesels and were shorter (by 2.18m) than the standard S26 design of boats. They were re-numbered as S30 to S37 , while the Qi Jiguang was renamed Tanga . Germany sold four E-boats to Romania on 14 August 1944. These vessels displaced 65 tons, had a top speed of 30 knots generated by three Mercedes-Benz engines totalling 2,130 kW (2,850 hp) and were armed with two 500 mm (19.685 in) torpedo tubes. Each of
992-523: The 9th flotilla were the first naval units to respond to the invasion fleet of Operation Overlord . They left Cherbourg harbour at 5 a.m. on 6 June 1944. On finding themselves confronted by the entire invasion fleet, they fired their torpedoes at maximum range and returned to Cherbourg. During World War II, E-boats claimed 101 merchant ships totalling 214,728 tons. Additional claims include 12 destroyers, 11 minesweepers, eight landing ships, six MTBs, one torpedo boat, one minelayer, one submarine, and
1054-636: The Baltic Sea and the English Channel in order to intercept shipping heading for the English ports in the south and east. As such, they were up against Royal Navy and Commonwealth, e.g., Royal Canadian Navy contingents leading up to D-Day , motor gunboats (MGBs), motor torpedo boats (MTBs), motor launches , frigates and destroyers . They were also transferred in small numbers to the Mediterranean, and
1116-655: The Knights of Oumunde . Reconstructed in the 17th century, today it is used as a local museum for exhibitions and exclusive events. Since 1989, the Statt-Theater-Vegesack , a semi-professional troupe of actors, has performed both classical and self-composed plays. The performances take place in the Bürgerhaus Vegesack community centre. The event centre KITO , hosted in an old storehouse, offers jazz, blues, folk and classical concerts and political theatre. Along
1178-449: The S100 class), were very seaworthy, heavily armed and capable of sustaining 43.5 knots (80.6 km/h; 50.1 mph), briefly accelerating to 48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph). These were armed with torpedoes and Flak guns; commonly one 37 mm at the stern, one 20 mm at the bow with a twin mount amidships, plus machine guns. Armament varied and some S26 class boats substituted
1240-471: The Western Approaches . The requirement for good performance in rough seas dictated the use of a round-bottomed displacement hull rather than the flat-bottomed planing hull that was more usual for small, high-speed boats. The shipbuilding company Lürssen at Vegesack , Bremen, overcame many of the disadvantages of such a hull and, with the private motor yacht Oheka II in 1926, produced a craft that
1302-576: The gasoline -fueled American PT boats and British motor torpedo boats (MTBs). As a result of early war experience of combat against the fast and powerful S-boats, the Royal Navy created its MGB force and later developed better-matched MTBs, using the Fairmile 'D' hull design. This design was chosen because the theatre of operations of such boats was expected to be the North Sea , English Channel and
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#17330849427901364-625: The Allied forces, while the other six were commissioned into the Italian Navy as Ms41 to Ms46 . In September 1943 Ms41 (ex Orjen ) at Monfalcone and Ms45 (ex Suvobor ) at Cattolica were scuttled, while the other four were captured by the Germans on 9 September and renamed S2 (ex Velebit ), S3 (ex Dinara ), S4 (ex Triglav ) and S5 (ex Rudnik ); all four were scuttled by the Germans at Salonika in October 1944. Vegesack Vegesack
1426-618: The BMPT, she was prepared and then towed to Mashfords yard in Cremyll , Cornwall, England to await funding for restoration. In 2008, S130 , having been purchased by the Wheatcroft Collection , was set up ashore at Southdown in Cornwall to undergo restoration work involving Roving Commissions Ltd. In July 2020, S130 was still awaiting restoration, with the intention that upon completion it would be
1488-669: The Black Sea by river and land transport. Some small E-boats were built as boats for carrying by auxiliary cruisers. E-boats were organisationally under the command of the Seekriegsleitung or SKL (the naval warfare command, responsible for the planning, execution and direction of naval warfare), and were administratively organised into flotillas, each originally comprising 8 boats. Consequently most orders for new construction were placed in batches of eight boats, or of multiple of eight. The first half-flotilla ( 1st Schnellbootshalbflotille )
1550-519: The Black Sea, the OKW ordered to the region the transfer of six E-boats of the 1st S-flotilla, the last to be released from action in the Baltic Sea before refit. The Romanian port of Constanța , in the Black Sea, was chosen as the S-flotilla's headquarters. Transporting the six boats overland from Germany to Romania was an impressive logistical feat. The superstructure and all weapons were removed, leaving only
1612-458: The E-boat in 1931, a lengthened version of the prototype S1 . The first two were ordered from Lürssen on 28 April 1931 and the other two on 16 July 1931. Each measured 27.95 x 4.2 x 1.06 metres (91 ft 8in x 13 ft 9in x 3 ft 6in) and had a displacement of 46.5 tons standard (58 tons full load). Powered by Daimler-Benz petrol engines on three shafts, with a rating of 3,300 bhp, they had
1674-690: The Italian-designed MAS boats of World War I and early World War II led its navy to build its own version of E-boats, the CRDA 60 t type, classed MS ( Motosilurante ). The prototype was designed on the pattern of the six German-built E-boats captured from the Yugoslav Navy in 1941. Two of them sank the British light cruiser HMS Manchester in August 1942, the largest warship to be sunk by fast torpedo craft in
1736-678: The Lürssen shipyard was founded and is one of the greatest German shipyards today. While the headquarters is located directly at the Vegesack harbour, the production facilities are located on the opposite side of the Weser in Lemwerder as well as in the former Vulkan area. Sail training ship Schulschiff Deutschland , called The White Swan of the Lower-Weser . It is a pure sailing ship without auxiliary engine and
1798-650: The S-flotilla was disbanded after Romania switched sides on the same day. Eight E-boats were built by Lürssen, Vegesack for the Yugoslav Navy from 1936 to 1939. These were named Orjen , Durmitor , Suvobor , Kajmakcalan , Velebit , Dinaira , Rudnik and Triglav . Each measured 28.00 (overall)/27.70 (waterline) x 4.46 x 1.51 m (91 ft 10in/90 ft 10in x 14 ft 4in x 4 ft 11in) and 51 tonnes standard (61.7 tonnes full load). Three Daimler-Benz BF2 petrol engines of 1,100 hp each = 3,300 hp = 33 kts, while they carried 5.8 tonnes of petrrol to give them
1860-779: The Second World War. After the war these boats served with the Italian Navy , some well into the 1970s. The Kriegsmarine supplied the Spanish Francoist Navy with six E-boats ( S1 to S6 ) in December 1936 during the Spanish Civil War , and sold six more ( S73 , S78 , S124 , S125 , S126 and S134 ) to them in 1943 during the Second World War. Another six were built in Spain with some assistance from Lürssen. A motor boat of
1922-557: The Swedish flag for a dash to Gotland , and there they would wait for orders from Hamburg. The first mission consisted in the landing of Lithuanian agents at Palanga , Lithuania , in May 1949, and the last one took place in April 1955 in Saaremaa , Estonia . During the last two years of the operation, three new German-built motorboats replaced the old E-boats. Klose was later assigned the command of
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1984-736: The Wehrmacht's Fremde Heere Ost (Foreign Armies East), used the Royal Navy's E-boats in order to infiltrate its agents into the Baltic states and Poland . Royal Navy Commander Anthony Courtney was struck by the potential capabilities of former E-boat hulls, and John Harvey-Jones of the Naval Intelligence Division was put in charge of the project. He discovered that the Royal Navy still had two E-boats, P5230 and P5208 , and had them sent to Portsmouth, where one of them, P5230 (ex- S130 ),
2046-516: The city of Bremen. From 1619 to 1623 the first artificial harbour of Germany, and one of the first in Europe, was built in Vegesack. The reason for this was the growth of shallows in the river Weser, which blocked big sailing ships from reaching Bremen´s harbour. Goods were then transshipped in the Vegesack-harbour to smaller boats or horse-drawn vehicles and transported to Bremen. With the new harbour
2108-585: The converted steamer Nordsea , but from 1934 a series of purpose-built tenders were commissioned - the Tsingtau in 1934, followed by the Tanga (in 1939), Carl Peters and Adolf Lüderitz in 1940, and finally the Herman von Wissmamm and Gustav Nachtigal . E-boats of the 6th & 9th flotillas from Cherbourg attacked Exercise Tiger on 28 April 1944, causing about 749 American Army and Navy casualties. The E-boats of
2170-551: The cover of the British Control Commission's Fishery Protection Service, which was responsible for preventing Soviet navy vessels from interfering with German fishing boats and for destroying stray mines. The home port of the boats was Kiel , and operated under the supervision of Harvey-Jones. Manned by Klose and his crew, they usually departed for the island of Bornholm waving the White Ensign , where they would hoist
2232-485: The district of Vegesack to the northwest is the district of Blumenthal , in the southeast the district of Burglesum . Across the river Weser is the Lower Saxony village Lemwerder , connected to Vegesack by a ferry service. Vegesack was established long before the 14th century. At that time the mouth of the river Lesum and the small brook Aue to the river Weser was a preferred and protected berth for sailing ships in
2294-644: The early series, either the Falange or the Requeté , laid two mines off Almería that crippled the British destroyer HMS Hunter on 13 May 1937. The German-built boats were discarded in the 1960s, while some of the Spanish-built ones served until the early 1970s. The Chinese Nationalist Navy had three S7 -class boats during the Second Sino-Japanese War . Yue-22 was destroyed by Japanese planes, Yue-371
2356-616: The first four were delivered as F1 to F4 . The fifth boat was retained in Germany and given the number S1 . These were petrol-engined boats, similar to the S2 class built for the Kriegsmarine. Although commissioned in 1939, its petrol engines gave frequent problems, and on 10 September 1940 its stern was rammed (by S13 ) in Vlissingen, and was later removed from active service. The first production of
2418-543: The four boats had a crew of 25. They were numbered 10 to 13 (formerly S151 , S152 , S153 and S154 ) and served in the Romanian Navy until at least 1954. At the end of the war about 34 E-boats were surrendered to the British. Three boats, S130 (renamed P5230 ), S208 ( P5208 ) and S212 ( P5212 ) were retained for trials. The Gehlen Organization , an intelligence agency established by American occupation authorities in Germany in 1946 and manned by former members of
2480-546: The guise of the "British Baltic Fishery Protection Service", the British Secret Intelligence Service MI-6 ferried spies and agents into Eastern Europe. Beginning in May 1949, MI-6 used S208 , (Kommandant Hans-Helmut Klose) to insert agents into Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland. The operations were very successful and continued under a more permanent organisation based in Hamburg. In 1952, S130 joined
2542-639: The hull. After a long road journey of 60 hours, the boats arrived at Ingolstadt , where they were transferred back to water and towed towards Linz . Upon reaching the Austrian city, the superstructure was rebuilt, then the journey continued down the Danube to Galați , where the main engines were installed. The E-boats then continued on their own power towards Constanța , where refitting was completed. The first two boats, S26 and S28 , arrived in Constanța on 24 May 1942,
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2604-470: The importance of Vegesack increased rapidly. The importance of Vegesack can be seen in the following: In 1863 the forerunner of the German life boat service ( German : Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger ) was founded in Bremen by Adolph Bermpohl , a navigation-teacher in Vegesack. In 1893 a fishing company was founded which became, in the mid-1930s, Europe's biggest herring fleet; Vegesack
2666-591: The last German full-rigged three-master ship, today owned and operated by the German Training Ship Association , Bremen. Constructed in 1927 by the Joh. C. Tecklenborg shipyard in Geestemünde , which is now part of the city of Bremerhaven , the ship was listed as a historical monument in 1994. Schloß Schönebeck ( Castle Schönebeck ), built middle of 14th century by Johann von Oumunde (=Aumund), head of
2728-404: The main rudder could be angled outboard to 30 degrees, creating at high speed what is known as the Lürssen Effect . This drew in an "air pocket slightly behind the three propellers, increasing their efficiency, reducing the stern wave and keeping the boat at a nearly horizontal attitude". This was an important innovation as the horizontal attitude lifted the stern, allowing even greater speed, and
2790-446: The manning had increased to 18 men. The S26 class required a complement of between 21 and 24 men, and this remained generally constant for all subsequent boats (except the ex-Italian and KS and LS boats). This comprised a commanding officer (usually an Oberleutnant zur See ), a Chief Boatswain ( Oberbootsmann ), a Helmsman ( Matrosen-Gefreiter ), about six seamen including those operating semaphore and engine telegraph posts ( Matrosen ),
2852-415: The mouth of the Danube, where S42 was fitted with a new propeller. They were joined by S72 in early August, the rest of the boats remaining in Constanța. On 19 August, S26 , S40 and S72 were destroyed in port by a Soviet air attack. On 22 August S148 hit a mine and sank near Sulina, and on the following day, S42 , S52 and S131 were destroyed in Constanța by a Soviet air attack. What remained of
2914-598: The newly commissioned S49 operational. On 1 January 1944, the 1st S-flotilla numbered six operational boats: S26 , S42 , S47 , S49 , S52 and S79 , while S28 , S40 , S45 and S51 were all out of commission, undergoing repair in Constanța. Three more boats were shipped down the Danube and were being reconstructed at Constanța. On 1 June 1944, 8 boats were operational in Constanța: S28 , S40 , S47 , S49 , S72 , S131 , S148 and S149 . The boats were however penned in harbor, due to fuel shortage. During July, S26 , S28 , S40 and S42 were transferred to Sulina at
2976-422: The operation and the mission was enlarged to include signal intelligence (SIGINT) equipment. In 1954/55, S130 and S208 were replaced by a new generation of German S-boote. S130 was returned to the newly formed Bundesmarine in March 1957, and operated under the number UW 10 . Serving initially in the Unterwasserwaffenschule training sailors in underwater weaponry such as mines and torpedoes, she later became
3038-404: The reduced stern wave made E-boats harder to see, especially at night. The rounded wood planking hull helped reduce weight, and flattened at the stern area, the aft section area was reduced at high speeds, it allowed more hydrodynamic lift. The internal layout of the E-boat remained the same for all types. Its length was generally divided by eight transverse bulkheads (made of 4mm steel below
3100-520: The river Weser is the Stadtgarten (town garden) stretches along the Weserpromenade between the ferry and the Gläserne Werft (shipyard showcase). At the bottom of the scarp you can find many foreign trees and a rose garden, at the top are villas and captain's houses. The Vegesacker Hafenfest (Vegesack harbour festival) takes place on the first weekend in June. Three days full of live music, shanty choirs, maritime attractions and happy people. The Festival Maritim (beginning of August) also offers
3162-413: The second pair, S72 and S102 on 3 June, and the final pair, S27 and S40 10 days later. After the sinking of S27 by a malfunctioning torpedo, four more reserve boats, S47 , S49 , S51 and S-52 were dispatched to the Black Sea , in order to replace boats undergoing maintenance. S28 , S72 and S102 were soon relegated to the Constanța Shipyard for engine replacement, leaving only S26 and
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#17330849427903224-669: The title S-boat . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S-boat&oldid=881111083 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Schnellboot S-7: 7 units (Schnellboot 1933) S-14: 4 units (Schnellboot 1934) S-18: 8 units (Schnellboot 1937) S-26: 4 units S-30: 16 units (Schnellboot 1939) S-38: 58 units (Schnellboot 1939/40) S-38b: S-100: 81 units E-boat
3286-405: The waterline and slightly thinner light metal alloy above) into nine watertight compartments. From bow to stern, these were: Note that the earliest (shorter) boats lacked the first transverse bulkhead, and thus the senior ratings' accommodation was included in the first watertight compartment. The earliest six boats had a crew of 12 men, but by the time of the S7 and S14 types ( S7 to S25 )
3348-570: The winter time or in the stormy seasons. Therefore, the first buildings might have been a few workshops and accommodations and pubs for the sailors. After the first mention of a ferry across the Weser in the 14th century, the name "Vegesack" was first used in 1453. The source and the meaning of the name is unknown but might be derived from the pub "Thom Fegesacke". In its long history Vegesack often changed hands. In 1648 it became Swedish, 1712 Danish, 1802 Bremish and 1810 French. In 1850 Vegesack received town privileges and in 1939 it became again part of
3410-405: Was commissioned into the Reichmarine on 7 August 1930. It was renamed W1 on 31 March 1931, and then as S1 on 16 March 1932. It measured 26.8 x 4.2 x 1.06 metres (87 ft x 13 ft 9in x 3 ft 6in) and had a displacement of 39 tons standard (50 tons full load). Powered by three Daimler-Benz BF2 12-cylinder 900 hp petrol engines on three shafts, with a rating of 2,700 bhp, it had
3472-443: Was fast, strong and seaworthy. It was also very light, being constructed of wooden planking over alloy frames. This attracted the interest of the Reichsmarine , which in November 1929 ordered a similar boat but fitted with two torpedo tubes. This became the S1 , and was the basis for all subsequent E-boats. After experimenting with the S1 , the Germans made several improvements to the design. Small rudders added on either side of
3534-412: Was formed in July 1932, but was reorganised as 1st Schnellbootsflotille in June 1935. A second flotilla was established in August 1938, and a third in 1940. Eventually there were fourteen operational flotillas, numbered 1st to 11th plus 21st, 22nd and 24th, together with three training flotillas ( Schnellbootsschulflotille ). Each flotilla required the backup of a depot ship; initially this was provided by
3596-449: Was modified to reduce its weight and increase its power with the installation of two Napier Deltic engines of 1,900 kW (2,500 hp) each. Lieutenant-Commander Hans-Helmut Klose [ de ] was assigned to command a German crew, recruited by the British MI6 and funded by the American Office of Policy Coordination . The missions were assigned the codename " Operation Jungle ". The boats carried out their missions under
3658-465: Was sunk by its sailors to avoid being captured by the Japanese soldiers and Yue-253 was captured by the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War . Yue-253 was renamed "Hoiking" (海鯨), meaning "Seawhale" in Chinese . The People's Liberation Army Navy used it as a patrol boat until 1963. The Chinese Nationalist government also ordered eight E-boats and a tender , Qi Jiguang (戚繼光). These were all taken over while under construction by
3720-443: Was the Western Allies ' designation for the fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot , or S-Boot , meaning "fast boat"; plural Schnellboote ) of the Kriegsmarine during World War II ; E-boat could refer to a patrol craft from an armed motorboat to a large Torpedoboot. The name of E-boats was a British designation using the letter E for Enemy . The main wartime production boats, from S26 onwards (but often designated
3782-465: Was the greatest and most important shipbuilding site on the Weser river for a long time. In 1896 the shipyard Bremer Vulkan was founded by some Bremen politicians and merchants. It became the greatest shipyard in civilian shipbuilding before World War I. The so-called Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG or Vulkan Group became Germany´s greatest shipbuilding company in the 1970s with altogether about 22,000 workers. The Vegesack shipyard closed in 1997. In 1875
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#17330849427903844-435: Was the port of registry of this company which was closed in the 1960s. In 1805 the Lange shipyard was founded by Johann Lange. This company constructed in 1817 Germany´s first steaming ship Die Weser . In the first half of the 19th century Vegesack was the home of the Lange and the Ulrich shipyards. Both were the predecessors of the Bremer Vulkan shipyard and the Janssen/Sager shipyard. With these three shipyards, Vegesack
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