- Danziger Werft
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Danziger Werft AG Industry Shipbuilding Fate Taken over by Polish government after World War II Successor Gdańsk Shipyard Founded 1921 Defunct 1945 Headquarters Danzig, Germany Products Merchant ships
Warships
U-boatsDanziger Werft was a German shipbuilding company, located in Danzig. It was founded in 1921 on the site of the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig that had been closed after World War I.
During World War II Danziger Werft built 42 Type VII U-boats for the Kriegsmarine.
After the war Danziger Werft was considerable damaged as the result of bombing raids and was eventually taken over by Polish government and a new shipbuilding company founded as Gdańsk Shipyard.
Categories:- Shipbuilding companies of Germany
- Companies established in 1921
- Defunct companies of Germany
- History of Gdańsk
- German company stubs
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