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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH
Type Private
Genre Shipbuilding
Founded 1838
Founder August Howaldt and Johann Schweffel
Headquarters Kiel, Germany
Industry Shipbuilding
Products Passenger ships
Cargo ships
U-boats
Warships
Owner ThyssenKrupp
Employees 2,400
Parent ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Website www.hdw.de
View on HDW-shipyard at Kiel
View on HDW-shipyard at Kiel
The Brandtaucher in the museum in Dresden
The Brandtaucher in the museum in Dresden

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History

HDW was founded October 1, 1838 in Kiel at the Bay of Kiel of the Baltic Sea by the engineer August Howaldt and the Kiel entrepreneur Johann Schweffel under the name Maschinenbauanstalt und Eisengießerei Schweffel & Howaldt, initially building boilers. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common For the city in the United States, see Kiel Wisconsin. For the name see Kiel (name. |-|The Bay of Kiel (Kieler Bucht Kiel Bugt is a Bay in the southwestern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany and the The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. August Ferdinand Howaldt ( 23 October 1809 &ndash 4 August 1883) was a German Engineer and ship builder A boiler is a closed vessel in which Water or other Fluid is heated

The first steam engine for naval purposes was built in 1849 for the Von der Tann, a gunboat for the small navy of Schleswig-Holstein. A steam engine is a Heat engine that performs Mechanical work using Steam as its Working fluid. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Von der Tann was a steam-powered 120 ton gunboat built in 1849 at Conradi shipyards in Kiel for the small navy of Schleswig-Holstein, the first propeller-driven A gunboat is literally a Boat carrying one or more Guns The term is rather broad and the usual connotation has changed over the years (sometimes encompassing is the northernmost of the 16 ''Bundesländer'' in Germany. The former English name was Sleswick-Holsatia the Danish name is

In 1850, the company built an early submarine, Brandtaucher, designed by Wilhelm Bauer. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Brandtaucher was a Submersible designed by the German Inventor and Engineer Wilhelm Bauer and built by Schweffel Wilhelm Bauer ( December 23, 1822 - June 20,1875 was the German Inventor and Engineer, who built several hand-powered This was somewhat of an accident: during the First Schleswig War, Danish forces had advanced too close to Rendsburg where construction of the boat had been intended, and so the task was shifted to Kiel. The First Schleswig War (Schleswig-Holsteinischer Krieg or Three Years' War (Treårskrigen was the first round of military conflict in southern Denmark and northern The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Rendsburg (Rendsborg is a town on the Kiel Canal in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

The first ship built under the company's new name Howaldtswerke was a small steamer, named Vorwärts, built in 1865. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Business expanded rapidly as Germany rose to a maritime power, and by the turn of the century some 390 ships had been completed.

In 1892 the company started a subsidiary in Austrian-Hungarian Fiume on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Rijeka (other Croatian dialects Rika and Reka, Reka Italian and Hungarian: Fiume, Sankt Veit am Pflaumb is The activity was closed down by the company in 1902. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The shipyard still exists, today under the firm 3. Maj. 3 Maj (official name Treći Maj Brodogradilište dd; "Third May Shipyard" is the largest Shipyard in Croatia, located in the city of

With Kiel being one of the two main bases of the Kaiserliche Marine, the shipyard also benefited much from navy maintenance, repair and construction contracts. The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire. During World War I the company also built a number of U-boats. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers

In 1937 the company, by then having yards in Kiel and in Hamburg, was taken over by the Kriegsmarine. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kriegsmarine (English "War navy" was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945 during the Nazi regime superseding the During World War II, Howaldtswerke in Hamburg built 33 VIIC U-boats and Howaldtswerke in Kiel 31 VIIC U-boats. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Type VIIA The Type VIIA boats were designed in 1933 until 1934 as the first of a new generation of attack U-boats Most were built at Deschimag AG Weser in Bremen with U33-36

After the end of World War II, Howaldtswerke was the only major shipyard in Kiel that was not dismantled. The yard flourished during the post-war "economic miracle" of the 1960s, with the construction of freighters and tankers, and again expanded by opening a shipyard in Hamburg.

In 1968 Howaldtswerke merged with Deutsche Werft in Hamburg, and the company took the new name Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, or HDW for short. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Deutsche Werft was a German Shipbuilding Company, located in Hamburg, Germany. After falling on hard times under the pressure of cheaper competition from Japan and Korea, the Hamburg operations were closed down in 1985. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)

Today HDW is a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, a group of European yards, including Kockums of Malmö and Hellenic Shipyards Co. of Skaramangas, Greece. ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems of Germany (often abbreviated TKMS) is a group of providers of naval vessels Surface ships and Submarines It was Kockums AB is a Shipyard in Malmö, Sweden owned by the German shipyard HDW in Kiel. Hellenic Shipyards is a large Shipyard in Skaramangas near Athens Nearest places Aspropyrgos, north Chaidari, east Nikaia, southeast Keratsini, Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The group employs about 6,600 staff in Germany, Sweden and Greece. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία

HDW has recently worked with Kockums and Northrop Grumman to offer a Visby class corvette derivative in the American Focused Mission Vessel Study, a precursor to the Littoral combat ship program. Kockums AB is a Shipyard in Malmö, Sweden owned by the German shipyard HDW in Kiel. Northrop Grumman Corporation ( is an Aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. History Much of the design was based on the experiences learned from the experimental ship HMS Smyge. The Littoral Combat Ship is the first design of the US Navy 's next-generation surface combatants

Ships built by HDW (selection)

Civilian ships

Naval ships

Frigates

Corvettes

Submarines (U-boats)

External links

Bungsberg (originally called Eva is a shipwreck of a vessel built in 1924 at Howaldtswerke in Hamburg for China Rhederei AG, now laying at a Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Otto Hahn is one of only four nuclear-powered cargo vessels ever built. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a Cruise ship with a Ro-Pax ferry. History Tor Line service Tor Line had been established in 1966 by two Swedish companies to operate car-passenger services between Sweden England A cruise ship or cruise liner is a Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) An icebreaker is a special purpose Ship or Boat designed to move and navigate through Ice -covered waters Concept and construction The Superfast VII was the first ship in a series of four ice-classified ropax ferries built by HDW Kiel for Superfast Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Service history 2002-2006 Superfast Ferries service In 2001 Superfast Ferries had made a deal with the Swedish government to operate a ferry connection See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Concept and construction The Superfast X was the last ship in a series of four identical Ice classed fast ferries built by HDW Kiel Images List of ships See also ''F125'' class frigate ''Sachsen'' class frigate Images List of ships See also ''De Zeven Provinciën'' class frigate ''F125'' class frigate Technical details They feature reduced radar and infrared signature (" stealth " beyond the Sachsen class frigate) and should have been equipped with Diogenes — a steamer built in 1881 by Georg Howaldt at Kiel Germany — was acquired by the Navy from the Thames Iron Works, London, England, on List of boats See also List of boats Background Five variants of this submarine have been produced Type 209/1100 Type 209/1200 Type 209/1300 Type 209/1400 and Type 209/1500 Development At the beginning of the 1990s the German Navy was seeking a replacement for the Type 206 submarines Initial study started on a Type 209 Variants Type 214TN German- Turkish Co-production version which will utilize 80% Turkish systems including but not limited to Turkish C4I systems and VESTEL Boron-Hydrogen Boats Dolphin 5/1998 Leviathan 1999 Tekumah 2000
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