Elbewerft Boizenburg

Elbewerft Boizenburg was a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Boizenburg. Since 1990 it has been part of the Deutschen Maschinen- und Schiffbau AG (DMS AG).^[1]

History

The boat workshop was founded by Franz Jürgen Lemm in 1793.^[2] The first steel ship was launched in 1895. The shipyard developed quickly, from Elbewerft, Boizenburger Werft to Thomsen & Co, in 1938. After World War II the shipyard was founded as VVW Elbewerft Boizenburg VEB on the basis of Thomsen & Co and after 1945 and the separation of Germany, the shipyard focused on markets in Eastern Europe. In 1970, after fusion with shipyard in Roßlau,^[3] Elbewerft Boizenburg became part of VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau, which was one of the most renowned state-owned shipyards of the German Democratic Republic.

Ships built by VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau (selection)

Fishcutters

• Typ Havanna

• 
  Young workers from Cuba
• 
  Fishcutter for Cuba

Container ships

• Typ CBK

River cruise ships

• Vladimir Ilyich (1975)
• 30 Let GDR (1980)
• Dmitriy Furmanov (1983)
• Igor Stravinskiy (1983)
• Sergey Dyagilev (1983)
• Aleksey Surkov (1984)
• Konstantin Simonov (1984)
• Sergey Kirov (1987)
• Marshal Rybalko (1988)
• Taras Shevchenko (1991)
• Konstantin Stanyukovich (1991)

• 
  Sankt-Peterburg (originally, the Vladimir Ilyich)
• 
  30 Let GDR on the Amur River in the Soviet Far East
• 
  T. G. Shevchenko at pier in Nesebar
• 
  Ship's passageway

See also

• Nordic Yards Wismar

References

1. Tabelle 19(in German)
2. Auszüge aus dem Buch 'Boizenburg in alten Ansichten Band 1' Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine(in German)
3. Shipbuilding- and Shipping Exhibition Roßlau(in German)

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