Blohm+Voss
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Blohm+Voss (B+V), also written historically as Blohm & Voss, Blohm und Voß etc., is a German shipbuilding and engineering company. Founded in Hamburg in 1877 to specialise in steel-hulled ships, its most famous product was the World War II battleship Bismarck. In the 1930s, its owners established the Hamburger Flugzeugbau aircraft manufacturer which, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, adopted the name of its parent company. Following a difficult period after the war, B+V was revived, changing ownership among several owners, such as Thyssen Group and Star Capital.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Blohm+Voss B.V. & Co. KG
- Company.logo
- BlohmPlusVoss.svg
- Company.type
- Subsidiary (KG)
- Company.foundation
- 1877
- Company.founders
- Hermann BlohmErnst Voss
- Company.location_city
- Hamburg, Paris
- Company.location_country
- Germany, France
- Company.key_people
- Klaus Borgschulte, Tim Wagner, Dirk Malgowski, Lena Ströbele
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Shipbuilding
- Company.products
- Ships and yachts
- Company.services
- Repair, refit and new construction
- Company.num_employees
- 447 (2021)
- Company.parent
- Lürssen Rheinmetall
- Company.owner
- Lürssen Yachts, Rheinmetall naval ships
- Company.homepage
- blohmvoss.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 689
- Official website
- nvl.de/en/shipyards-and-docks/blohmvoss
- Image
- Blohm + Voss (Hamburg-Steinwerder).2.phb.ajb.jpg
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- Commons category
- Blohm + Voss
- inception
- 1877-04-05
- Commons gallery
- Blohm + Voss
- phone number
- +49-40-31190
- fax number
- +49-40-31193333
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years
- The Nazi era, 1933–1945
- Hamburger Flugzeugbau
- Postwar
- Since October 2021
- Ships built
- Tall ships
- Ocean liners and other passenger ships
- Private yachts
- Warships
- Pre-dreadnought warships
- Warships of World War I
- Warships of World War II
- Modern warships
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
Blohm+Voss (B+V), also written historically as Blohm & Voss, Blohm und Voß etc., is a German shipbuilding and engineering company. Founded in Hamburg in 1877 to specialise in steel-hulled ships, its most famous product was the World War II battleship Bismarck. In the 1930s, its owners established the Hamburger Flugzeugbau aircraft manufacturer which, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, adopted the name of its parent company. Following a difficult period after the war, B+V was revived, changing ownership among several owners, such as Thyssen Group and Star Capital.
In 2016 it became a subsidiary of Lürssen and supplied both the military and civilian markets before becoming subsidiary of Rheinmetall in 2025.