Schichau-Werke
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The Schichau-Werke (F. Schichau, Maschinen- und Lokomotivfabrik, Schiffswerft und Eisengießerei GmbH) was a German engineering works and shipyard based in Elbing, Germany (now Elbląg, Poland) on the Vistula Lagoon of then-East Prussia. It also had a subsidiary shipyard in nearby Danzig (now: Gdańsk, Poland). Due to the Soviet conquest of eastern Germany, Schichau moved to Bremerhaven in March 1945, and its successors continued in business until 2009. thumb|A light cruiser hull, which eventually became the SMS Pillau|SMS Pillau, is launched at Schichau, Danzig, in 1914, shortly before World Wa
Key facts
- Company.name
- F. Schichau GmbH
- Company.logo
- Fabrikschild Schichau.JPG
- Company.logo_caption
- Locomotive nameplate
- Company.native_name_lang
- de
- Company.type
- GmbH
- Company.industry
- Mechanical engineeringshipbuildingLocomotive manufacturing
- Company.foundation
- 1837
- Company.defunct
- January 1945
- Company.location_city
- Elbing
- Company.num_employees
- About 7,800 when it closed
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- German Reich
- Founded by
- Ferdinand Schichau
- Headquarters
- Gdańsk
- Legal form
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
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- inception
- 1837-10-04
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1945-01-01
- Commons category
- Schichau-Werke
- location of formation
- Elbląg
- P6482
- Schichau-Werke
- has works in the collection
- Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- Early years
- Shipyards
- Interwar years
- WWII years
- U-boat production
- Forced labor
- Locomotive production
- Recent history
- Ships built by Schichau (selection)
- Civilian ships
- Naval ships
- Battleships
- Battlecruisers
- Submarines (U-boats)
- Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class Torpedo Boats
- Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class Torpedo Boats
- Torpedoboot 1935
- Torpedoboot 1937
- Flottentorpoedoboot 1939
- Flottentorpedoboot 1941
- Foreign navies
- Schichau-built ships still afloat
- References
- Sources
- External links
The Schichau-Werke (F. Schichau, Maschinen- und Lokomotivfabrik, Schiffswerft und Eisengießerei GmbH) was a German engineering works and shipyard based in Elbing, Germany (now Elbląg, Poland) on the Vistula Lagoon of then-East Prussia. It also had a subsidiary shipyard in nearby Danzig (now: Gdańsk, Poland). Due to the Soviet conquest of eastern Germany, Schichau moved to Bremerhaven in March 1945, and its successors continued in business until 2009. thumb|A light cruiser hull, which eventually became the SMS Pillau|SMS Pillau, is launched at Schichau, Danzig, in 1914, shortly before World War I.
==Early years==
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