Woermann-Linie
Sign in to savethumb|Preferred Share of the Woermann-Linie, issued May 1927|left|216x216px thumb|283x283px|House flag used by Woermann-Linie. The Woermann-Linie was a German shipping company that operated from to . thumb|350px|Woermann-Linie's passenger ship Alexandra Woermann. The UK Shipping Controller seized her in 1919 as part of [[World War I reparations and sold her in 1920 to Ellerman's Wilson Lines.]]
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- German Reich
- Headquarters
- Hamburg
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- Woermann-Linie
- inception
- 1885-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1941-00-00
- operating area
- German South-West Africa
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thumb|Preferred Share of the Woermann-Linie, issued May 1927|left|216x216px thumb|283x283px|House flag used by Woermann-Linie. The Woermann-Linie was a German shipping company that operated from to . thumb|350px|Woermann-Linie's passenger ship Alexandra Woermann. The UK Shipping Controller seized her in 1919 as part of [[World War I reparations and sold her in 1920 to Ellerman's Wilson Lines.]]
==History== It was founded on 15 June 1885 by Adolph Woermann and developed as one of the leading shipping companies between Europe and Africa. From 1899 the company was headquartered in Afrikahaus, in Hamburg.
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