Elbewerft Boizenburg

Elbewerft Boizenburg

Type	1948–1990 VEB 1990–1997 GmbH
Industry	Shipbuilding
Founded	1948
Headquarters	Boizenburg, Germany
Products	Fishcutters River cruise ships Cargo ships
Parent	DMS AG

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

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  Young workers from Cuba

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  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)

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  Sankt-Peterburg (originally, the Vladimir Ilyich)

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  30 Let GDR on the Amur River in the Soviet Far East

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  T. G. Shevchenko at pier in Nesebar

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  Ship's passageway

See also

• Nordic Yards Wismar

References

1. Tabelle 19(German)
2. Auszüge aus dem Buch 'Boizenburg in alten Ansichten Band 1'(German)
3. Shipbuilding- and Shipping Exhibition Roßlau(German)

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