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Oderwerke
Oderwerke or Stettiner Oderwerke was a German shipbuilding company, located in Stettin. History Oderwerke was founded on January 28, 1903 and built 154 ships prior to World War I. During World War II Oderwerke built two German Type VII submarines for the Kriegsmarine, and . After the war, Oderwerke moved first to Lübeck in 1949 and later Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ... in 1950. The company was declared bankrupt in 1961 and closed. Ships built by Oderwerke (selection) Civilian ships * SS ''Preussen'' (1909) * SS ''Stettin'' (1933) * SS ''Isa'' (1936) * Wal (1938) Naval ships Submarines (U-boats) * 2 x Type VII submarines (1941–1944) External links Some history of ''Oderwerke''* Shipbuilding companies of Germany Vehicle manufacturing compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stettin (icebreaker)
''Stettin'' is a steam icebreaker built by the shipyard Stettiner Oderwerke in 1933. She was ordered by the Chamber of Commerce of Stettin (until 1945 Germany, since 1945 Szczecin, Poland). The economy of the city of Stettin strongly depended on the free access of ships to and from the Baltic Sea. Therefore, icebreakers were used to keep the shipping channels free from ice during the winter. For the first time in Germany, the construction was characterized by a new bow design called Runeberg-bow. This new bow design broke the ice using a novel method. It was not broken by the weight of the ship but by a sharp cutting edge. Future development of icebreakers was influenced by this bow form. Although diesel-engines were already in wide use by 1933, ''Stettin'' was equipped with a steam piston engine. Unlike diesel engines, steam piston engines can be reversed within a very short period of approximately 3 to 4 seconds. This was important during manoeuvres of the ship under icey condi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |