Ernst Voss (January 12, 1842 in
Fockbek – August 1, 1920 in
Hamburg
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) was a German shipbuilder and co-company founder of German company
Blohm+Voss Blohm is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Hans Blohm C.M. (born 1927), photographer and author
* Hermann Blohm (1848–1930), German businessman and co-founder of German company Blohm+Voss
* Linn Blohm (born 1992), Swedish hand ...
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Life
Since 1863 Voss studied in
Zürich
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Switzerland engineering. After his university studies he worked in England for company ''Gwynne und R.Elder & Co.'' Together with
Hermann Blohm
Hermann Blohm (born 23 June 1848 in Lübeck; died 12 March 1930 in Hamburg) was a German shipbuilder and company founder of Blohm+Voss.
Life
His father was German merchant Georg Blohm from Lübeck (1801-1878). He studied at ETH Zurich in Swit ...
he founded on 5 April 1877 German company
Blohm & Voss as a general partnership, to build steel-hulled ships. They established a shipyard on the island of
Kuhwerder, near the Free and Hanseatic City of
Hamburg
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NDR.de: Blohm + Voss: Mut und Können in einem Pott (german)
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German company founders
19th-century German businesspeople
20th-century German businesspeople
German industrialists
1842 births
1920 deaths
German naval architects
German shipbuilders
Blohm+Voss