Friedrich Lürssen (born 1 March 1851 in Lemwerder; died 30 November 1916 in Bremen) was a German

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and company founder of the German company

Lürssen Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipyard with headquarters in Bremen-Vegesack and shipbuilding facilities in Lemwerder, Berne and Bremen-Fähr-Lobbendorf. Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels. Tradi ...

. He constructed the first

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for inventor

Gottlieb Daimler Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (; 17 March 1834 – 6 March 1900) was a German engineer, industrial designer and industrialist born in Schorndorf ( Kingdom of Württemberg, a federal state of the German Confederation), in what is now Germany. He w ...

Life

On 27 June 1875, the 24 year-old Friedrich Lürssen set up a boatbuilding workshop in Aumund, a suburb of Bremen, Germany. His first vessel demonstrates his trademark: originality and high-quality. Friedrich Lürssen's shipyard grew and thrived, and at one point he also began placing orders with his father. Lürssen won several trophies in boat racing. Eleven years later, in 1886, Friedrich Lürssen built the world's first

. The 6-meter REMS was commissioned by the inventor and engine manufacturer

, who needed a boat to put his new engine through its paces. Friedrich Lürssen, always open to new ideas, designed and built it without delay. Daimler: Gottlieb Daimler memorial in Bad Cannstatt
/ref> This motorboat was first tested on the German river Neckar. He was married and his son

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(1880–1932) worked for the Lürssen company.

References

External links

Deutsche Biographie: Friedrich Lürssen (German)Official website by Lürssen
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lurssen, Friedrich 1851 births 1916 deaths German shipbuilders 19th-century German businesspeople 20th-century German businesspeople German company founders German naval architects German industrialists Lürssen