H. C. Stülcken Sohn (also known as Stülcken-Werft) was a German
shipbuilding company located in
Hamburg and founded in 1846 by Heinrich Christoph Stülcken.
[ANONYMOUS (1964): H.C. Stülcken, Shipyard and Mechanical Workshop. Hamburg.]
During
World War I the company built one single
U-boat for the
Kaiserliche Marine, the ''
U-157'', which under command of the famous
Max Valentiner undertook the longest cruise in the war from November 27, 1917 to April 15, 1918, a total of 139 days. During
World War II the company built 24
VIIC U-boats for the
Kriegsmarine
The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...
. The company used slave labour of the
Neuengamme concentration camp with its own subcamp.
[
After the war the company constructed several vessels for the Bundesmarine. In the 1950s the company developed the so-called Stülcken derrick, a lifting device for very heavy cargo.
In 1966 the company was absorbed by ]Blohm + Voss
Blohm+Voss (B+V), also written historically as Blohm & Voss, Blohm und Voß etc., is a German shipbuilding and engineering company. Founded in Hamburg in 1877 to specialise in steel-hulled ships, its most famous product was the World War II battle ...
.
Ships built by H. C. Stülcken Sohn (selection)
Civilian ships
* No. 5 ''Elbe'' (1883)
Navy training ship
* Barquentine ''Dewaruci'', Indonesian Navy (1932–1952)
* Barquentine ''Jadran'', Montenegrin Navy (1930–1931)
Naval ships
Frigates
* 6 × Köln class frigates (1958–1962)
Destroyers
* 4 × Hamburg class destroyers (1959–1963)
Auxiliary
* ''Deutschland'' (A59) (1959)
Submarines (U-boats)
* SM ''U-157'' (1916)
* 24 × Type VIIC submarines (1939–1944)
References
External links
uboat.net: Summary of World War I U-boats built by ''H. C. Stülcken Sohn''
Manufacturing companies based in Hamburg
Defunct companies of Germany
Neuengamme concentration camp
Shipbuilding companies of Germany
German companies established in 1846
{{Hamburg-stub