Kaiserliche Werft Kiel ("Imperial shipyard Kiel") was a

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shipbuilding company A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...

founded in 1867, first as Königliche Werft Kiel but renamed in 1871, with the proclamation of the

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. Together with

Kaiserliche Werft Danzig Kaiserliche Werft Danzig was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1852 as ''Königliche Werft Danzig'' and renamed ''Kaiserliche Werft'' after the proclamation of the German Empire in 1871. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and Kaiserlich ...

and

Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven (Wilhelmshaven Imperial Shipyard) was a German shipbuilding company in Wilhelmshaven, founded in 1871 and closed in 1918. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Kiel it was one of three shi ...

it was one of three shipyards which produced

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s for the Preußische Marine and later the

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. With the end of

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''Kaiserliche Werft Kiel'' was closed but the

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...

was opened again when

Deutsche Werke Deutsche Werke was a German shipbuilding company that was founded in 1925 when Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and other shipyards were merged. It came as a result of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I that forced the German defense industry to shri ...

was founded on their grounds in 1925 (active until 1945, and re-activated as shipyard by

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (often abbreviated HDW) is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Kiel. It is part of the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) group, owned by ThyssenKrupp. The Howaldtswerke shipyard was founded in Kiel in 183 ...

in 1955).

Warships built

*Coastal defense ship (1892) *Coastal defense ship (1893) *Coastal defense ship (1895) *Armored cruiser (1900) *Armored cruiser (1901) *Armored cruiser (1903) *Armored cruiser (1908) *Light cruiser (1909) * Kaiser-class battleship (1911) *Light cruiser (1913) *Light cruiser (1915)

U-Boats

Aircraft

Kaiserliche Werft Kiel 463 __NOTOC__ Imperial German Navy seaplanes 463 to 466 were a unique seaplane design produced for the Navy's flying service during the First World War.Nowarra 1966, p.78Gray & Thetford 1962, p.449Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154Taylor 1989, p.547 The ...

Shipbuilding companies of Germany Companies established in 1867 Companies of Prussia Defunct companies of Germany Companies based in Kiel {{Germany-company-stub