Aalborg Shipyard ('' Danish: Aalborg Værft A/S'') was a

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are shipbuilding, built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Compared to shipyards, which are sometimes m ...

located in

Aalborg Aalborg or Ålborg ( , , ) is Denmark's List of cities and towns in Denmark, fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an Urban area, urban populati ...

, Denmark. Founded in 1912 by brothers Immanuel Stuhr and Peter Philip Stuhr, the shipyard was founded under the name Stuhr Engine and Ship Construction, a development of their father's business. From 1937 until the yard closed in 1988, it was owned by J. Lauritzen A/S.

Ships built at Aalborg Shipyard

Closure

In 1988, the company was split into five separate companies: *Danyard Aalborg, part of Royal Denship *Aalborg steelworks *Aalborg Industries ( Boilers) *Norks Industrial Services (NIS) *Danish Railway Club (Limfjord path). In 2005 the former yard area was cleared, the only building surviving demolition the 1912 machine shop, while the

dry dock A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, ...

continues yacht production, leased by Danyard Aalborg. Today, the former yard is covered with new home and office developments.

References

Shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are shipbuilding, built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Compared to shipyards, which are sometimes m ...

Danish companies established in 1912

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