Since 1863 Voss studied in
Zürich,
Switzerland engineering. After his university studies he worked in England for company
Gwynne und R.Elder & Co. Together with
Hermann Blohm 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. == External links ==