Nordseewerke was founded on March 11, 1903, and was one of the oldest among the still-existing shipyards in Germany. Its successor was the
Schaaf Industrie AG. The company built merchant ships of all categories, but also ships for the
Kaiserliche Marine during
World War I, the
Kriegsmarine later, and today's modern
Deutsche Marine. The shipyard has also constructed ships for use by other navies, such as the (Type 207) and (Klasse 210)-class submarines for the
Royal Norwegian Navy, which were built to operate in shallow, coastal waters. In the past 20 years, submarines were also exported to
South Africa,
Argentina (), and
Israel. Besides container and other freight-carrying ships, Nordseewerke also built naval vessels. In 1971, the cruise liner
Sea Venture (later renamed the
Pacific Princess) was constructed. The ship is well known as the film location of
The Love Boat.
Submarines (U-boats) •
Type 207 submarines •
Type 1700 submarines •
Type 210 submarines
Ships built by Nordseewerke (selection) • 1915–1916, first construction of minesweepers for
Kaiserliche Marine (
M13 and
M14) • 1915–1917, construction of 10 fishing vessels (among them
Geier,
Bielefeld,
Münster), all used as outpost-ships during World War I • 1920, 14,000 t tanker
Baltic for the
Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum AG (DAPG), largest ship built by NSWE at that time • 1922, construction of a floating dock for Argentina • 1931, ore-transport ship
Odin for
Seereederei „Frigga“ of Hamburg • 1931, 17,500 t tanker
J. H. Senior for the
Baltisch Amerikanische Petroleum Import GmbH in Danzig • 1935–1939, five cargo ships: yard number 176
Widar; 186
Bragge; and 192 ; all for
Seereederei „Frigga“, and yard number 188
Sabine Howaldt; and 189
Klaus Howaldt; both for
Bernhard Howaldt • 1940–1944, delivery of 30
submarines of type VII C ( to and to ); additional submarine orders were cancelled • 1973, Four container-carrier
SeaTrain in US with gas-turbine propulsion, worldwide fastest merchant ships at that time • 1976, yard no. 399, cargo ship
Aegir for
Seereederei „Frigga“. Altogether NSWE built 23 ships for this company between 1921 and 1968. • 1977, yard no. 455, combined
ore-bulk-oil carrier Saggat for a Swedish company • 1978/1979, yard nos. 463 and 465, s and for the
Argentine Navy • 1979,
BACO-LINER 1, a new developed concept
barge/container-ship (BACO = BArges und COntainer); followed
BACO-LINER 2 and
BACO-LINER 3 • 1983, yard no. 464, F 122 ; followed 1990 frigate • 1986, reconstruction of the Soviet icebreaker with new technology (among them
Thyssen-Waas Bow and
Air Bubble System); followed icebreaker
Kapitan Sorokin • 1994–1996, yard no. 469, F 123 for the
German Navy • 1999, yard no. 525, suction dredge
Vasco da Gama for Belgium
Jan de Nul Offshore-Company, worldwide greatest suction dredge at that time • 1999, for the Israeli Navy; altogether 3 units of this class were built at NSWE (
Dolphin, and ) • 2001, yard no. 521, F 124 in cooperation with
Blohm+Voss and
HDW (ARGE F 124) for the German Navy • December 2009, launching of container carrier
Frisia Cottbus, last ship of NSWE ==References==