Oderwerke

Oderwerke AG
Industry Shipbuilding
Fate Bankrupt
Founded 1903
Defunct 1961
Headquarters Stettin, Germany
Products Merchant ships
Warships
U-boats
Number of employees
~3600

Oderwerke or Stettiner Oderwerke was a German shipbuilding company, located in Stettin.

History

Oderwerke was founded on January 28, 1903 and built 154 ships prior to World War I.

During World War II Oderwerke built two German Type VII submarines for the Kriegsmarine, U-821 and U-822.

After the war, Oderwerke moved first to Lübeck in 1949 and later Cologne in 1950. The company was declared bankrupt in 1961 and closed.

Ships built by Oderwerke (selection)

Civilian ships

Submarines (U-boats)


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