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Oderwerke AG
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded1903
Defunct1961
FateBankrupt
HeadquartersStettin, later Lübeck and Cologne, Germany
ProductsMerchant ships
Warships
U-boats
Number of employees
~3600

Oderwerke or Stettiner Oderwerke was a German shipbuilding company, located in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland).

History

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Stettiner Oderwerke: Mechanical engineering workshop (undated photograph)

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

During World War II Oderwerke built two German Type VII submarines for the Kriegsmarine, U-821 and U-822. The Polish resistance conducted espionage of the Oderwerke.[1]

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

Ships built by Oderwerke (selection)

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Civilian ships

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  • SS Preussen (1909)
  • SS Stettin (1933)
  • SS Isa (1936)
  • Wal (1938)

Naval ships

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Submarines (U-boats)

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References

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  1. ^ Chrzanowski, Bogdan; Gąsiorowski, Andrzej. "Wywiad Związku Walki Zbrojnej – Armii Krajowej na Pomorzu. Część I (1940–1943)". Stutthof. Zeszyty Muzeum (in Polish). 6: 17, 28. ISSN 0137-5377.
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