Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Danzig, German Empire | |
Products | Warships U-boats |
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Kaiserliche Werft Danzig was a German
History
The history of the Danzig shipyard started 1844 when some area on both sides of the river
In 1848 when Prussia started to enlarge its navy, own development and construction of warships got higher priority which required greater shipyards for these means. In 1850 additional new grounds were bought, further constructions followed and in the late 1870s once more there was a large extension of the facilities.
However, the disadvantage of the KWD was the narrow channel of the river (
Beginning in 1908 parts of the yard were enlarged and more buildings rose on these grounds for U-boat construction. The KWD was the only of the three imperial shipyards which built U-boats for the Kaiserliche Marine. Beginning with U-2 in 1906–1908 altogether 62 boats were built, but only 44 between 1914 and 1918, which was about 12% of total German submarine production, few compared to privately owned German shipyards at that time.
With end of World War I the shipyard was closed but soon after opened again under different names and with different owners. Merged with the former
Ships built by Kaiserliche Werft Danzig (selection)
- 1871, Gun boat Albatross
- 1872, Corvette Ariadne
- 1875, Armoured corvette Hansa
- 1877, Corvette Gneisenau
- 1896, Armoured ship coastal defense ship, total two units
- 1890, Unprotected cruiser Bussard, first of six equal type ships
- 1899, Protected cruisers Freya und Vineta
- 1906, Light cruiser Stuttgart
- 1908, Light cruiser Emden
- 1908 – 1918, total 46 U-boats of different types completed, additional 27 planned but not completed
- Type U-2: SM U-2
- Type U-3: SM U-3, SM U-4
- Type U-9: SM U-9, SM U-10, SM U-11, SM U-12
- Type U-13: SM U-13, SM U-14, SM U-15
- Type U-17: SM U-17, SM U-18
- Type U-19: SM U-19, SM U-20, SM U-21, SM U-22
- Type U 27: SM U-27, SM U-28, SM U-29, SM U-30
- Type U 43: SM U-43, SM U-44, SM U-45, SM U-46, SM U-47, SM U-48, SM U-49, SM U-50
- Type UE 1: SM U-73, SM U-74
- Type U 87: SM U-87, SM U-88, SM U-89, SM U-90, SM U-91, SM U-92
- Type U-127: SM U-135, SM U-136, SM U-137, SM U-138
- Type UC II: SM UC-55, SM UC-56, SM UC-57, SM UC-58, SM UC-59, SM UC-60
- Type UC III: UC 80 - UC 86, UC 139- UC 152 (never completed)
- Type Mittel U: U 213-218 (never completed)
Aircraft
- Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 404
- Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 467
- Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 1105
- Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 1650
References
- Stavorinus, Günter (1990). Die Geschichte der Königlichen/Kaiserlichen Werft Danzig 1844 – 1918: Veröffentlichungen aus den Archiven Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Vol. Bd. 27. Köln: Böhlau Verlag GmbH Cie. ISBN 3-412-16889-0.
- Hansen, H. J. (1973). Die Schiffe der deutschen Flotten 1848 – 1945. Oldenburg: Verlag Gerhard Stalling AG. ISBN 3-7979-1834-8.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1996). Geschichte des deutschen U-Bootbaus, Band 1. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 3-86047-153-8.