Oderwerke AG
FateBankrupt
Founded1903
Defunct1961
Hq locationStettin, later Lübeck and Cologne, Germany
IndustryShipbuilding
ProductsMerchant ships
Warships
U-boats
Num employees~3600

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

History

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, and . 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)

Civilian ships

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

Submarines (U-boats)

References

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