H. C. Stülcken Sohn

H. C. Stülcken Sohn (also known as Stülcken-Werft) was a German shipbuilding company located in Hamburg and founded in 1846 by Heinrich Christoph Stülcken.[1][2][3]

H. C. Stülcken Sohn
IndustryShipbuilding
FateMerged
Founded1846
Defunct1966
HeadquartersHamburg, Germany
Number of employees
~1,600

During World War I the company built one single U-boat for the Kaiserliche Marine, the U-157, which under command of the famous Max Valentiner undertook the longest cruise in the war from November 27, 1917 to April 15, 1918, a total of 139 days. During World War II the company built 24 VIIC U-boats for the Kriegsmarine. The company used slave labour of the Neuengamme concentration camp with its own subcamp.[4]

After the war the company constructed several vessels for the Bundesmarine. In the 1950s the company developed the so-called Stülcken derrick, a lifting device for very heavy cargo.

In 1966 the company was absorbed by Blohm + Voss.

Ships built by H. C. Stülcken Sohn (selection)

Civilian ships
  • No. 5 Elbe (1883)
  • Barquentine Dewaruci, Indonesian Navy (1932–1952)
  • Barquentine Jadran, Montenegrin Navy (1930–1931)

Frigates
  • 6 × Köln class frigates (1958–1962)

Destroyers
  • 4 × Hamburg class destroyers (1959–1963)

Auxiliary
  • Deutschland (A59) (1959)

Submarines (U-boats)
  • SM U-157 (1916)
  • 24 × Type VIIC submarines (1939–1944)

References
  1. MARCHTALER, H. VON (1940): Hundert Jahre Stülcken-Werft 1840–1940. 261 p., Hamburg (Druck v. Broschek & Co.).
  2. HIEKE, E. (1955): H. C. Stülcken Sohn. Ein deutsches Werftschicksal. Hanseatischer Merkur, Hamburg, Veröffentlichungen der Wirtschaftsgeschichtlichen Forschungsstelle, Bd. 14: 374 p.
  3. ANONYMOUS (1964): H.C. Stülcken, Shipyard and Mechanical Workshop. Hamburg.
  4. Staff (1967-02-23), Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG (in German), Bundesministerium der Justiz, archived from the original on April 23, 2009, retrieved 2008-09-26, 563 Hamburg, Stülckenwerft, Neuengamme bis 15.4.1945


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