Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft

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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft was a German private shipbuilding company based in Kiel. It initially built boilers and then steam engines from the mid 1800s before commencing ship construction in 1865.

Shipbuilding

Ship Type Launched Fate
U.S.S. Topeka gunboat 1881 Sold 13 May, 1930
S.M.S. Undine light cruiser 11 Dec, 1902 Torpedoed 7 Nov, 1915
S.M.S. Helgoland dreadnought 25 Sep, 1909 Broken up 1921
S.M.S. Kaiserin dreadnought 11 Nov, 1911 Scuttled 21 Jun, 1919
S.M.S. Rostock light cruiser 11 Dec, 1912 Sunk 1 Jun, 1916
S.M.S. Bayern dreadnought 18 Feb, 1915 Scuttled 21 Jun, 1919
S.M.S. Nürnberg light cruiser 14 Apr, 1916 Sunk 7 Jul, 1922
S.M.S. Dresden light cruiser 25 Apr, 1917 Scuttled 21 Jun, 1919

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