Stettiner Vulcan AG
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Aktien-Gesellschaft Vulcan Stettin (usually just mentioned as AG Vulcan Stettin or A.G. Vulcan Stettin) was a German
shipbuilding
and locomotive builder company, located in Stettin (Szczecin)
. AG Vulcan Stettin played a significant role in both World War
s, building U-boat
s and warship
s for the Kaiserliche Marine
. They also sold blueprints to other nations, among others those for the Russian destroyer Novik
and the light cruiser Pamyat Merkuriya
(later renamed the Komintern). The company and shipyard
were taken over and closed by the Polish government after World War II
.
AG Vulcan Stettin was originally founded as Vulcan Werft in Stettin in 1851 and the shipyard was a pioneer of large-scale shipbuilding
and a leading shipyard in Germany until its demise in 1945.
Its first ship was the iron steamer
Dievenow. In 1857 the shipyard was renamed Stettiner Maschinenbau AG Vulcan, and as larger and larger ships were built, the facilities in Stettin could no longer sustain the scale of the operations. The yard built the Kaiser class ocean liner
s.
Thus a new shipyard was built in Hamburg
between 1907–1909. Since 1911, it was named Vulcan-Werke Hamburg und Stettin Actiengesellschaft. In 1928 the company went bankrupt and sold its Hamburg shipyard in 1930, the AG Vulcan Stettin had been closed.
The shipyard was finally taken over by the Polish government after World War II
and a new Szczecin Shipyard
was started at this site. The Szczecin Shipyard named one of its wharfs "Wulkan" and two slipways "Wulkan 1" and "Wulkan Nowa".
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
shipbuilding
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both...
and locomotive builder company, located in Stettin (Szczecin)
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....
. AG Vulcan Stettin played a significant role in both World War
World war
A world war is a war affecting the majority of the world's most powerful and populous nations. World wars span multiple countries on multiple continents, with battles fought in multiple theaters....
s, building U-boat
U-boat
U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...
s and warship
Warship
A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. Warships are usually built in a completely different way from merchant ships. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster and more maneuvrable than merchant ships...
s for the Kaiserliche Marine
Kaiserliche Marine
The Imperial German Navy was the German Navy created at the time of the formation of the German Empire. It existed between 1871 and 1919, growing out of the small Prussian Navy and Norddeutsche Bundesmarine, which primarily had the mission of coastal defense. Kaiser Wilhelm II greatly expanded...
. They also sold blueprints to other nations, among others those for the Russian destroyer Novik
Russian destroyer Novik (1913)
Novík was a destroyer of the Russian Imperial Navy, commissioned in 1913 where she served with the Baltic Fleet during World War I. She joined the Bolsheviks in November 1917 and was later renamed Yakov Sverdlov.-History:...
and the light cruiser Pamyat Merkuriya
Russian cruiser Pamiat Merkuria
The Pamiat' Merkuria was a protected cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She saw service during World War I in the Black Sea, survived the Russian Civil War in a damaged state and was repaired by the Soviets, renamed as Komintern, and put into service as a training cruiser.-Service...
(later renamed the Komintern). The company and shipyard
Shipyard
Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial...
were taken over and closed by the Polish government after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
History
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both...
and a leading shipyard in Germany until its demise in 1945.
Its first ship was the iron steamer
Steamboat
A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels...
Dievenow. In 1857 the shipyard was renamed Stettiner Maschinenbau AG Vulcan, and as larger and larger ships were built, the facilities in Stettin could no longer sustain the scale of the operations. The yard built the Kaiser class ocean liner
Kaiser class ocean liner
The Kaiser class ocean liners or Kaiserklasse refer to four transatlantic ocean liners of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, a German shipping company. Built by the AG Vulcan Stettin between 1897 and 1907, these ships were designed to be among the largest and best appointed liners of their day...
s.
Thus a new shipyard was built in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
between 1907–1909. Since 1911, it was named Vulcan-Werke Hamburg und Stettin Actiengesellschaft. In 1928 the company went bankrupt and sold its Hamburg shipyard in 1930, the AG Vulcan Stettin had been closed.
The shipyard was finally taken over by the Polish government after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and a new Szczecin Shipyard
Szczecin Shipyard
Szczecin Shipyard or New Szczecin Shipyard was a shipyard in northwestern city of Szczecin, Poland. Formerly known as Stocznia Szczecińska Porta Holding S.A. or Stocznia im. Adolfa Warskiego. The shipyard specialized in the construction of container ships, chemicals transport ships, multi-purpose...
was started at this site. The Szczecin Shipyard named one of its wharfs "Wulkan" and two slipways "Wulkan 1" and "Wulkan Nowa".
Ships built by AG Vulcan Stettin (selection)
Civilian ships
- DeutschlandSS Deutschland (1900)SS Deutschland was a passenger liner owned by the Hamburg America Line of Germany. She sailed for over 25 years under three different names. The second ship to have been built as a four funnel liner, she was built by Hamburg America as a response to the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. She was the...
(1900) - Kaiser Wilhelm IISS Kaiser Wilhelm IIThe second SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, was a 19,361 gross ton passenger steamer built at Stettin, Germany, completed in the spring of 1903. A famous photograph taken by Alfred Stieglitz called The Steerage as well as descriptions of the conditions of travel in the lowest class have conflicted with her...
(1902) - Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (1906)
- Kronprinzessin CecilieSS Kronprinzessin CecilieSS Kronprinzessin Cecilie was an ocean liner built in Stettin, Germany in 1906 for North German Lloyd that had the largest steam reciprocating machinery ever fitted to a ship. The last of four ships part of the kaiser class, she was also the last German ship to have been built with four funnels....
(1906) - Konig Wilhelm II (1907)
- George WashingtonSS George WashingtonSS George Washington was an ocean liner built in 1908 for the Bremen-based North German Lloyd and was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. The ship was also known as USS George Washington and USAT George Washington in service of the United States Navy and United...
(1908) - ImperatorSS ImperatorSS Imperator was an ocean liner built for the Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft launched in 1912. She was the first of a trio of successively larger Hamburg America ships that included and built by the line for transatlantic passenger service...
(1913) - Tirpitz (1913) (1944)
Battleships
- Dingyuan (1881)
- Zhenyuan (1882)
- SMS BrandenburgSMS BrandenburgSMS Brandenburg was the lead ship of the Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships, which included , , and built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the early 1890s. She was the first pre-dreadnought built for the German Navy; earlier, the Navy had only built coastal defense ships and...
(1890) - SMS WeißenburgSMS WeißenburgSMS Weissenburg"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was one of the first ocean-going battleshipsAt the time, the German navy referred to the ship as a "ship of the line" , instead of "battleship" . of the German Imperial Navy...
(1890) - SMS MecklenburgSMS MecklenburgSMS Mecklenburg was fifth ship of the Wittelsbach-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Laid down in 1899 at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, she was finished in May 1903...
(1900) - SMS PreußenSMS Preußen (1903)SMS Preussen"SMS" stands for Seiner Majestät Schiff was the fourth of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the Kaiserliche Marine laid down in 1902 and commissioned 1905...
(1902) - SMS PommernSMS PommernSMS Pommern was one of five Deutschland class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1904 and 1906. Named after the Prussian province of Pomerania, she was built at the AG Vulcan yard at Stettin, where she was laid down on 22 March 1904 and launched on 2 December...
(1904) - SMS RheinlandSMS RheinlandSMS Rheinland "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" was one of four Nassau-class battleships, the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy . Rheinland mounted twelve main guns in six twin turrets in an unusual hexagonal arrangement...
(1907) - SMS Friedrich der Große (1910)
- SMS Großer Kurfürst (1911)
- SMS Württemberg (1915)
Cruisers
- SMS HamburgSMS HamburgThe SMS Hamburg was a Bremen class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Hamburg. She was begun by AG Vulcan Stettin in Stettin in 1902, launched on 25 July 1903 and commissioned on 8 March 1904....
(1902) - SMS LübeckSMS LübeckThe SMS Lübeck was a Bremen class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine, named after the city of Lübeck. Laid down on 12 May 1903 by AG Vulcan Stettin, launched on 26 March 1904 and commissioned on 26 April 1905 she was the first Kaiserliche Marine ship to have a steam turbine.In 1914 she was...
(1903) - SMS StettinSMS StettinSMS Stettin was a Königsberg class light cruiser of the Kaiserliche Marine. Laid down at AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard in 1906, she was launched on 7 March 1907, and commissioned on 29 July 1907. The ship served in European waters during World War I, participating in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in...
(1906) - SMS MainzSMS MainzSMS Mainz was a light cruiser of the Kolberg class in the Imperial German Navy, launched in 1909, with 4,400 tons displacement. She was armed with twelve 10.5 cm guns and had a top speed of 27 knots...
(1908) - SMS BreslauSMS BreslauSMS Breslau was a Magdeburg-class light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine , built in the early 1910s. Following her commissioning, Breslau and the battlecruiser were assigned to the Mittelmeerdivision in response to the Balkan Wars...
(1910) - SMS WiesbadenSMS WiesbadenSMS Wiesbaden was the lead ship of the Wiesbaden-class of light cruisers of the German Imperial Navy in World War I, the other being the Frankfurt-Specifications:...
(1913) - SMS BrummerSMS BrummerSMS Brummer was a minelaying light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine; she was the lead ship of her class. Her sister ship was . Brummer was laid down at AG Vulcan's shipyard in Stettin in 1915 and launched on 11 December 1915 and completed on 2 April 1916...
(1915) - SMS BremseSMS BremseSMS Bremse was a Brummer-class minelaying light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine. She was built by AG Vulcan Stettin in 1915 and launched on 11 March 1916 at Stettin, Germany, the second of the two-ship class after her sister, . She served during the First World War, operating for most of...
(1915) - SMS WiesbadenSMS WiesbadenSMS Wiesbaden was the lead ship of the Wiesbaden-class of light cruisers of the German Imperial Navy in World War I, the other being the Frankfurt-Specifications:...
(1915) - SMS Rostock (1915)
- SMS IreneSMS IreneSMS Irene was a protected cruiser or Kreuzerkorvette of the Kaiserliche Marine launched on 23 July 1887 from the Vulcan Shipyard in Stettin, Germany . The cruiser was named after Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, sister-in-law of Kaiser Wilhem II...
1887
Destroyers
- Greek destroyer NikiGreek destroyer NikiNiki was a Niki class destroyer that served in the Royal Hellenic Navy .The ship, along with her three sister ships, was ordered from Germany in 1905 and was built in the Vulcan shipyard at Stettin....
(1906) - Greek destroyer DoxaGreek destroyer DoxaThe Greek destroyer Doxa , named for the Greek word for glory, served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1907-1917....
(1906) - Greek destroyer AspisGreek destroyer AspisThe destroyer Aspis served in the Hellenic Royal Navy in 1907-1945.The ship, along with her three sister ships of Niki class destroyers, was ordered from Germany in 1905 and was built in the Vulcan shipyard at Stettin....
(1907) - Greek destroyer VelosGreek destroyer VelosVelos was a Niki class destroyer that served in the Royal Hellenic Navy .The ship, along with her three sister ships, was ordered from Germany in 1905 and was built in the Vulcan shipyard at Stettin....
(1907) - Greek destroyer Nea GeneaGreek destroyer Nea GeneaNea Genea served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1912-1919. She was originally the German destroyer V-6.The ship, along with one of her six sister ships of V class destroyers, Keravnos, was ordered from Germany...
(1912) - Greek destroyer KeravnosGreek destroyer KeravnosKeravnos served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1912 - 1919. She was originally the German destroyer V-5.The ship, along with one of her six sister ships of V class destroyers, Nea Genea, was ordered from Germany...
(1912)
Submarines (U-boats)
- Type VII-C U-boats (1941), out of six commissioned, only one, U-901 was ever in service.
Torpedo Boats
- SMS V25 (1914)
- SMS V26 (1914)
- SMS V27 (1914)
- SMS V28 (1914)
- SMS V29 (1914)
- SMS V30 (1914)
- SMS V43 (1915)
- SMS V44 (1915)
- SMS V45SMS V45SMS V45 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 21st ship of her class.-Construction:Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany, she was launched in December 1914...
(1915) - SMS V46SMS V46SMS V46 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the German Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 22nd ship of her class.-Construction:Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany, she was launched in December 1914...
(1915) - SMS V47 (1915)
- SMS V48SMS V48SMS V48 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 24th ship of her class.-Construction:Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany, she was launched in August 1915...
(1915) - SMS V45SMS V45SMS V45 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 21st ship of her class.-Construction:Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany, she was launched in December 1914...
(1915) - SMS V46SMS V46SMS V46 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the German Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 22nd ship of her class.-Construction:Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany, she was launched in December 1914...
(1915) - SMS V48SMS V48SMS V48 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I, and the 24th ship of her class.-Construction:Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard, Germany, she was launched in August 1915...
(1915) - SMS V67 (1915)
- SMS V68 (1915)
- SMS V69 (1916)
- SMS V70 (1916)
- SMS V71 (1916)
- SMS V72 (1916)
- SMS V73 (1916)
- SMS V74 (1916)
- SMS V75 (1916)
- SMS V76 (1916)
- SMS V77 (1916)
- SMS V78 (1916)
- SMS V79 (1916)
- SMS V80 (1916)
- SMS V81 (1916)
- SMS V82 (1916)
- SMS V83 (1916)
- SMS V84 (1916)
- SMS V116SMS V116SMS V116 was a Großes Torpedoboot 1916 class torpedo boat of the Deutschen Kaiserliche Marine during World War I. She was the fourth ship of her class to be laid down, but the first ship of her class to be launched.-Design:...
(1918) - SMS V108, ex-Dutch Z-4, later Polish ORP KaszubORP Kaszub (1921)ORP "Kaszub" - torpedo boat , one of the first ships of the Polish Navy recreated after Poland regained its independence in 1918. In service from 1921 to 1925....
Ships still afloat
- Gryfia, ex Tyras (1887), small railway ferry, today in Szczecin, Poland
- Wittow (1895), small railway ferry, today shown in the harbour of Barth, Germany
- Suur Töll, ex Zar Michail Feodorowitsch (1914), icebreaker, today in TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
, Estonia