Deschimag, short for Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft, was a German shipbuilding combine formed in 1926 to coordinate and concentrate the work of several struggling yards under the leadership of the Bremen yard AG Weser. Eight yards joined it, among them AG Weser, Tecklenborg of Wesermuende, the Vulcan yard at Stettin, Seebeck of Geestemuende, Neptun of Rostock and Frerichs of Einswarden, and at its height it employed about 15,000 people, roughly 28 percent of the German shipyard workforce. Most of the member yards were closed, sold or bankrupt within a few years, leaving AG Weser and Seebeck. The group built liners such as the Bremen for Norddeutscher Lloyd, whale factory ships and, for the Kriegsmarine, destroyers and many U-boats. Krupp took a majority holding in 1941, and Deschimag was dissolved after the Second World War.
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The leading company was the shipyard AG Weser in Bremen.
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1. Albert Gieseler: Aktien-Gesellschaft "Weser", Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik (Albert Gieseler company history)
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Ab 1926 Teil der "Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft" (Deschimag)
2. Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau (Wikipedia)
History
The Deschimag was founded in 1926 when influential Bremen merchants and bankers decided to found a cooperation
History, end of the combine
Deschimag was dissolved after war but AG Weser and Seebeck AG shipyards again survived and continued in shipbuilding.
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The leading company was the shipyard AG Weser in Bremen.
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Deschimag became the greatest shipbuilding company in Germany
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Deschimag became the greatest shipbuilding company in Germany
Has Vehicles: Type 1934A destroyer, Ships of Deschimag, warships
AG Weser, 1935-38; four Type 1934A-class destroyers, units Z5, Z8
Has Vehicles: Type 1936 destroyer, Ships of Deschimag, warships
AG Weser, 1936-39: six Type 1936-class destroyers, units Z17 - Z22
Has Vehicles: Type 1936A destroyer, Ships of Deschimag, warships
AG Weser, 1938: merchant ship Ems for Norddeutscher Lloyd. In WW II converted to German auxiliary cruiser Komet; 1942 sunk by planes and ships of Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
Has Vehicles: Type 1936B destroyer, Ships of Deschimag, warships
AG Weser, 1941-44: three Type 1936B-class destroyers, units Z35, Z36 and Z43
Has Vehicles: Type IX submarine, Ships of Deschimag, warships
AG Weser, 162 U-boats of types VII, IX and XXI
Has Vehicles: Type XXI submarine, Ships of Deschimag, warships
AG Weser, 162 U-boats of types VII, IX and XXI
Has Vehicles: SS Bremen, Ships of Deschimag, list of ships
AG Weser 1929: ocean liner Bremen for Norddeutscher Lloyd.
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Seydlitz and Lützow were both built by the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau shipyard in Bremen
H-class battleship proposals (Wikipedia)
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The keels for the first two ships were laid at the Blohm & Voss dockyard in Hamburg and the Deschimag shipyard in Bremen on 15 July and 1 September 1939, respectively.
Type VII submarine (Wikipedia)
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Ten Type VIIA boats were built between 1935 and 1937 in two batches: six at Deschimag AG Weser in Bremen and four at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel.
SS Scharnhorst (1934) (Wikipedia)
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DeSchiMAG in Bremen built Scharnhorst and her sister ship Gneisenau for Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL), completing them in 1935.
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