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.infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">International Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Shipbuilding" title="Shipbuilding">Shipbuilding</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1919</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">1940</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Taken over by <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi</a> government during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk_Shipyard" title="Gdańsk Shipyard">Gdańsk Shipyard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig" title="Free City of Danzig">Free City of Danzig</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Merchant_ship" title="Merchant ship">Merchant ships</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Warship" title="Warship">Warships</a><br /><a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stocznia_gdanska_akcje.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Stocznia_gdanska_akcje.jpg/220px-Stocznia_gdanska_akcje.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Stocznia_gdanska_akcje.jpg/330px-Stocznia_gdanska_akcje.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Stocznia_gdanska_akcje.jpg/440px-Stocznia_gdanska_akcje.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="835" /></a><figcaption>1932 stock certificate of the company</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Danziger Werft</b> (English: <span lang="en">The International Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited</span>, <a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Stocznia Gdańska</i>) was a <a href="/wiki/Shipbuilding" title="Shipbuilding">shipbuilding</a> company, in <a href="/wiki/Danzig" class="mw-redirect" title="Danzig">Danzig</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk" title="Gdańsk">Gdańsk</a>, Poland), in what was then the <a href="/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig" title="Free City of Danzig">Free City of Danzig</a>. It was founded in 1921 on the site of the former <a href="/wiki/Kaiserliche_Werft_Danzig" title="Kaiserliche Werft Danzig">Kaiserliche Werft Danzig</a> that had been closed after <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danziger_Werft&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> ended, Danzig was turned into a <a href="/wiki/City-state" title="City-state">free city</a> under indirect control of the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a>. While technically an independent state, Danzig was also subject to <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Treaty of Versailles">Treaty of Versailles</a>, other post-war arrangements and demilitarisation of Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of that, in 1919 former Kaiserliche Werft was banned from producing military vessels. Pending further decisions of the victorious <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Entente</a> with regards to German arms industry, in October 1919 the new German government officially donated the shipyard and all of its assets to the city of Danzig.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new owners were also forced to <a href="/wiki/Scrap" title="Scrap">scrap</a> the final 33 U-boats still on slips in 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, as the company lost both its main client (the <a href="/wiki/Kaiserliche_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaiserliche Marine">Kaiserliche Marine</a>) and its <a href="/wiki/Existence" title="Existence">raison d'etre</a>, in 1922 it had to be commercialised. It was turned into a joint stock company, with 30% shares held by French <a href="/w/index.php?title=Groupement_Industriel_pour_Danzig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Groupement Industriel pour Danzig (page does not exist)">Groupement Industriel pour Danzig</a> conglomerate, 30% by British <a href="/wiki/Cravens" title="Cravens">Cravens</a> company, and remaining 40% by local <a href="/w/index.php?title=Danziger_Privat_Aktienbank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danziger Privat Aktienbank (page does not exist)">Danziger Privat Aktienbank</a> and Polish <a href="/wiki/Bank_Handlowy" title="Bank Handlowy">Bank Handlowy</a> (20% each).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new company used the name of "International Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited", but was most commonly referred to by its simplified German name: Danziger Werft ("Danzig Shipyard")<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the shipyard was equipped with facilities for construction of ships up to 135 metres (443 ft) of length,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> initially the market was overflowing with demobilised vessels of the warring nations. One of the first clients of the new company was Poland who ordered four large river monitors in 1920, shortly before Danzig was officially demilitarised.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four units were completed, but no further orders for large ships followed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until the end of the 1920s the shipyard was working well below capacity, mostly on small merchant ships, tugs and motor boats.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the decade some larger merchant vessels were ordered, but the orders soon plummeted due to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was not until the late 1930s when the shipyard finally recovered from the post-war crisis. A new tool shop was built, along with a new boiler plant, compressed air workshop, compressor plant and a new slip for vessels of up to 150 metres (490 ft) in length.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> License production of <a href="/wiki/MAN_SE" title="MAN SE">MAN</a> ship engines was also started.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and the German takeover of Danzig, the shipyard was taken over by Nazi authorities, initially informally, and officially on 30 August 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new company, this time officially known as "Danziger Werft AG" concentrated its activities on the construction of the <a href="/wiki/German_Type_VII_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="German Type VII submarine">Type VII</a> <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After World War II the Danziger Werft, which was considerably damaged by bombing raids, was mostly dismantled by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually the shipyard was taken over by <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of Poland">Polish</a> government and merged with the nearby <a href="/wiki/Schichau-Werke" title="Schichau-Werke">Schichau-Werke</a> shipyard under the name of <i>Stocznia Gdańska</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1990 named <i>Stocznia Gdańsk Spółka Akcyjna</i> or <a href="/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk_Shipyard" title="Gdańsk Shipyard">Gdańsk Shipyard</a> it is still in existence today as the largest Polish shipyard. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danziger_Werft&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danziger_Werft&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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</li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danziger_Werft&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStąporek¶_11-14_1-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFStąporek">Stąporek</a>, ¶ 11-14.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danziger_Werft&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in Polish)</span> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001756/http://www.rzygacz.webd.pl/index.php?id=76,86,0,0,1,0">"Stocznia Cesarska"</a> [Kaiser's Shipyard]. <i>Wydział Morski</i>. Akademia Rzygaczy. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rzygacz.webd.pl/index.php?id=76,86,0,0,1,0">the original</a> on 2016-03-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-09-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Wydzia%C5%82+Morski&rft.atitle=Stocznia+Cesarska&rft.date=2004&rft.au=Marcin+St%C4%85porek&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rzygacz.webd.pl%2Findex.php%3Fid%3D76%2C86%2C0%2C0%2C1%2C0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADanziger+Werft" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in German)</span> Günter Stavorinus: <i>Die Geschichte der Königlichen - Kaiserlichen Werft Danzig 1844 - 1918</i>, Böhlau Verlag Köln Wien 1990, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-412-16889-0" title="Special:BookSources/3-412-16889-0">3-412-16889-0</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danziger_Werft&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in German)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://purl.org/pressemappe20/folder/co/005715">Clippings about Danziger Werft</a> in the <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Press_Archives" title="20th Century Press Archives">20th Century Press Archives</a> of the <a href="/wiki/German_National_Library_of_Economics" title="German National Library of Economics">ZBW</a></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danziger_Werft&oldid=1253545733">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danziger_Werft&oldid=1253545733</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Shipbuilding_companies_of_Germany" title="Category:Shipbuilding companies of Germany">Shipbuilding companies of Germany</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Vehicle_manufacturing_companies_established_in_1921" title="Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1921">Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1921</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Defunct_companies_of_Germany" title="Category:Defunct companies of Germany">Defunct companies of Germany</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:History_of_Gda%C5%84sk" title="Category:History of Gdańsk">History of Gdańsk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1921_establishments_in_the_Free_City_of_Danzig" title="Category:1921 establishments in the Free City of Danzig">1921 establishments in the Free City of Danzig</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Vehicle_manufacturing_companies_disestablished_in_1940" title="Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1940">Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1940</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Former_submarine_builders" title="Category:Former submarine builders">Former submarine builders</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_explicitly_cited_English-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text">Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Polish-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Polish-language text">Articles containing Polish-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_Polish-language_sources_(pl)" title="Category:Articles with Polish-language sources (pl)">Articles with Polish-language sources (pl)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_German-language_sources_(de)" title="Category:Articles with German-language sources (de)">Articles with German-language sources (de)</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 26 October 2024, at 15:24<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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