Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft, abbreviated Deschimag, was a cooperation of eight German shipyards in the period 1926 to 1945, led by the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen. Based in Bremen, it built passenger ships, merchant ships, U-boats and warships as well as steam turbines and engines. Among its ships was the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner SS Bremen. The company was dissolved in 1945.
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Source Admiral Hipper-class cruiser (Wikipedia)Construction, Seydlitz and LützowQuote, Construction, Seydlitz and Lützow
Seydlitz and Lützow were both built by the Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau shipyard in Bremen
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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.
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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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AG Weser, 1935–38; four Type 1934A-class destroyers, units Z5 – Z8
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AG Weser, 1936–39: six Type 1936-class destroyers, units Z17 - Z22
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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.
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AG Weser, 1941-44: three Type 1936B-class destroyers, units Z35, Z36 and Z43
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AG Weser, 162 U-boats of types VII, IX and XXI
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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.
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AG Weser, 162 U-boats of types VII, IX and XXI
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Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (abbreviated Deschimag) was a cooperation of eight German shipyards in the period 1926 to 1945.
Infobox: fate
dissolved 1945
Infobox: defunct
1945
Infobox: founded
1926
Operates In: Shipbuilding Industry, Infobox: industry
Shipbuilding
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