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Flender Werke was a German shipbuilding company, located in Lübeck. It was founded in 1917 as a branch of Brückenbau Flender AG of Benrath on the Rhine. In 1926, it became a fully independent business and was renamed Lübecker Flenderwerke AG.2 Its products include U-121 and U-120.1 It is part of Flender AG für Eisen-, Brücken-, und Schiffbau.1 It ceased to exist in 2002.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Flender Werke was a German shipbuilding company, located in Lübeck. It was founded in 1917 as a branch of Brückenbau Flender AG of Benrath on the Rhine. In 1926, it became a fully independent business and was renamed Lübecker Flenderwerke AG. It went on to become one of the largest shipyards in Germany, building nearly 700 ships in all.2
During World War II, Flender Werke built 2 Type II and 40 Type VII U-boats for the Kriegsmarine.
After the war, Flender Werke continued to build merchant ships, and in 1973 it was renamed Flender Werft AG. In 2002, it was forced to close because of insolvency.
From Wikipedia’s article on Flender Werke, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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