Private company
Kaiserliche Werft Kiel
German shipyard
Kaiserliche Werft Kiel ("Imperial shipyard Kiel") was a German shipbuilding company that was founded in 1867, first as Königliche Werft Kiel but renamed in 1871, with the proclamation of the German Empire. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven it was one of three shipyards which produced warships for the Preußische Marine and later the Kaiserliche Marine.2 It ceased to exist in 1918.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Kaiserliche Werft Kiel ("Imperial shipyard Kiel") was a German shipbuilding company that was founded in 1867, first as Königliche Werft Kiel but renamed in 1871, with the proclamation of the German Empire. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven it was one of three shipyards which produced warships for the Preußische Marine and later the Kaiserliche Marine. With the end of World War I Kaiserliche Werft Kiel was closed, but the shipyard was opened again, when Deutsche Werke was founded on their grounds in 1925 (active until 1945, and re-activated as shipyard by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in 1955).2
Products and brands
- warship
Listed on Wikidata.1
Kaiserliche Werft Kiel 463
From Wikipedia’s article on Kaiserliche Werft Kiel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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Links
- WikipediaKaiserliche Werft Kiel
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ463858
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- 2WikipediaKaiserliche Werft Kiel on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsKaiserliche Werft Kiel photo by Wilhelm Dreesen, Public domain