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    Deutsche Werke Kiel AG was a German shipbuilding company that was founded in 1925 when Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and other shipyards were merged. It came...
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    BMW (redirect from Bayerische Motoren Werke)
    Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (German pronunciation: [ˌbeːʔɛmˈveː] ), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian...
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    seconds. Deutsche Werke AG of Kiel built four Type IIBs in 1935 and 1936; Germaniawerft of Kiel built fourteen in 1935 and 1936; and Flender Werke AG of...
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    after World War I, first by its inventor Heinrich Ortgies and then by Deutsche Werke. Inexpensive, but of good quality, the pistol achieved considerable...
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  • Deutsche Werke AG (DWK) was founded; producing diesel locomotives as well as shipbuilding and firearms manufacture. During the World War II Deutsche Werke...
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    February 1940. The three ships were built between 1929 and 1936 by the Deutsche Werke in Kiel and the Reichsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven, seeing much service...
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    Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke, usually known as DFW, was a German aircraft manufacturer of the early twentieth century. It was established by Bernhard Meyer...
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    which included her sister ship, Scharnhorst. The ship was built at the Deutsche Werke dockyard in Kiel; she was laid down on 6 May 1935 and launched on 8...
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    being awarded to Reichsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven and E awarded to Deutsche Werke in Kiel . Both ships' keels were laid on 14 February. That month, the...
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  • Zerstörer 1934 Class overview Builders Deutsche Werke, Kiel Built 1934–1935 In commission 1937–1947 Completed 4 Lost 3 Scrapped 1 General characteristics...
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    for which were awarded to the Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven and the Deutsche Werke in Kiel. Construction was held up by 14 months, partly because Hitler...
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    Zeppelin began on 28 December 1936, when her keel was laid down at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel. Named in honor of Graf (Count) Ferdinand von Zeppelin...
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    the Weimar government for the Reichsmarine, she was laid down at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel in February 1929 and completed by April 1933. Originally...
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    had recently held the battleship Gneisenau. The ship was built by the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel. Two years later, Großadmiral (Grand Admiral) Erich...
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    ships, Königsberg and Köln. Karlsruhe was laid down in July 1926 at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel, launched in August 1927, and commissioned into the...
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  • Type II submarines (Unterseeboot or U-boat) built by Germany. Builder: Deutsche Werke AG at Kiel Laid down: 11 February 1935 Commissioned: 29 June 1935 Operations:...
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    in March 1918. The ship was ordered on 7 July 1934 and laid down at Deutsche Werke, Kiel, on 7 January 1935 as yard number K245. She was launched on 30...
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    number 607. Q was assigned to the Schichau-Werke in Danzig, and the contract for R was awarded to the Deutsche Werke. Only the keels for M and N were laid—in...
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    April 1939. Blücher, ordered as "G" to replace Berlin, was built by the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel, under construction number 246. Her keel was laid on...
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    Wegmann firms from June through to December 1940, production shifted to Deutsche Werke from January to September 1941. 413 vehicles were manufactured, all...
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    of the only U-boats sunk by high-level bombing during World War II. Deutsche Werke, Kiel December 1943 B-17 and B-24 bombing destroyed one workshop (100%)...
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  • Georg Walther patented in 1918. Original production was handled by Deutsche Werke in the early 1920s, but was later improved by Walther, with refinements...
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    Richard Beitzen, 1937 Class overview Name Type 1934 destroyer Builders Deutsche Werke Operators  Kriegsmarine Succeeded by Type 1934A destroyer Cost 54,749...
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    propulsion system consisted of two steam turbines manufactured by the Deutsche Werke and Germaniawerft shipyards, along with four 7-cylinder double-acting...
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    Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Aktiengesellschaft (German Weapons and Munitions public limited company), known as DWM, was an arms company in Imperial...
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    during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 22 November 1940 by Deutsche Werke in Kiel as yard number 290. The submarine was launched on 13 September...
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    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)...
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    all-wheel-drive, all-wheel-steering and two driver positions at front and rear. Deutsche Werke in Kiel were contracted to design the armoured body. The turret in the...
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    February. There, she went into drydock at the Deutsche Werke shipyard for repairs. While in Deutsche Werke, Emden was under continuous air attacks. An air...
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    changes from being made, however. Nürnberg was laid down in 1934 at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel. She was launched on 6 December 1934 and completed...
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