Bremer Vulkan
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Not to be confused with AG Vulcan Stettin or Crichton-Vulcan.
Bremer Vulkan AG was a prominent German shipbuilding company located at the Weser river in Bremen-Vegesack. It was founded in 1893 and closed in 1997 because of financial problems and mismanagement.
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Industry | Shipbuilding |
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Founded | 1893 |
Defunct | 1997 |
Fate | Bankrupt |
Headquarters | Bremen-Vegesack, Germany |
Number of employees | ~22,000 (total Vulkan Group 1996) |
Parent | Johann Lange Shipyard and Bremer Schiffbaugesellschaft, former H. F. Ulrichs Shipyard |
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All together Bremer Vulkan built about 1100 ships—including the ships of the predecessor Johann Lange Shipyard—of different types. It is remarkable that the Bremer Vulkan, with the exception of both World Wars, only built civilian ships; production of naval ships except during wartime first started in the 1980s.