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==Ships of A.G. "Weser" and its predecessors (selection)== * 1847, Serial-No.1, [[Paddle steamer]] ''Roland'' * 1874–1881 [[Wespe-class gunboat]]s * 1898, No. 116, Large protected cruiser {{SMS|Victoria Louise}} for Kaiserliche Marine * 1903–1904, {{sclass|Bremen|cruiser|2}} {{SMS|Bremen}}, sunk 1915 * 1906, Lightship ''Reserve Sonderburg'', 1988 rebuilt at ''Motorenwerke Bremerhaven'' to sailing ship [[Alexander von Humboldt (ship)|Alexander von Humboldt]] '' (nickname „Green Alex“, because of green sails) * 1907, 8.790 GRT mail-and-passenger vessel ''Goeben'' for [[Norddeutscher Lloyd]] * 1908, Armoured cruiser {{SMS|Gneisenau}}, sunk December 1914 in the [[Battle of the Falkland Islands]] by Royal Navy * 1907-09, {{sclass|Nassau|battleship|2}} {{SMS|Westfalen}}, participated 1916 [[Battle of Jütland]] (in German: Skagerrakschlacht), after war 1920 delivered to Great Britain, 1924 scrapped * 1911, {{sclass|Helgoland|battleship|2}} {{SMS|Thüringen}}, participated Skagerrakschlacht; 1920 delivered to France, 1923-33 scrapped * 1914, {{sclass|König|battleship|2}} {{SMS|Markgraf}}, participated Skagerrakschlacht, 1918 internment in Scapa Flow, there 1919 self-destructed, 1936 scrapped * 1916-1918, 84 U-boats for ''Kaiserliche Marine'' * 1926, [[Rotor ship]] ''Barbara'' with additional propulsion by three Flettner-Rotors (using Magnus-Effect) * 1929, Passenger ship {{SS|Bremen|1928|6}} for shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd . Won Blue Riband 1929 and 1933 for fastest Atlantic Ocean crossing; the ''Bremen'' escaped after beginning of war from New York to Bremerhaven; burnt out 1940 in Bremerhaven, probably by arson * 1936 Whale factory ship ''Terje Viken'' for United Whalers Ltd. London, worldwide greatest factory ship; March 1941 sunk by German U-boats {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} and {{GS|U-99|1940|2}} in North Atlantic Ocean while participating Allied [[convoy OB 293]] * 1937, Passenger-cargo ship {{SS|Scharnhorst|1934|6}}, sold to Japan in 1942 and rebuilt as auxiliary aircraft carrier {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shinyo||2}}, sunk 1944 by {{USS|Spadefish|SS-411}} * 1937, Passenger-cargo ship {{SS|Gneisenau|1935|6}}, sister ship of ''Scharnhorst'' but with steam turbine propulsion contrary to ''Scharnhorst''{{'}}s turboelectric propulsion * 1937, German whale factory ship ''Unitas'' for ''Jürgens-Van den Bergh'' company (whale hunting vessels were built by Bremer Vulkan); as Japanese ''Nissan Maru II'' scrapped in Taiwan 1987 * 1937, Merchant ship ''Kandelfels'', in WW II used as auxiliary cruiser {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Pinguin||2}}, 1941 sunk by British cruiser {{HMS|Cornwall|56|6}} * 1938, Merchant ship ''Ems'' for shipping company ''Norddeutscher Lloyd'', in WW II used as auxiliary cruiser {{ship|German auxiliary cruiser|Komet||2}}, 1942 sunk by planes and ships of Royal Air Force and Royal Navy * 1937-1938; Destroyer class 1934A for Kriegsmarine, 4 units Z5 – Z8 * 1953–1954, Turbine tankers ''Olympic Cloud'', ''-Wind'', ''-Storm'', ''-Sky'', ''-Breeze'' and ''-Rainbow'' for ''Olympic Transportation Co''., New York (Owner: ''Aristoteles Onassis'') * 1979, Frigate [[German frigate Niedersachsen (F208)|''Niedersachsen'']] for Bundesmarine (German Navy) in collaboration with frigate general contractor [[Bremer Vulkan]] * 1983, Cargo ship ''Ubena'' for Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) Hamburg was last ship built by AG Weser
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