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==Ships built== [[File:060715 Passat.jpg|thumb|262px|[[Passat (ship)|''Passat'']]]] [[File:SMS Scharnhorst.jpg|thumb|262px|''[[SMS Scharnhorst]]'']] [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H27992, Lazarettschiff "Wilhelm Gustloff" in Danzig.jpg|thumb|262px|{{MV|Wilhelm Gustloff||2}}]] [[File:Bismark Stapellauf 2.jpg|thumb|262px|[[German battleship Bismarck|''Bismarck'']]]] [[File:EnQuest Producer (8729296518).jpg|thumb|262px|FPSO EnQuest Producer under Star Capital]] [[File:Eclipse docked in Nassau Jan 12, 2011.JPG|thumb|262px|[[Eclipse (yacht)|''Eclipse'']]]] [[File:F224 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg.jpg|thumb|262px|The frigate [[German frigate Sachsen-Anhalt|''Sachsen-Anhalt'']] of the [[German Navy]]]] Blohm & Voss was established in the days of sail and, although it built ships with steel hulls from the first, it did not produce a significant steamship until 1900. Of the many hundreds of ships built by B+V, notable examples include: ===Tall ships=== * [[Flying P-Liner]]s, including {{ship||Petschili|ship|2}} (1903), {{ship||Pamir|ship|2}} (1905), {{ship||Passat|ship|2}} (1911), {{ship||Peking|ship|2}} (1911), {{ship||Pola|ship|2}} (1916) and {{ship||Priwall|barque|2}} (1917) * ''Prinzess Eitel Friedrich'' (1909) (later {{ship||Dar Pomorza}}) * {{ship||Gorch Fock|1933|2}} class of three-masted [[barque]]s and [[school ship]]s, between 1933 and 1938, Including Horst Wessel in 1936, which serves today as [[USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)|USCG Eagle]]. ===Ocean liners and other passenger ships=== * {{ship||Prinzessin Victoria Luise|1900|3}}, a [[Hamburg America Line]] ship, the first ship built exclusively for cruising * {{RMS|Majestic|1914}}, a [[White Star Line]] liner and the largest ship in the world until the completion of {{SS|Normandie||2}} in 1935 * {{SS|Leviathan}} (1914), a [[United States Lines]] liner and sister ship to RMS ''Majestic''. Scrapped in 1938 * {{SS|Cap Arcona|1927}}, a [[Hamburg Süd]] liner sunk with great loss of life near the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]] * {{SS|Monte Cervantes|1927}}, a [[Hamburg Süd]] liner lost near [[Tierra del Fuego]] in 1930 * {{SS|Europa|1928}}, a [[Norddeutscher Lloyd]] liner and [[Blue Riband]] winner * {{MV|Monte Rosa|1930}}, a passenger liner and cruise ship that would become better known as the troopship ''Empire Windrush'' * {{MV|Monte Pascoal|1930}}, a passenger liner and cruise ship. Sister ship of ''Monte Rosa'' and ''Monte Cervantes'' * {{SS|Potsdam|1935}}, a Norddeutscher Lloyd [[Turbo-electric transmission|turbo-electric]] liner that served as an Allied troopship and then the Pakistani pilgrim ship ''Safina-E-Hujjaj'' * {{ship|TS|Pretoria|1936}} and {{ship|TS|Windhuk|1936}}, [[Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie]] passenger [[cargo liner]]s * {{MV|Wilhelm Gustloff|1937}}, a [[Strength Through Joy|''Kraft durch Freude'']] ("Strength Through Joy") cruise ship whose sinking was history's worst maritime disaster by lives lost * [[SS Jagiełło|SS ''Jagiełło'' (1939)]], a Polish passenger liner built as ''Dogu'', and later ''Pyotr Velikiy'' * {{MV|Aurora|1955}} as ''Wappen Von Hamburg''. It was the first luxury liner to be built after World War II * {{MV|Explorer|2001}}, used by the [[Semester at Sea]] university [[study abroad]] program ===Private yachts=== * {{ship||A|motor yacht|2}} – {{convert|119|m|abbr=on}} owned by Russian billionaire [[Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist)|Andrey Melnichenko]] * {{ship||Dubai|yacht|2}} – owned by the ruler of the [[Emirate of Dubai]] and the [[Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates]], Sheikh [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]] * {{ship||Eclipse|yacht|2}} – the second-largest private yacht, owned by Russian billionaire [[Roman Abramovich]]. * {{ship||Enigma|yacht|2}} – a yacht ordered by Azcarraga, later owned by [[Larry Ellison]] and Aidan Barcaly. * {{ship|German aviso|Grille|1935|2}} – built as the German state yacht (1935), converted to minelayer at the beginning of World War II, later reconverted to state yacht of Nazi Germany, Hitler's official maritime conveyance. * {{ship||Lady Moura||2}} – owned by Saudi billionaire Dr Nasser al-Rashid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht_lady_moura.html|title=Lady Moura|website=superyachtfan.com|access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref> * {{MV|Savarona}} – built for an American heiress in 1931. Later the Turkish Presidential yacht and now a charter yacht. Still among the largest yachts, at {{convert|446|ft|m}} long. ===Warships=== ====Pre-dreadnought warships==== * {{SMS|Kaiser Karl der Grosse}}, battleship – first battleship to be built in the yard<ref name="Groner">{{cite book|last1=Gröner|first1=Erich|title=German warships, 1815–1945|year=1990|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-0-87021-790-6|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hildebrand|first1=Hans H|last2=Röhr|first2=Albert|last3=Steinmetz|first3=Hans-Otto|name-list-style=amp|title=Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe|date=1993|publisher=Mundus Verlag|location=Ratingen, Germany|page=39|volume=5}}</ref> ====Warships of World War I==== * {{SMS|Glyndwr}}, light seaplane carrier converted from a merchant ship * {{SMS|Von der Tann}}, [[battlecruiser]] * {{SMS|Goeben}}, battlecruiser * {{SMS|Moltke}}, battlecruiser * {{SMS|Scharnhorst}}, [[armoured cruiser]] * {{SMS|Seydlitz}} and {{SMS|Derfflinger}}, battlecruisers that were heavily damaged in the [[Battle of Jutland]]; both stayed afloat and brought their crews home. ====Warships of World War II==== * {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Hipper||2}}, [[heavy cruiser]] * {{ship|German battleship|Bismarck||2}}, [[battleship]] * ''[[NMS Amiral Murgescu|Cetatea Albă]]'', [[minelayer]] ([[Romanian Navy]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Earl Thomas Allnutt|last=Brassey|title=Brassey's Annual: The Armed Forces Year-book|volume=58|publisher=Praeger Publishers|year=1947|pages=259}}</ref> * Many [[Type VII U-boat|Type VII]], [[German Type XVIIB submarine|Type XVII]], [[Type XXI U-boat|Type XXI]] and [[Type XXVI submarine|Type XXVI]] [[U-boat]]s ====Modern warships==== Ships built using the MEKO system are listed at [[MEKO]]. Other modern warships designed and built by B&V include: * {{ship|German frigate|Rheinland-Pfalz|F209|3}}, a {{sclass|Bremen|frigate|2}} * {{ship|German frigate|Brandenburg|F215|3}}, the first {{sclass|Brandenburg|frigate|2}} * {{ship|German frigate|Sachsen|F219|3}}, the first {{sclass|Sachsen|frigate|2}} * [[HMS Tiger Bay|Z28-class patrol boats]] for the [[Prefectura Naval Argentina|Argentine Coast Guard]]
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