Editing Blohm+Voss

{{Short description|German shipbuilding and engineering company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Blohm+Voss B.V. & Co. KG
| logo = BlohmPlusVoss.svg
| type = [[Subsidiary]] ([[Kommanditgesellschaft|KG]])
| foundation = 1877
| founders = [[Hermann Blohm]]<br/>[[Ernst Voss]]
| location_city = [[Hamburg]], [[Paris]]
| location_country = Germany, France
| location = 
| origins =
| key_people = Klaus Borgschulte, Tim Wagner, Dirk Malgowski, Lena Ströbele<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nvl.de/en/legal-notice/|title = Legal notice – NVL}}</ref>
| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = [[Shipbuilding]]<ref name=Meyer/>
| products = [[Ship]]s and [[yacht]]s
| services = Repair, refit and new construction
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 447 (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/BlohmVoss-133-Arbeitsplaetze-fallen-weg,blohmvoss166.html|title=Blohm+Voss: 133 Arbeitsplätze fallen weg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hamburg.de/nachrichten-hamburg/15453696/bei-werft-blohm-voss-in-hamburg-droht-personalabbau/ |title=Jobverlust droht bei Traditionswerft Blohm+Voss in Hamburg - hamburg.de |access-date=2021-10-04 |archive-date=2021-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004134445/https://www.hamburg.de/nachrichten-hamburg/15453696/bei-werft-blohm-voss-in-hamburg-droht-personalabbau/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| parent = [[Lürssen]]
| divisions =
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| homepage = [http://www.blohmvoss.com blohmvoss.com]
| dissolved =
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}}
'''Blohm+Voss''' ('''B+V'''), also written historically as '''Blohm & Voss''', '''Blohm und Voß''' etc., is a German-French shipbuilding and engineering company. Founded in [[Hamburg]] in 1877 to specialise in steel-hulled ships, its most famous product was the [[World War II]] battleship ''[[German battleship Bismarck|Bismarck]]''. In the 1930s, its owners established the [[Hamburger Flugzeugbau]] aircraft manufacturer which, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, adopted the name of its parent company. Following a difficult period after the war, B+V was revived, changing ownership among several owners, such as [[Thyssen AG|Thyssen Group]] and Star Capital. In 2016, it became a subsidiary of [[Lürssen]] and continues to supply both the military and civilian markets. It serves two areas – new construction of [[warship]]s as NVL B.V. & Co. KG, and new construction and refitting of [[Superyacht|megayachts]].<ref name = Meyer>Meyer, Kristian, [https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/erste-bilanz-nach-uebernahme-alles-neu-bei-traditionswerft-blohm-voss-30085876 "Erste Bilanz nach Übernahme Alles neu bei Traditionswerft Blohm+Voss"], ''[[Hamburger Morgenpost]]'', 27 April 2018.</ref> The company has been in operation, building ships and other large machinery, almost continuously for {{Sum|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|-1877}} years.

==History==
===Early years===
[[File:Pincerno - Blohm & Voss 1877.jpg|thumb|262px|Blohm & Voss 1877]]
Blohm & Voss was founded on 5 April 1877 by [[Hermann Blohm]] and [[Ernst Voss]] (or Voß) as a general partnership, to build steel-hulled ships. It established a shipyard on the island of [[Kuhwerder]], near the Free and [[Hanseatic League|Hanseatic]] City of [[Hamburg]], covering {{convert|15,000|m2|abbr=on}} with {{convert|250|m|abbr=on}} of water frontage and three building berths, two suitable for ships of up to {{convert|100|m|abbr=on}} length. The company name was shown with the [[ampersand]], as B&V, until 1955.

Shipbuilding was at that time dominated by the British, with even German customers preferring to buy from them. Initial business was confined to ship repairs, although B&V managed to build and later sell the three-masted barque ''National''. Eventually the first new-build order arrived for the small cargo paddle-steamer ''Burg'', and the business took off. By 1882, the company had gained a reputation for quality and punctuality and was prospering.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motorship.com/news101/ships-and-shipyards/end-of-an-era-for-germanys-most-famous-shipyard |title=End of an era for Germany's most famous shipyard |date=2011-08-31 |website=The Motorship |access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref>

Initially, their products were steel-hulled sailing ships designed for long sea voyages. At that time steamships had a relatively short range, while many of the advantages of steel construction still applied to sailing ships as much as to steam. The company built its first steamship in 1900, while still continuing to build sailing ships until the late 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://innovationsoftheworld.com/blohmvoss-more-than-just-a-shipyard/|title=Blohm+Voss – More Than Just A Shipyard|date=2019-10-03|website=Innovations Of The World|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref>

===The Nazi era, 1933–1945===
[[File:German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper at Blohm & Voss shipyards in 1939.jpg|thumb|262px|German heavy cruiser [[German cruiser Admiral Hipper|''Admiral Hipper'']] at Blohm & Voss shipyards in 1939]]
When Hermann Blohm died, his two sons {{ill|Rudolf Blohm|de}} and {{ill|Walther Blohm|de}} took over. Ernst Voss left soon afterwards. By this time the company was in financial crisis, so the Blohm brothers diversified into aircraft, setting up the [[Hamburger Flugzeugbau]] (see below) in the summer of 1933.<ref name="Pohlmann">Pohlmann (1979).</ref>

With the rise of the [[Nazi Party]] to power in 1933, Germany began to rearm and both companies became increasingly involved in the programme. The shipyard built both civilian craft and warships for the government, including the battleship {{ship|German battleship|Bismarck||2}}, before manufacturing [[U-boat]]s in quantity.

In 1944 a subcamp of [[Neuengamme concentration camp]] was set up at the company's shipyard in [[List of subcamps of Neuengamme#In Hamburg|Hamburg-Steinwerder]].<ref>The camp Blohm & Voss is listed as No. 550 Hamburg in the [http://bundesrecht.juris.de/begdv_6/anlage_6.html official German list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423004151/http://bundesrecht.juris.de/begdv_6/anlage_6.html|date=April 23, 2009}} (List in German)</ref> It supplied labour to the company from July 1944 to April 1945. A report dated 29 August states:
{{blockquote|500 foreign female concentration camp prisoners, political, and criminal. Adjacent barracks camp, 11 guards, 17,000 m barbed wire, 380 Volts, tripwire. . . . The German foremen should be replaced by prisoners because the inmate overseers take a tougher line. Work performance is highly satisfactory. Productivity is higher than with the same number of German workers because work hours are longer and absenteeism is lower. . . . The gentlemen are of the opinion that the conditions sound harsher than they actually are.<ref name=Buggeln/>}}
Rudolf Blohm was present during this visit.<ref name=Buggeln>{{cite book|last1=Buggeln|first1=Marc|title=Slave Labor in Nazi Concentration Camps|title-link=Slave Labor in Nazi Concentration Camps|date=2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870797-4|language=en|page=1}}</ref>

A memorial stands on the site of the camp and the company continues to pay an undisclosed amount to the [[Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future"|Fund for Compensation of Forced Laborers]].<ref>Herbert Diercks, ''Der Hamburger Hafen im Nationalsozialismus'', 2008</ref> Steinwerder was badly damaged during the [[bombing of Hamburg]] in World War II and at the end of it, shipbuilding was forbidden.<ref name="wend">Henry Burke Wend; ''Recovery and Restoration: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Politics of Reconstruction of West Germany's Shipbuilding Industry'', Praeger, 2001, pp.196–198.</ref>

===Hamburger Flugzeugbau===
[[File:Blohm & Voss Ha 139 floatplane being lifted by a crane c1937.jpg|thumb|262px|Ha 139]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-667-7142-24, Flugzeug Blohm - Voß BV 238 V1.jpg|thumb|262px|BV 238, largest Axis aircraft design to fly]]

{{Main|Hamburger Flugzeugbau}}
In 1933 Blohm & Voss was suffering a financial crisis from lack of work. Its owners, brothers [[Rudolf Blohm|Rudolf]] and [[Walther Blohm|Walther]] Blohm, decided to diversify into aircraft manufacture, believing that there would soon be a market for all-metal, long-range [[flying boat]]s, especially with the German state airline [[Deutsche Luft Hansa]]. They also felt that their experience with all-metal marine construction would prove an advantage. They formed the Hamburger Flugzeugbau that summer.<ref name="amtmann1998">Amtmann (1998)</ref><ref name="Pohlmann"/>

Most of the aircraft built by HFB/B&V would in fact be other companies' designs and major subassemblies, contracted under license, including tens of thousands of aircraft each for [[Dornier Flugzeugwerke|Dornier]], [[Heinkel]], [[Junkers]] and [[Messerschmitt]].<ref name="Pohlmann"/> Alongside its volume manufacturing the company also maintained its own design office and workshops which continued to develop and build new types throughout the company's life. The first planes it produced were designated with the [[RLM aircraft designation system#Name changes and new constructors|official RLM company code]] "Ha".

The aircraft produced by Hamburger Flugzeugbau were still commonly associated with Blohm & Voss and this was causing confusion, so in September 1937 Hamburger Flugzeugbau was renamed ''Abteilung Flugzeugbau der Schiffswerft Blohm & Voss'' and the RLM changed its company code to "BV".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/ikrg/buch/b_v/kap202.htm|title=Kapitel 2.2.: B + V Geschichte v. 1933 – 1938|website=www.nadir.org}}</ref>

Its most significant designs were [[flying boat]]s, mainly used by the Luftwaffe for maritime patrol and reconnaissance. Most numerous was the [[Blohm & Voss BV 138|BV 138]] ''Seedrache'' (initiated as the Ha 138), a [[Twin-boom aircraft|twin-boom]] [[trimotor]], while the [[Blohm & Voss BV 222|BV 222]] ''Wiking'' was much larger. Largest of all was the [[Blohm & Voss BV 238|BV 238]] prototype, the largest aircraft built by any of the [[Axis Powers of World War II|Axis forces]]. Other notable types include the asymmetric [[Blohm & Voss BV 141|BV 141]], which was built in moderate numbers but did not enter production.

At the end of the war, aircraft production was shut down. [[Hamburger Flugzeugbau]] GmBH (HFB) re-emerged in 1956, still under the ownership of Walther Blohm but no longer connected to B+V. It reopened the [[Airbus Hamburg-Finkenwerder|former B+V aircraft factory at Finkenwerder]] and subsequently underwent various further changes of ownership and company name,<ref>Pohlmann (1979), 1982 edition, Page 242.</ref> eventually becoming part of [[Airbus]].

===Postwar===
[[File:2013-06-08 Projekt Heißlufftballon DSCF7565.jpg|thumb|262px|Administrative building]]
[[File:Blohm + Voss (Hamburg-Steinwerder).2.phb.ajb.jpg|thumb|262px|Blohm+Voss, between Kuhwerder Port, Nordelbe and Norderloch]]

After the Second World War, the British continued to demolish the shipyards of Steinwerder. B&V, unable to restart shipbuilding work, all but ceased to exist for several years.

In 1950, B&V created a new subsidiary company, Steinwerder Industrie AG, to manufacture machinery and boilers on the site. Its shipyard fortunes began to revive in 1952 when the new company was allowed to restart ship repair work and the City of Hamburg subsequently guaranteed it credit. By 1953 some 900 workers were back in employment.<ref name="wend"/> The building of new ships would later also be allowed again; the first ship built was the [[Wappen von Hamburg]] in 1955. During this period of resurrection the level of investment required meant that B&V moved out of private hands and became a publicly quoted company, 50% owned by Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG, itself soon to be consolidated into the [[Thyssen AG|Thyssen Group]].<ref>Hamburg Journal, Part 2.</ref> Even so, B&V would never regain its former size. In 1966 it took over neighbouring shipbuilder [[H. C. Stülcken Sohn]].<ref>[http://magazin.spiegel.de/EpubDelivery/spiegel/pdf/46265750 Mauerblümchen ist jetzt die Regierung] ("Wallflower is Now the Boss"), ''Der Spiegel'', 21 February 1966, pp.25–26.</ref>

During the postwar years, B+V built [[Oil platform|oil rigs]] and developed a market for other offshore products such as support ships and pipelines.<ref>[http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2872:cape-town-shipyard-busy-with-scarabeo-3-upgrades&Itemid=230 Cape Town shipyard busy with Scarabeo 3 upgrades], MarineLog (retrieved 26 April 2017)</ref><ref>[http://oilrig-photos.com/picture/number2979.asp Semi submersible drill rig Chris Chenery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427100802/http://oilrig-photos.com/picture/number2979.asp |date=2017-04-27 }}, Oil Rig Photos (retrieved 26 April 2017)</ref><ref>[http://offshoreunits.blohmvoss.com/en/ Offshore Units] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427095950/http://offshoreunits.blohmvoss.com/en/ |date=2017-04-27 }}, Blohm+Voss (retrieved 26 April 2017)</ref> The company has also built ships for numerous commercial customers, including luxury yachts. ''Eclipse'', built for Russian billionaire [[Roman Abramovich]], is {{convert|162|m|ftin}} in length making it the second longest private yacht in the world. B+V still administers the [[Elbe 17]] dry dock at Hamburg. The semi-submersible drilling rig "Chris Chenery" was constructed in 1974 for The Offshore Co. of Houston, US. When [[Thyssen AG]] and [[Krupp]] merged in 1999, B+V became a subsidiary of [[ThyssenKrupp]] Marine Systems.

In December 2001, Blohm+Voss, [[Nordseewerke]] and [[Lürssen|Friedrich Lurssen Werft]] were awarded the contract to build the first five K130 [[MEKO]] frigates for the [[German Navy]]. The first of them, ''[[German corvette Braunschweig|Braunschweig]]'', was built at Blohm+Voss, launched in April 2006 and commissioned in April 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=K130 Braunschweig Class Corvette|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/k130corvette/|access-date=30 April 2018|work=Naval Technology}}</ref> Several problems with the equipment fit delayed commissioning, and the last was commissioned in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=K130 Braunschweig class|url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/world-naval-forces/west-european-navies-vessels-ships-equipment/german-navy-marine-germany-vessels-ships-equipment/corvettes-and-opv/1189-k130-braunschweig-class-corvette-korvette-f260-magdeburg-f261-erfurt-f262-oldenburg-f263-ludwigshafen-am-rhein-f264-german-navy-deutsche-marine-tkms-blohm-voss-datasheet-pictures-photos-video-specifications.html|publisher=Navy Recognition|access-date=1 May 2018|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/2065764/milliardenprojekt-korvette-130-pannenserie-reisst-nicht-ab-marineinspekteur-fordert-schaerfere|title=Milliardenprojekt Korvette 130: Pannenserie reißt nicht ab – Marineinspekteur fordert schärfere Kontrolle|language=de|work=Norddeutcher Rundfunk via PressPortal|date=20 June 2011|access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref>

In 2011 ThyssenKrupp agreed the sale of the Blohm+Voss civil shipbuilding division to British investment company STAR Capital Partners.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bryant|first=Chris|title=ThyssenKrupp sells 'mega-yacht' division|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/276446d0-24ab-11e1-ac4b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1gKKFcOYh|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210211246/https://www.ft.com/content/276446d0-24ab-11e1-ac4b-00144feabdc0#axzz1gKKFcOYh|archive-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|work=FT.com|date=12 December 2011|publisher=Financial Times Limited|access-date=12 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=STAR Capital Partners buys Blohm & Voss' civil business|url=http://www.superyachttimes.com/editorial/14/article/id/7606|work=SuperYachtTimes.com|publisher=SuperYachtTimes.com|access-date=12 December 2011|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924111852/http://www.superyachttimes.com/editorial/14/article/id/7606|url-status=dead}}</ref> The military division remained with ThyssenKrupp.<ref>Conrad Waters (Ed.); ''Seaforth World Naval Review 2013'', Seaforth, 2012, p.134.</ref>

In October 2016, regulatory approval was given for [[Lürssen]] to acquire Blohm+Voss from STAR Capital Partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superyachttimes.com/yacht-news/breaking-news-a-new-future-for-luerssen/|title=Breaking news: Lürssen acquires Blohm + Voss|publisher=superyachttimes.com|date=28 September 2016|access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.blohmvoss.com/en/corporate/content/press-media/press-releases German Fair Trade Commission approves Blohm+Voss Acquisition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217034152/http://www.blohmvoss.com/en/corporate/content/press-media/press-releases |date=2015-02-17 }}, B+V web site, 31 October 2016. (Retrieved 17 April 2017).</ref> In April 2017 the company dismissed 300 employees from which were 1000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dramatic year for German shipbuilding|url=http://www.motorship.com/news101/ships-and-shipyards/dramatic-year-for-german-shipbuilding|work=The Motorship|date=20 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

In September 2017, the German Navy commissioned the construction of five [[Braunschweig-class corvette|K130 corvettes]] by a consortium of North German shipyards including ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Blohm+Voss, and the German Naval Yards in [[Kiel]]. The [[Lürssen]] Group, which would be the main contractor in the production of the vessels, distributed its work between the two sites at [[Wolgast]] and B+V [[Hamburg]] to build only two, [[German corvette Köln|''Köln'']] in 2021 and [[German corvette Emden|''Emden'']] in 2022. The contract was worth around 2 billion euros.<ref name=NT2017>{{cite news|title=Germany awards € 2.4 bln contract for five new K130 corvettes|url=https://navaltoday.com/2017/09/13/germany-awards-e2-4bln-contract-for-five-new-k130-corvettes/|work=Naval Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article211919755/Riesenauftrag-von-der-Bundeswehr-Blohm-Voss-auf-Jahre-gerettet.html|title=Riesenauftrag von Bundeswehr: Blohm+Voss auf Jahre gerettet| publisher=Abendblatt|access-date=14 September 2017|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Four Shipyards Agree to Build New German Corvettes|url=http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/192245/four-shipyards-agree-to-build-new-german-corvettes.html|work=www.defense-aerospace.com|date=April 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wie Blohm+Voss vom Bau neuer Korvetten profitiert|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/wirtschaft/hafen-und-schifffahrt/article213939181/Wie-Blohm-Voss-vom-Bau-neuer-Korvetten-profitiert.html|work=Hamburger Abendblatt|date=6 April 2018|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thyssenkrupp könnte seine Werften verkaufen|url=http://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Thyssenkrupp-koennte-seine-Werften-verkaufen|work=Handelsblatt|date=8 June 2018|language=DE|access-date=8 June 2018|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729133645/https://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Thyssenkrupp-koennte-seine-Werften-verkaufen|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=turndown>{{cite news|title=ThyssenKrupp blocked from warship tender|url=https://global.handelsblatt.com/companies/thyssenkrupp-blocked-warship-tender-893609|work=Handelsblatt Global Edition|date=2 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Behling|first1=Frank|title=TKMS und Lürssen sind bei MKS180 raus|url=http://www.kn-online.de/Nachrichten/Wirtschaft/Marineschiffbau-TKMS-und-Luerssen-sind-bei-MKS180-raus|work=Kieler Nachrichten|date=1 March 2018|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Germany: the MKS-180 decision, an earthquake in naval yards!|url=https://www.defencechronicles.eu/germany-the-mks-180-decision-an-earthquake-in-naval-yards/|work=DefenceChronicles|date=5 March 2018|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Germany returns lead F125 frigate to builder, report|url=https://navaltoday.com/2017/12/22/germany-returns-lead-f125-frigate-to-builder-report/|work=Naval Today|date=22 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sprenger|first1=Sebastian|title=Emerging German-Dutch naval tie-up has industry abuzz|url=https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2018/03/23/emerging-german-dutch-naval-tie-up-has-industry-abuzz/|work=Defense News|date=23 March 2018}}</ref>

On 25 July 2019, Peter Lürßen invested €20 million into the shipyard. Dock 10 was covered with a roof 200m-long and 50m-high for a cost of €13&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/wirtschaft/article226587177/Blohm-Voss-Dock-10-erhaelt-spektakulaeres-Riesen-Dach.html|title=Dock 10 erhält spektakuläres Riesen-Dach|work=Abendblatt|date=25 July 2019|language=DE}}</ref> The mounting of steel pillars above the dock's walls started in October 2020. On 29 April 2021, the hull of the yacht ''Opera'', also called ''Coral Ocean'', was transferred from Dock 17 to Dock 10 and both were tugged to [[Berne, Germany]] to stay at least 2 years. The previous 146-m ''Sassi'', which was burned to the point that only the engine section block remained, formed part of ''Opera''. Lürßen's Dock 3 was transferred to the Jade shipyard at [[Wilhelmshaven]]. In Berne, a hall was extended. ''[[Mein Schiff 3]]'' then docked in Dock 17, followed by ''[[Astoria Grande|AIDAcara]]'' and ''[[AIDAmar]]'', the latest cruise ships to visit the dock.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/region/die-norddeutsche_artikel,-megaschwimmdock-kommt-fuer-zwei-jahre-an-die-weser-_arid,1938424.html|title=Schwimmdock kommt für zwei Jahre an die Weser|work=Weser Kurier|date=10 October 2019|language=DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-superyacht-directory/project-opera-13332|title=PROJECT OPERA|website=www.boatinternational.com}}</ref>
[[File:Dock 10 S Hamburg 11-02-2021 (1).jpg|thumb|262px|Dock 10 covered]]

===Since October 2021===
According to an interview and meeting published in ''[[Hamburger Morgenpost]]'' on 30 September 2021 and repeated at ''[[Hamburger Abendblatt]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/wirtschaft/article233464873/hamburger-hafen-blohm-voss-stellenabbau-verlust-traditionswerft-mitarbeiter-arbeitsplaetze.html|title=Hamburger Hafen: Blohm+Voss droht massiver Stellenabbau|date=30 September 2021}}</ref> the workforce was advised that Lürssen would no longer refit cruise ships in Hamburg anymore. The new building department was dissolved. All six floating docks were in review. The repair division was not a success. Despite the around 20 million euros invested in modern shipyard technology, the subletting of many halls and the shrinkage to only around a third of the used shipyard area, the costs were still too high and is not yet fit for the future. The location is too expensive compared to other shipyards, so structural measures and cost adjustments were necessary.

==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]]

==References==
===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
* Amtmann, Hans; ''The Vanishing Paperclips'', Monogram, 1988.
* Meyhoff, Andreas. ''Blohm & Voss im »Dritten Reich«, Eine Hamburger Großwerft zwischen Geschäft und Politik (Hamburger Beiträge zur Sozial- und Zeitgeschichte, Band 38)'' (in German). Hamburg, Germany: Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg, 2001. {{ISBN|3-89244-916-3}}.
* Pohlmann, Hermann. '''Chronik Eines Flugzeugwerkes 1932–1945. B&V – Blohm & Voss Hamburg – HFB Hamburger Flugzeugbau'' (in German). Motor Buch Verlag, 1979 {{ISBN|3-87943-624-X}}.
* Prager, Hans Georg and Bishop, Frederick A.(Transl.). ''Blohm + Voss: Ships and Machinery for the World''. London: Brassey's Publishers Limited, 1977. {{ISBN|0-904609-14-6}}.
* Witthöft, Hans J. ''Tradition und Fortschritt – 125 Jahre Blohm + Voss'' (in German). Koehlers Verlag, 2002. {{ISBN|3-7822-0847-1}}.
* "Geschichte der Hamburger Werft Blohm + Voss", ''Hamburg Journal'', NDR.de.[https://www.ndr.de/kultur/geschichte/chronologie/Blohm-Voss-Mut-und-Koennen-in-einem-Pott,blohmundvoss122.html Part 1] [https://www.ndr.de/kultur/geschichte/chronologie/blohmundvoss122_page-2.html Part 2] (In German)
*{{cite book|last1=Eiber|first1=Ludwig|title=Konzentrationslager und deutsche Wirtschaft 1939–1945|date=1996|publisher=VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften|isbn=978-3-322-97342-9|pages=227–238|language=de|chapter=Das KZ-Außenlager Blohm & Voss im Hamburger Hafen}}
*{{cite journal|last1=Wixey|first1=Ken|title=Flugboots from Hamburg: An Outline History of Blohm und Voss Flying-boats|journal=Air Enthusiast|date=July–August 1999|issue=82|pages=42–48|issn=0143-5450}}

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