ERNST THAELMANN SHIPYARD IN BRANDENBURG

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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TELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY
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Germany (Russian Zone)
Ernst Thaelmann Sh
in Brandenburg go.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF August -
IN FO. September 1950
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women. Franz Borngraeber, formerly a worker in the shipyardvf+oun dry,
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the manager of the shipyard, His son is the head of the e planning section. (1)
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were supplied by the F. Wolf Firm in Magdeburg-Buckau (52?08tN/11039tE).
All engines were fitted with a diesel compressor and a dies 1
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2. An average of 52
14. For 1951 the number of seiners to be"uf. ty in the Thaelmann Shipyard was
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down foreward; a 2.5 ton tank was 53 a .an c.t3.:eaa.LVe1,y
2.5 tons of concrete were built in 537 and 538?
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were in Wolgast (540041N/13047'E) for trial runs. Seiner No. 539 was towed
to Wolgast in late August. Numbers 540 through 543 were being fitted out.
Number 5142 has been towed to Stralsund (514?18'N/13?05'E) for completion in
the Schiffsbergung (Ship Salvage) Shipyard. Numbers 5144 through 5146, 5148,
and 5119 were still under construction in the Thaelmann Shipyard. Numbers
544 and 5146 will be transferred to Stralsund for completion. Number 5147
will be finished in the shipyard in Fuerstenberg/Oder (52?09'N/lh?L&OIE).
The hulls of Seiner 537 And the following numbers were made 2 meters longer
and their beams 0.5 meters wider. Their center of gravity was placed lower
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supplied by the A
ggregat-Bau Firm in Schoenebeck/Elbe (52o
01tN/11?11tE).(2)
The prescribed quota for 1950 of the Thaelmann-Werft was 20 seiners. Con-
struction inumbers allotted to the shipyard were from 530 to 519. All the
seiners will be delivered to the USSR on reparations account. Vessels
numbered 530 through 531 were delivered
while numbers 536 th
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.ers weevered to the USSR on reparations
account, and the others will go to the Soviet Zone of Germany. The new
drifters will no longer be classified by the Germanischer Lloyd, but by a
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Comment
(1). Un yard of Wiemann Brothers which concentrated on
b barges for inland navigation.
{2). is the Engine Factory Wolf which was made a plant
o in 1.916. The Aggregat-Bau in Schoenebeck is
SAG Pribor, 9 Barbarastrasse, Schoenebeck.
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'(3)i,, U -information available, the shipyard is scheduled
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for Survey and Classification of German Vessels)- wt,
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aea by Herbert Ahrens.
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Legend to Annex
1 Administration and management
2 Designing, office
3 7''oode n building for shipyard personnel
4 Foundry with two. cupolas and three smelting crucibles.
Monthly capacity of foundry: 120 tons of Fray casting,
8 tons of aluminum, 6 tons of nonferrous metal
5 New boiler house
6 Dressing shop
7 Locksmith's shop, mechanical shop, turnery
1--itchen, ambulance station, and offices
9 'I111ectrical workshop
10 Operating and production management
11 -`.Yew locksmith's shop under construction
12 Machines and tools store under construction
Smithy and old locksmith's shop
14 Shipbuilding; shop
15 `achines and tools store
16 Slip installation
17 Slip installation
18 Joinery
19 More sheds
20 Office barracks
21 workshop
22 Coal shed
23 :reception of orders,
24 'raining.-workshop and garages for motor vehicles
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