H. C. Stülcken Sohn

H. C. Stülcken Sohn (also known as Stülcken-Werft) was a German shipbuilding company located in Hamburg and founded in 1846 by Heinrich Christoph Stülcken.^[1][2][3]

H. C. Stülcken Sohn

Industry	Shipbuilding
Founded	1846
Defunct	1966
Fate	Merged
Successor	Blohm+Voss
Headquarters	Hamburg, Germany
Number of employees	~1,600

During World War I the company built one single U-boat for the Kaiserliche Marine, the U-157, which under command of the famous Max Valentiner undertook the longest cruise in the war from November 27, 1917 to April 15, 1918, a total of 139 days. During World War II the company built 24 VIIC U-boats for the Kriegsmarine. The company used slave labour of the Neuengamme concentration camp with its own subcamp.^[4]

After the war the company constructed several vessels for the Bundesmarine. In the 1950s the company developed the so-called Stülcken derrick, a lifting device for very heavy cargo.

In 1966 the company was absorbed by Blohm + Voss.

Ships built by H. C. Stülcken Sohn (selection)

Civilian ships

• No. 5 Elbe (1883)

Navy training ship

• Barquentine Dewaruci, Indonesian Navy (1932–1952)
• Barquentine Jadran, Montenegrin Navy (1930–1931)

Naval ships

Frigates

• 6 × Köln class frigates (1958–1962)

Destroyers

• 4 × Hamburg class destroyers (1959–1963)

Auxiliary

• Deutschland (A59) (1959)

Submarines (U-boats)

• SM U-157 (1916)
• 24 × Type VIIC submarines (1939–1944)