Hitzler Werft Explained

Hitzler Werft is a shipyard in Lauenberg, Germany, just outside Hamburg. The company was founded in 1885 by Johann Georg Hitzler as a boat repair yard, and went on to build barges, trawlers, freighters, tankers, tugs, launches, barges and icebreakers.[1]

Icebreakers

The icebreakers Hitzler Werft has built include:[2]

Eisvogel built for the German Navy, sold into civilian service in 2010
Eisbar built for the German Navy
Kietz built for the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt
Keiler built for the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt
Frankfurt built for the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hitzler Werft . hitzler-werft.de . 2010 . 19 September 2012.
  2. Web site: Hitzler Werft Special Vessels . hitzler-werft.de . 2010 . 19 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717105057/http://www.hitzler-werft.de/special_ships.html . 17 July 2012 .

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