Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven

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Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven
Fate	Closed after World War I
Successor	Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
Founded	1853
Defunct	1918
Location	Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Industry	Shipbuilding
Products	Warships U-boats

Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1853, first as Königliche Werft Wilhelmshaven but renamed in 1871 with the proclamation of the German Empire. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Kiel it was one of three shipyards which produced warships for the Preußische Marine and later the Kaiserliche Marine. With the end of World War I Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven was closed but the shipyard was opened again when Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven was founded on their site in 1918.