Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik [SEP] industry
Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte &amp; Maschinenfabrik
Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, also known as Reiherstiegwerft, was a German shipbuilding company, located on the Reiherstieg River in Hamburg. It was founded in 1706 by Lucas Kramer.
In the 1880s, Reiherstieg built , the first warship built in Hamburg for the German Navy.
During World War I Reiherstiegwerft built three U 151 U-boats for the Kaiserliche Marine, the "U-151", "U-152" and "U-153".
External links.
- roosen.net webpage about "
FV Empire Fisher
Empire Fisher was a trawler that was built as Herrlichkeit () in 1922 by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg, Germany for the Nordsee Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG. She was captured in 1940 by , passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed "Empire Fisher". She was sold in 1948. Sold for scrapping in 1952, she was resold to Ireland and scrapped later that year.
Description.
The ship was a trawler built in 1922 by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte