Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft

Basic Information

• Category: shipbuilding
• Founded: 1838
• Headquarters: Kiel
• Website: http://www.hdw.de/

Documented Facts

• Founded: 1838 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
• Employees: 2,400 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
• Website: http://www.hdw.de/ (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
• Headquarters: Kiel (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
• Founded by: August Howaldt (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
• Industry: shipbuilding (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
• Parent company: thyssenkrupp AG (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
• Country: Germany (No linked source recorded for this statement.)

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• Recorded profile date: 2026-04-22

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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (often abbreviated HDW) was a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Kiel. It is now part of TKMS (ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems). The Howaldtswerke shipyard was founded in Kiel in 1838 and merged with Hamburg-based Deutsche Werft to form Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in 1968.

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