Hitzler Werft

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

References

  1. ^ "Hitzler Werft". hitzler-werft.de. 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Hitzler Werft Special Vessels". hitzler-werft.de. 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.