Buhl's
wooden ships shipyard
1870-1907
Buhl's
steel ship
building
1907-1913
DFDS takes over
1913-1929
Crisis
1929-1940
The occupation
1940-1945
After the war
1945-1956
Coastal conditions
1956-1999
wooden ships shipyard
1870-1907
Buhl's
steel ship
building
1907-1913
DFDS takes over
1913-1929
Crisis
1929-1940
The occupation
1940-1945
After the war
1945-1956
Coastal conditions
1956-1999
The shipyard
The ship building industry goes back to 1870, when a young man saw the opportunity of building a shipyard in Frederikshavn. The man's name was Harald Valdemar Buhl and so the shipyard was named after him, "Buhl's shipyard".
This was the start of the town's largest workplace for the next hundred years and which provided the bread and butter to a large proportion of the town's inhabitants.
It was not until the 1900's that Buhl changed his shipyard to build ships of steel and at the same time he built a slipway with a capacity of 500 tons. Also at this time, Buhl bought a floating dock with a lifting capacity of 2,000 tons.
The shipyard became a public limited company in 1906 as a result of these changes but in 1913 the company had serious economic problems and Buhl retired. The Danish shareholders and DFDS raised the necessary capital and created a new company, called " Frederikshavn Shipyard and Floating Dock".
Once again the shipyard had serious economic problems and in 1999 the shipyard closed down.
In the meantime, there is an exciting story we will try to tell later.
The ship building industry goes back to 1870, when a young man saw the opportunity of building a shipyard in Frederikshavn. The man's name was Harald Valdemar Buhl and so the shipyard was named after him, "Buhl's shipyard".
This was the start of the town's largest workplace for the next hundred years and which provided the bread and butter to a large proportion of the town's inhabitants.
It was not until the 1900's that Buhl changed his shipyard to build ships of steel and at the same time he built a slipway with a capacity of 500 tons. Also at this time, Buhl bought a floating dock with a lifting capacity of 2,000 tons.
The shipyard became a public limited company in 1906 as a result of these changes but in 1913 the company had serious economic problems and Buhl retired. The Danish shareholders and DFDS raised the necessary capital and created a new company, called " Frederikshavn Shipyard and Floating Dock".
Once again the shipyard had serious economic problems and in 1999 the shipyard closed down.
In the meantime, there is an exciting story we will try to tell later.
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