Ganz-Danubius & Company

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Ganz Danubius & Co. was a Hungarian shipbuilding company.

17 January 1914 photo looking through one of the drydocks of Ganz Danubius & Co Fiume at Szent Istvan.[1]

History

Danubius was originally formed as Vereinigte Schiff- und Maschinenbau A.G. Danubius-Schoenichen-Hartmann through the merger of two Budapest mechanical engineering firms in 1896. [2] On 31 January, 1905, the name was changed to Schiffbau- und Maschinenfabriks A.G. Danubius, shortly after taking over the site (but not the tooling) of a former shipyard in Fiume. [3] In 1911, under government pressure, the company merged with Ganz & Co (Budapest) to form Ganz & Co. – Danubius Maschinen-, Waggon und Schiffsbau A.G. [4]

Shipbuilding

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Alois Beer
  2. Sieche. Naval Shipbuilding at Ganz-Danubius . p. 635.
  3. Sieche. Naval Shipbuilding at Ganz-Danubius . p. 637.
  4. Sieche. Naval Shipbuilding at Ganz-Danubius . p. 639.

Bibliography

Sieche, Erwin and Dr. Nikolaus Sifferlinger (2007). 3rd International Conference on Industrial Heritage, available as a pdf online[1] Naval Shipbuilding at Ganz-Danubius in Rijeka From 1905 Till 1918 – Cruiser 'Helgoland' as an Example of Excellence.