Joh. C. Tecklenborg

Joh. C. Tecklenborg was a German shipbuilding company, located at the River Geeste in Bremerhaven. About 440 ships of different types, including many famous tall sailing ships were built at the yard. Founded in 1841 it was finally closed in 1928.

The beginning dates back to September 30th 1841 when Jan Simon Abegg started a small shipyard in Bremerhaven at the river Geeste. This venture was financed by the entrepreneur Franz Tecklenborg (1807-1886) from Bremen. In 1843 Franz Tecklenborg took over the activities and handed the operational responsibility to his brother Johann Carl Tecklenborg (1820-1873). From this point on the shipyard operated under the name of Joh. C.Tecklenborg. In the following years Franz Tecklenborg ordered 19 vessels at the Joh. C. Tecklenborg shipyard and extended the fleet of his shipping company based in Bremen.

To cope with rising demand the shipyard opened a new site across the river Geeste in Geestemüde in 1852. In 1872 Franz Tecklenborgs youngest son Eduard Tecklenborg (1849-1926) entered into the company and took on responsibility. After the death of Johann Carl Tecklenborg in 1873 the technical management was handed over to the talented engineer Georg Wilhelm Claussen (1845-1919).

As of 1880 iron and then steel replaced wood as the core material for the hull of all ships build by Joh. C.Tecklenborg. The shipyard build sevreal of the so called Flying P-Liners. In 1897 the company was converted into a stock cooperation and operated as Joh. C. Tecklenborg Schiffswerft- und Maschinenfabrik AG. In 1914 over 4300 people were employed by the shipyard.

In 1926 the shares were taken over by Deschimag, a cooperation of several German shipyards. The last ship delivered was the Schulschiff Deutschland in 1927. Deschimag decided to close the shipyard in 1928.

Herbert Schwarzwälder: Das Große Bremen-Lexikon, Edition Temmen 2002, ISBN 

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