Back أتش دي دبليو Arabic Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Czech Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft German Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Greek Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Spanish Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Estonian هوالتسورکه-دویچه ورفت Persian Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Finnish Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft French הוואלדטסוורקה-דויטשה ורפט HE
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Shipbuilding |
| Genre | Shipbuilding |
| Founded | 1838 |
| Founder | August Howaldt and Johann Schweffel |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Passenger ships Cargo ships U-boats Warships |
| Owner | ThyssenKrupp |
Number of employees | 2,400 |
| Parent | ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems |
| Website | www.hdw.de |
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (often abbreviated HDW) is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Kiel. It is part of the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) group, owned by ThyssenKrupp. The Howaldtswerke shipyard was founded in Kiel in 1838 and merged with Hamburg-based Deutsche Werft to form Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in 1968. The company's shipyard was formerly used by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft until the end of World War II.