of A.G. „Weser” and its predecessors (selection) 1847, Serial-No.1, Paddle steamer Roland 1898, No. 116, Large protected cruiser for Kaiserliche Marine 1903–1904, , sunk 1915 1906, Lightship Reserve Sonderburg, 1988 rebuilt at Motorenwerke Bremerhaven to sailing ship Alexander von Humboldt (nickname „Green Alex“, because of green sails) 1907, 8.790 GRT mail-and-passenger vessel Goeben for Norddeutscher Lloyd 1908, Armoured cruiser , sunk December 1914 in the Battle of the Falkland Islands by Royal Navy 1907-09, , participated 1916 Battle of Jütland (in German: Skagerrakschlacht), after war 1920 delivered to Great Britain, 1924 scrapped 1911, , participated Skagerrakschlacht; 1920 delivered to France, 1923-33 scrapped 1914, , participated Skagerrakschlacht, 1918 internment in Scapa Flow, there 1919 self-destructed, 1936 scrapped 1916-1918, 84 U-boats for Kaiserliche Marine 1926, Rotor ship Barbara with additional propulsion by three Flettner-Rotors (using Magnus-Effect) 1929, Passenger ship for shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd . Won Blue Riband 1929 and 1933 for fastest Atlantic Ocean crossing; the Bremen escaped after beginning of war from New York to Bremerhaven; burnt out 1940 in Bremerhaven, probably by arson 1936 Whale factory ship Terje Viken for United Whalers Ltd. London, worldwide greatest factory ship; March 1941 sunk by German U-boats and in North Atlantic Ocean while participating Allied convoy OB 293 1937, Passenger-cargo ship , sold to Japan in 1942 and rebuilt as auxiliary aircraft carrier , sunk 1944 by 1937, Passenger-cargo ship , sister ship of Scharnhorst but with steam turbine propulsion contrary to Scharnhorsts turboelectric propulsion 1937, German whale factory ship Unitas for Jürgens-Van den Bergh company (whale hunting vessels were built by Bremer Vulkan); as Japanese Nissan Maru II scrapped in Taiwan 1987 1937, Merchant ship Kandelfels, in WW II used as auxiliary cruiser , 1941 sunk by British cruiser 1938, Merchant ship Ems for shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd, in WW II used as auxiliary cruiser , 1942 sunk by planes and ships of Royal Air Force and Royal Navy 1937-1938; Destroyer class 1934A for Kriegsmarine, 4 units Z5 – Z8 1953–1954, Turbine tankers Olympic Cloud, -Wind, -Storm, -Sky, -Breeze and -Rainbow for Olympic Transportation Co., New York (Owner: Aristoteles Onassis) 1979, Frigate Niedersachsen for Bundesmarine (German Navy) in collaboration with frigate general contractor Bremer Vulkan 1983, Cargo ship Ubena for Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) Hamburg was last ship built by AG Weser References Reinhold Thiel; Die Geschichte der Actien-Gesellschaft "Weser" 1843 - 1983, Band I 1843 - 1918, Verlag H.M. Hauschild GmbH,