Ernst Voss
Ernst Voss (born January 12 1842 in Fockbek; died August 1 1920 in Hamburg) was a German shipbuilder and co-company founder of German company Blohm+Voss.
Life
Since 1863 Voss studied in Zürich, Switzerland engineering. Afer his university studies he worked in England for company Gwynne und R.Elder & Co. Togehter with Hermann Blohm he founded on 5 April 1877 German company Blohm & Voss as a general partnership, to build steel-hulled ships. They established a shipyard on the island of Kuhwerder, near the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, [1]
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Graveyard of Ernst Voss
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