[1] The boat workshop was founded by Franz Jürgen Lemm in 1793.

The shipyard developed quickly, from Elbewerft, Boizenburger Werft to Thomsen & Co, in 1938.

After World War II the shipyard was founded as VVW Elbewerft Boizenburg VEB on the basis of Thomsen & Co and after 1945 and the separation of Germany, the shipyard focused on markets in Eastern Europe.

In 1970, after fusion with shipyard in Roßlau,[3] Elbewerft Boizenburg became part of VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau, which was one of the most renowned state-owned shipyards of the German Democratic Republic.

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