On 27 June 1875, the 24 year-old Friedrich Lürssen set up a boatbuilding workshop in Aumund, a suburb of Bremen, Germany.
Friedrich Lürssen's shipyard grew and thrived, and at one point he also began placing orders with his father.
Eleven years later, in 1886, Friedrich Lürssen built the world's first motorboat.
Friedrich Lürssen, always open to new ideas, designed and built it without delay.
He was married and his son Otto (1880–1932) worked for the Lürssen company.