No other shipyard is so well-known the world over as Schiffswert und Maschinenfabrik Blohm & Voss, founded in 1877 to build iron steamship. After overcoming great difficulties at the beginning, Blohm & Voss achieved a breakthrough when it won the confidence of the major German shipping lines. It then experienced unprecedented growth. Before the first world war, Blohm + Voss ran the largest sing…