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Peene-Werft

Peene-Werft is a German naval and coastguard-vessel shipyard in Wolgast on the Baltic Sea. Founded in 1948, the yard became a major East German naval-production site and today operates inside Rheinmetall's Naval Systems division, where its work centers on series production, ship repair, refit, outfitting, and section construction for German Navy and coastguard programs.

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Peene-Werft's record spans two distinct eras of German naval shipbuilding. During the Cold War it produced East German naval vessels at Wolgast, including the Parchim family of coastal anti-submarine corvettes. Current company material presents the yard as a compact but heavily equipped production and repair site with more than 250,000 square metres of production area, a covered dry dock, ship lift, outfitting quay, panel line, pipe facilities, and workshops for naval and coastguard vessels.

The modern yard is part of a northern German naval shipbuilding network. Rheinmetall states that Peene-Werft works with Blohm+Voss, Norderwerft, and Neue Jadewerft within its Naval Systems division. The Wolgast site has been used for the aftships of the German Navy's K130 corvettes, and Damen's F126 reporting identifies Peene-Werft as the Wolgast production location for stern sections and the keel-laying site for the first F126 frigate.

Naval vessel constructionCoastguard vessel constructionShip repair, refit, and maintenanceSteel, aluminium, and stainless-steel section manufacturingProduction-related naval design through Konstruktionsbuero Ost

Notable Systems

Braunschweig-class / K130 corvette, Corvette class, Naval Systems

Braunschweig-class / K130 corvette

Corvette class

Rheinmetall's Peene-Werft page identifies the Wolgast yard as the site entrusted with aftship construction for K130 corvettes, covering boats 1-5 and boats 6-10.

Sources: Rheinmetall: Peene-Werft, Rheinmetall: Corvette Luebeck Christening
Project 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvette, Anti-submarine corvette, Naval Systems

Project 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvette

Anti-submarine corvette

Reference sources identify the Parchim-class corvettes as East German coastal anti-submarine warships built at Peene-Werft, with 28 vessels completed in the 1980s.

Sources: Military Factory: Parchim / Project 1331M, Wikipedia: Parchim-class corvette

Manufacturer History

  1. Shipyard founded at Wolgast

    Company material traces Peene-Werft's beginnings to 1948, placing the modern naval yard within a long-running Wolgast shipbuilding lineage.

    Sources: Rheinmetall: Peene-Werft

  2. Parchim corvette production era

    Military Factory dates Parchim-class production to 1985-1989 and describes the program as the largest East German navy shipbuilding project of its period.

    Sources: Military Factory: Parchim / Project 1331M

  3. Konstruktionsbuero Ost founded at Peene-Werft

    NVL states that KBO was founded in 2013 and is based directly at the Peene-Werft shipyard, where it supports production-related design for naval vessels.

    Sources: NVL: Konstruktionsbuero Ost

  4. First F126 frigate keel laid at Wolgast

    Damen reported that the keel-laying ceremony for the first F126 frigate, Niedersachsen, took place at Peene-Werft in Wolgast.

    Sources: Damen: F126 Keel Laying at Peene-Werft

  5. Rheinmetall takeover of NVL completed

    Rheinmetall completed the takeover of Naval Vessels Luerssen, including its subsidiaries, and folded the naval business into Rheinmetall's Naval Systems division.

    Sources: Rheinmetall: NVL Takeover Completed

  6. Final second-batch K130 corvette christened

    Rheinmetall reported the christening of Luebeck, the fifth second-batch K130 corvette, and identified the K130 consortium as led by Rheinmetall's Naval Systems division with TKMS and German Naval Yards Kiel.

    Sources: Rheinmetall: Corvette Luebeck Christening

Website links
Official Peene-Werft pageKonstruktionsbuero Ost at Peene-WerftRheinmetall NVL takeover announcement

Public sources use several English and German variants for the Wolgast yard, including Peene-Werft, Peenewerft, and Wolgaster Peenewerft. Current corporate context follows Rheinmetall after the completed NVL takeover in 2026; older sources may describe the same yard under Luerssen or NVL ownership.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Rheinmetall: Peene-WerftPublisher: Rheinmetall | Note: Supports Peene-Werft's official identity, Wolgast address, 1948 origin, Naval Systems context, facilities, focus areas, German Navy repair work, K130 aftship production, workforce context, and official website. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rheinmetall: NVL Takeover CompletedPublisher: Rheinmetall | Note: Supports Rheinmetall's completed takeover of NVL, the 1 March 2026 transition date, and the creation of Rheinmetall's naval systems business. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rheinmetall: Corvette Luebeck ChristeningPublisher: Rheinmetall | Note: Supports the K130 second-batch status, Luebeck christening milestone, and Rheinmetall Naval Systems leadership of ARGE K130 with TKMS and German Naval Yards Kiel. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Damen: F126 Keel Laying at Peene-WerftPublisher: Damen Shipyards Group | Note: Supports the 3 June 2024 F126 keel-laying ceremony at Peene-Werft, Wolgast, and the assignment of stern-section work to Wolgast. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • NVL: Konstruktionsbuero OstPublisher: NVL | Note: Supports KBO's location at Peene-Werft, its 2013 founding, production-related design role, and involvement in K130 aftship design support. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Military Factory: Parchim / Project 1331MPublisher: MilitaryFactory.com | Note: Supports Parchim-class historical context, 1985-1989 construction period, 28-vessel completion figure, anti-submarine corvette role, and specifications used for catalog context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Wikipedia: Parchim-class corvettePublisher: Wikipedia | Note: Supports the Parchim-class construction attribution to Peene-Werft in Wolgast and the East German/Soviet Project 133.1 and 133.1M class context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Project 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvette, Anti-submarine corvette, Naval SystemsIndonesia-Vietnam North Natuna Sea Maritime ClashesProject 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvetteAnti-submarine corvetteBuilt in: East GermanyProject 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvette is an East German-developed coastal ASW corvette family built by Peene-Werft and later operated by Soviet, Russian, and Indonesian navies. The class carried 57 mm and 30 mm gun mounts, RBU-6000 rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, and sonar for shallow-water anti-submarine patrols, and an Indonesian Parchim-class ship was documented in the 2019 North Natuna Sea collision incident with Vietnamese fisheries-enforcement vessels.
Braunschweig-class / K130 corvette, Corvette class, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta, 2015 Various ConflictsBraunschweig-class / K130 corvetteCorvette classBuilt in: GermanyThe Braunschweig-class / K130 corvette is a German Navy coastal-warfare corvette class for shallow waters, maritime surveillance, and surface strike. Bundeswehr describes a 61-person crew, stealth shaping, RBS15 Mk3 anti-ship missiles, RAM point defense, and UNIFIL Maritime Task Force service off Lebanon; EUNAVFOR also documents Erfurt in Operation Atalanta counter-piracy escort duty.