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| | The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News |
 | | It was founded on April 5, 1877, by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss as a general partnership. |
 | | A shipyard was built on the island of Kuhwerder, near the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, covering 15,000 m² with 250 m of water frontage and three building berths, two suitable for ships of up to 100 metres length. |
 | | From about 1930 to 1945 Blohm + Voss also designed and built aircraft for use by both the German state airline, Lufthansa, and the air-force, Luftwaffe. |
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