Burmeister & Wain

Summary

Burmeister & Wain is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Burmeister & Wain is in the country of Denmark^[3].
• Burmeister & Wain's image is recorded as Burmeister & Wain.jpg^[4].
• Burmeister & Wain's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Burmeister & Wain's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[6].
• Burmeister & Wain's instance of is recorded as shipyard^[7].
• Burmeister & Wain's founder is recorded as Hans Heinrich Baumgarten^[8].
• Burmeister & Wain's owned by is recorded as Carl Christian Burmeister^[9].
• Burmeister & Wain's owned by is recorded as Hans Heinrich Baumgarten^[10].
• Burmeister & Wain's owned by is recorded as William Wain^[11].
• Burmeister & Wain's headquarters location is recorded as Copenhagen^[12].
• Burmeister & Wain's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132531548^[13].
• Burmeister & Wain's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81050689^[14].
• Burmeister & Wain's Commons category is recorded as Burmeister & Wain^[15].
• Burmeister & Wain's industry is recorded as shipbuilding^[16].
• +1843-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Burmeister & Wain^[17].
• Burmeister & Wain was dissolved in +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Burmeister & Wain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g5976_^[19].
• Burmeister & Wain's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Burmeister & Wain^[20].
• Burmeister & Wain's product or material produced is recorded as engine^[21].
• Burmeister & Wain's product or material produced is recorded as ship^[22].
• Burmeister & Wain's product or material produced is recorded as HNoMS Valkyrien^[23].
• Burmeister & Wain's product or material produced is recorded as MS Cometa^[24].
• Burmeister & Wain's product or material produced is recorded as MS Crux^[25].
• Burmeister & Wain's product or material produced is recorded as MS Rigel^[26].
• Burmeister & Wain's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[27].

Body

Founding

Burmeister & Wain's founder is recorded as Hans Heinrich Baumgarten^[8]. +1843-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[17].

Operations

Burmeister & Wain's headquarters location is recorded as Copenhagen^[12].

Industry

Burmeister & Wain's industry is recorded as shipbuilding^[16].

Ownership

Owners include Carl Christian Burmeister^[9], a mechanic^[28], 1821–1898^[29], of Kingdom of Denmark^[30]; Hans Heinrich Baumgarten^[10], a mechanic^[31], 1806–1875^[32], of Kingdom of Denmark^[33], awarded the Order of the Dannebrog^[34]; and William Wain^[11], an engineer^[35], 1819–1882^[36], of Kingdom of Denmark^[37], awarded the etatsråd^[38]. Products include engine^[21], ship^[22], HNoMS Valkyrien^[23], MS Cometa^[24], MS Crux^[25], and MS Rigel^[26].

Dissolution

Burmeister & Wain was dissolved in +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].

Why It Matters

Burmeister & Wain ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]