 More shipbuilding activities followed including three torpedo-boats for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) in 1871.Because of the increasing importance of the shipbuilding industry some influential Bremen merchants, bankers and politicians decided in 1872 to establish a new and greater company on shares.The production program of this new company named Actien-Gesellschaft „Weser” was "„construction of ships of all kind and marine engineering”".