Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven was a German shipbuilding company in Wilhelmshaven Prussian Hanover. It was founded in 1853 first as Königliche Werft Wilhelmshaven but renamed in 1871 with the proclamation of the German Empire. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Kiel it was one of three shipyards which produced warships for the Preußische Marine and later the Kaiserliche Marine.