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Cornelis Gips (1778-1843) inherited a shipyard from his father-in-law Dirk Boest in 1822, on the Lijnbaan in Dordrecht. The first seagoing vessel was launched in 1826. Cornelis took over another shipyard from his neighbor Maarten de Vries in 1830. In the same year, his first East Indiaman was launched, De Dortenaar, the first ship of shipowner Aldolf Blussé of Oud-Alblas. Due to the Belgian revolution, shipbuilding stagnated and it was not until 1834 that a seagoing vessel was built again, the frigate Jacob Cats, again for shipowner Aldolf Blussé of Oud-Alblas. The shipyard was also building inland vessels by then. Since 1834 the shipyard, now renamed Werf de Merwede, was managed by Cornelis's two sons: Dingeman (1806-1885) and Dirk Boest (1803-1885). They were both educated at the Technical College in Delft. Other members of the family were also involved in the shipyard. For large ships a site was rented from the municipality of Dordrecht at the Wilgenbos, where the last wooden merchant ship was built in 1869. In October 1853 the keel was laid at that shipyard for what is called the first real Dutch clipper, the Kosmopoliet, commissioned by the shipping company of the Gebroeders Blussé. It was launched on 29 November and completed a few months later. Between 1826 and 1871 69 ships were built by the shipyard, including the first two Japanese wooden screw steam warships: the Nits Sin and the Kaiyō Maru. With its length of 73 meter, the Kaiyō Maru was the largest wooden warship ever built by a Dutch shipyard.[1] After orders for wooden seagoing vessels ceased, the shipyard switched to building iron inland ships and tugs. The shipyard was expanded with a machine factory and a boiler shop. it became unprofitable and was closed in 1915. Parts were taken over by the Shipyard and Machine Factory H. J. Koopman in Dordrecht.[2]
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[edit]- ^ Kwak, D.J. (1908). Nijverheid en Handel in Dordrecht en Omstreken, uitgegeven bij gelegenheid van de 131ste algemeene vergadering der Maatschappij van Nijverheid door het departement Dordrecht. Dordrecht.
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