Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding is a Dutch shipyard, and a continuation of the Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, responsible for a number of ships used by the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is owned by the Damen Group. Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding is situated in Vlissingen.
History
The company was founded October 8, 1875, as the NV Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde (KMS) after shipbuilder Arie Smit had taken over the Marine Etablissement the wharf owned by the Dutch navy. Besides shipbuilding and repair, the company also builds machines, engines, steam turbines, airplanes, and light-metal products.
In 1965 the company merged with the NV Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij (RDM) and the NV Motorenfabriek Thomassen of De Steeg, which resulted in the founding, on March 4, 1966, of the Rijn-Schelde Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven NV (RSMS). Pressured by the Dutch government the Verolme Verenigde Scheepswerven NV was added, and this was the start of Rijn-Schelde-Verolme Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven NV (RSV). RSV went under and split up, and its shares were taken over by the government and the province of Zeeland. Its name was changed to Koninklijke Schelde Groep BV (KSG) in 1991. In 2000 the government and the province sold their shares to the Damen Group of Gorinchem, and KSG became the company's branch charged with building larger ships for naval and coastguard duty.
Aircraft projects
- De Schelde Scheldemusch
- De Schelde S.20
- De Schelde S.21
Warships built
| Name | Launched | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Coastal defence ships | ||
| Evertsen | 1894 | |
| Cruisers | ||
| Zeeland | 1897 | |
| Noordbrabant | 1899 | |
| Java | 1921 | |
| Destroyers | ||
| Wolf | 1910 | |
| Fret | 1910 | |
| Bulhond | 1911 | |
| Jakhals | 1912 | |
| Lynx | 1912 | |
| Hermelijn | 1913 | |
| Van Ghent | 1926 | |
| Philips van Almonde | - | not completed due to WWII |
| Isaac Sweers | 1940 | |
| Zeeland | 1953 | |
| Noord-Brabant | 1953 | |
| Limburg | 1955 | |
| Utrecht | 1956 | |
| Submarines | ||
| O 1 | 1905 | |
| O 2 | 1911 | |
| O 3 | 1912 | |
| O 4 | 1913 | |
| O 5 | 1913 | |
| O 6 | 1915/16 | |
| O 9 | 1925 | |
| O 12 | 1930 | |
| O 13 | 1931 | |
| O 14 | 1931 | |
| O 16 | 1936 | |
| Orzel | 1938 | |
| O 21 | 1939 | |
| O 22 | 1940 | |
| K I | 1913 | |
| K III | 1919 | |
| K IV | 1920 | |
| K VIII | 1922 | |
| K IX | 1922 | |
| K X | 1923 | |
| Gunboats | ||
| Johan Maurits van Nassau | 1932 | |
| Replenishment ships | ||
| Amsterdam | 1992 | |
Bibliography
- G.A. de Kok, De Koninklijke Weg: Honderd jaar geschiedenis Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde te Vlissingen 1875-1975, Vlissingen, 1975. ISBN 90-70027-50-X.
- Piet Quite, Koninklijke Mij. 'De Schelde': 125 jaar scheepsbouw in Vlissingen, Alkmaar, 1999. ISBN 90-6013-095-2.
- Jeroen Verhoog, Jessica van der Hulst, Luctor et Emergo: 125 Jaar Koninklijke Schelde 1875-2000, Vlissingen, 2001.
- Harm J. Hazewinkel, Vliegtuigbouw in Fokkers schaduw, Sassenheim, 1988. ISBN 90-366-0348-X.
- B. van der Klaauw, Armand van Ishoven, Peter van der Gaag, De geschiedenis van de Nederlandse en Belgische Luchtvaart (series De geschiedenis van de luchtvaart), Lekturama, 1982.
- Theo Wesselink, Thijs Postma, De Nederlandse vliegtuigen, Haarlem, 1982. ISBN 90-228-3792-0.
- Hugo Hooftman, Nederlandse Vliegtuig Encyclopedie Scheldemusch en Scheldemeeuw, Bennekom: Cockpit, 1978.