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The SS RAVNANGER was built in the Netherlands at the Giessen & Zonen Shipyard Kampen in 1919 for Westfal Larsen of Bergen, a dry bulk carrier of 5674 tons deadweight she did a wide range of trading from Arkhangelsk on the Barents Sea Coast of Russia to Buenos Aires in Argentina and from the Black Sea to the Gulf of Mexico |
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A Short history of Ship Builders Van der Giessen |
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In 1820 Arie van der Giessen inherited the |
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company from his uncle. |
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The company was located in the |
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“Stormpolder” in Krimpen ann de Ijssel. |
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Van der Giessen mostly made small vessels. |
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In 1853 the keel was laid for the first seagoing vessel. |
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In 1904 Mr Jan Ulrich Schmit starts a ship building company |
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in Alblasserdam called Werf de Noord. |
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And In 1962 the two companies merge into |
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Van der Giessen de Noord and continue to build ships. |
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Build Details |
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Displacement 7889 Ton |
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Lightweight 2215 Ton |
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Deadweight 5674 Ton |
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Speed 9 Knots |
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