L. Smit en Zoon

L. Smit en Zoon previously known as Fop Smit, was a Dutch shipbuilding company located in Kinderdijk. Its successor is now part of Royal IHC.

L. Smit en Zoon

Shipyard L. Smit to the right of J. & K. Smitd
Industry	Ship building
Founded	1791
Fate	Merged into IHC Holland in 1965
Headquarters	Kinderdijk , Netherlands
Key people	Fop Smit, L. Smit
Products	Dredging vessels, Inland navigation ships

Context

 

Kinderdijk location near Nieuw-Lekkerland

L. Smit en Zoon shipyard was one of multiple shipyards belonging to the Smit family. In 1785 Jan Smit Fopszoon (1742–1807)^[1] and his brother Jacques Smit Fopszoon (1756–1820)^[2] took over a shipyard in Alblasserdam, near the border with Nieuw-Lekkerland.

After they were established, Jacques built another shipyard west of the one they had, at the terrain later known as that of L. Smit en Zoon.^[3] Jan Smit Fopszoon was very successful in building a small type of vessel, the hoogaars On his death, Jan Smit Fopszoon was wealthy. He had two shipyards, several houses, 18 hectares of land multiple (parts in) ships, as well as many securities. With Marrigje Ceelen (1747–1820) he had three sons and two daughters:^[4]

• Fop Smit (1777–1866)
• Jan Smit (1779–1869) inherited his father's shipyard in Alblasserdam, and worked in partnership with Fop from 1824 to 1828, his sons founded J. & K. Smit
• Cornelis Smit (1784–1858) Founded his own shipyards Jan Smit Czn. near the harbor of Alblasserdam and in Zierikzee, and had a patent slip in Papendrecht.^[5]

Fop Smit, or more exactly Fop Smit Janszoon (11 October 1777 – 25 August 1866)^[1] took over the shipyard of his uncle Jacques Smit Fopszoon, and thus founded the shipyard Fop Smit, later known as L. Smit en Zoon.^[3]

Fop Smit married Jannigje Mak (1776–1852) and had:^[1]

• Pieter Smit (1808–1863), father of Pieter Smit Jr. (1848–1913)
• Jan Smit (1811–1875), father of Jan Smit V (1837- ?) and Arie Smit (1845–1925)
• Leendert Smit (1813–1893)^[6][7]
• Fop Smit Jr. (1815–1892)

Jan Smit a.k.a. Jan Smit Fopszoon would later lead a shipyard at Slikkerveer, which was probably split off from Fop Smit's shipyard. He would be succeeded by his son Arie Smit.^[8]

Leendert Smit continued to work at his father's shipyard, and would continue it as L. Smit en Zoon. He would be joined by his nephew Jan Smit V, who had married his daughter Jannetje Johanna (1838-?).^[8]

History as Fop Smit's shipyard

Separate shipyards of Jan and Foppe

From 1807 to 1820 Jan Smit Fopszoon's second son Jan Smit and his mother continued his shipyard, which had about 10 employees. Afterwards Jan continued alone. Meanwhile, Fop acquired the shipyard of Jacques Smit Fopszoon (1756–1820). Until 1824 the shipyards of Fop Smit and Jan Smit continued to build only built small vessels.^[9]

United shipyards of Fop and Jan

In 1824 Jan Smit contracted to build the paddle steamer Willem de Eerste for a shipping line between Rotterdam and Nijmegen. The engines were made by Billard in Jemappes.^[10] It was probably on account of this project that Fop and Jan entered into a partnership.^[9]

On 9 May 1825 the first Batavier was laid down by Fop Smit for an Amsterdam Hamburg line managed by the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (NSM, later NSBM). The engines would be built by John Cockerill in Liège.^[11] Also for NSM, Fop Smit launched the steam vessel Lodewijk on 15 March 1826. It would be used for service between Mainz and Strasbourg^[12] On 14 November 1826 the brothers laid down for their own account the Kinderdijk, a 380 tons Kofschip.^[13] She was launched on 24 May 1828.^[14] A Kofschip was a most often two-masted vessel meant for coastal shipping. Kinderdijk's hull was sheathed in zinc.^[15]

The shipbuilding partnership between Fop and Jan Smit did not last long. Jan left it, and rented his part of the shipyard to Fop.^[9] Fop Smit thus continued alone, but with both terrains. On 28 November 1828 Fop Smit laid down a two-deck commercial frigate of 34.2 m length.^[16] This might have been Vier Gebroeders, launched in 1830.

Fop Smit works on his own

Some early sailing ships built by Fop Smit

Name	Type	Laid Down	Launched	Tonnage	Principal	Notes
Vier Gebroeders^[17]	Frigate		23 Jun. 1830	643 ton	N/a	Captain F.C. Lupcke.
Cornelis Werner Eduard ^[18]	Frigate		7 Sep. 1839	400 last	Weiland, Van Walcheren, W. Ruys J.D. Zn.	Captain D.H. Kramer.
Louise^[19]	Ship		25 Sep. 1840	500 last	J. Antheunis from Rotterdam.	Captain was J.F. Verschuur.
Jan Daniël^[20]	Barque		27 May 1841	450 last	W. Ruys J.D. Zn.
Nieuw-Lekkerland^[21]	Barque		22 Jun. 1842	450 Java last	's Gravenhaagsche Scheepsrederij,	Captain W.H, Kramer.
Drie Gebroeders^[22]	Barque		30 Jul. 1844	300 last	W. Ruys J.D. Zn.	Captain T.C. Bauditz.

Early river and coastal steam vessels built by Fop Smit

Name	Type	Laid Down	Launched	Power	For	Notes
Prinses Marianne^[23]	Steam yacht		In service Feb. 1833		Rotterdam - Middelburg line
Koningin der Nederlanden^[24]	Paddle steamer		Delivered 18 Apr. 1836		Rotterdam - Nijmegen line^[25]
Herzog von Nassau^[26]	Paddle steamer		In service 7 Nov. 1837		First ship of DGNM	160 * 20', engines by Miller Ravenhill
Kronprinz(essin) von Preußen^[27]	Paddle steamer		In service Sep.1838		Rotterdam - Düsseldorf line of DGNM
Stad 's Hertogenbosch ^[28]	Paddle steamer		1 Sep. 1838		Rotterdam - 's-Hertogenbosch line
Stad Gorinchem^[29]	Paddle steamer		In service Mar.? 1838	80 hp	Gorinchem - Middelburg line	Engines by Van Vlissingen en Dudok van Heel
Kinderdijk^[30]	Sea tug		31 Aug. 1843	140 hp	Smit's tug service	Engines by Van Vlissingen en Dudok van Heel.^[31]

What made Fop Smit special was the amount of steam vessels he built. Most of these were for inland shipping lines. For ocean-going sailing ships Fop Smit started a close cooperation with Willem Ruys J.D. zn. (1809–1889) in the late 1830s. Fop built a long line of sailing ships for Willem Ruys, who managed them for multiple owners that formed a partenreederei for each ship. Fop Smit himself also became a partner in many of these ships. These ships formed the nucleus of what would later become the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd.

Smit Slikkerveer and J. & K. Smit

The ship Louise, launched in 1840 was launched from Fop Smit's shipyard in Slikkerveer, municipality Ridderkerk.^[19] This also applied to Drie Gebroeders in 1844.^[22] In 1851, the Fop Smit was launched by J. Smit from his shipyard in Slikkerveer.^[32] From then on a list of ships was built in Slikkerveer by Jan Smit, a.k.a. as Jan Smit Fopszoon, or Jan Fz. Jan would also build several ships for his father, amongst these most of the Noach's, designed by his son Arie.^[8]

In 1847 the sons of Jan Smit started their own shipyard J. & K. Smit on the terrain of their father Jan Foppe, southeast of that of Fop Smit. In 1906 J. & K. Smit had to leave this terrain.^[33] It obviously moved to a terrain north of that of L. Smit, a situation recognizable on the black and white aerial photograph. In 1906 the new shipyard was getting readied.^[34]

L. Smit towage service

In 1842 Fop Smit founded a towage service between Hellevoetsluis and Brouwershaven. At the time Hellevoetsluis was the outport of Rotterdam. Hellevoetsluis was connected to Rotterdam via the ship canal Canal through Voorne. Brouwershaven on Schouwen-Duiveland offered the best opportunity to wait for a favorable wind to sail through the English Channel. Another reason to found the tug service was to decrease the losses through accidents. Therefore, many shipping lines and insurers in Rotterdam united to enable the foundation of the towage service. Fop Smit would manage it and build its first tugboat of 140 hp. The company would receive a yearly subsidy by multiple commercial parties.^[35] The first tug, Kinderdijk entered service in December 1843.^[36]

This tug service would become a major customer of the shipyard. In April 1847 Fop Smit bought the steam yacht Stad Gorinchem for 45,000 guilders, to serve as the second ship of the tow service.^[37] The tug service would be continued as L. Smit & Co., later Smit International.

The switch to iron (1846)

The first steam vessels were made of wood, but in time the first iron hulls appeared. In 1837 Fijenoord launched its first commercial iron steamship. In 1844 Van Vlissingen en Dudok van Heel secured orders for iron tugs on the Rhine, and started to construct its own shipyard. If iron was the future for inland navigation, Fop Smit had to follow suit, or loose this market. In June 1846 Fop Smit delivered the iron steam yacht Amicitia.^[38] For construction in iron, the shipyard had to acquire a lot of technical skills. On the other hand, it could employ these on the market for sailing ships. In 1847 Fop Smit launched the schooner Industrie, the first iron sailing vessel of the Netherlands. Van Vlissingen en Dudok van Heel followed by launching its own iron schooners.

In 1853 Fop Smit launched California, the first Dutch iron ship.^[39] (Ship in the sense of a fully rigged three mast sailing vessel.) Other innovations that Fop Smit promoted were iron masts^[40] and iron stays. On 31 March 1856 the machine factory Diepeveen, Lels en Smit was founded. With Smit referring to Fop's son Leendert, and Fop's brother's son Jan.^[41]

The main market for Dutch ocean going ships was the route to the Dutch East Indies. From about 1848 this profited from extremely favorable circumstances, such that even small old ships still made a profit. This lasted until freight rates suddenly plummeted in 1857. It led to a major crises in the Dutch shipping industry.^[42] Fop Smit survived the crisis, and even built some more iron sailing ships in the early 1860s. These had the advantage that they suffered less partial damage to the cargo.^[43] Another advantage of Smit's ships was their speed. E.g. in 1859 the clipper Noach made the trip from Batavia to Brouwershaven in a record time of 82 days.^[44]

Some ocean going vessels built by Fop Smit

Name	Type	Laid Down	Launched	Tonnage	Power	Principal	Notes
Japara^[45]	Barque		4 Nov. 1846	300 last		W. Ruys J.D. Zn.
Ida Elisabeth^[46]	Barque		15 Jul. 1847	300 last		W. Ruys J.D. Zn.
Industrie^[47]	Iron schooner		21 Sep. 1847	120 rye last		W. Ruys J.D. Zn.	First Dutch iron sailing vessel
Resident van Son^[48]	Barque	15 Jul. 1847^[46]	23 May 1849	450 last		W. Ruys J.D. Zn.
Doelwijk^[49]	Barque	23 May 1849^[48]	18 Sep. 1850	400 last		W. Ruys J.D. Zn.	Captain D.H. Kramer
Fop Smit^[32]	Barque	18 Sep. 1850^[49]	2 Oct. 1851	350 last
Macassar^[50]	Iron Screw steamship		3 Jun. 1851			Cores de Vries in D.E.I
Ambon^[51]	three mast screw ship	3 Jun. 1851^[50]	26 Nov. 1851			Cores de Vries in D.E.I
California^[52]	Iron clipper	1 Mar. 1852^[53]	24 Mar. 1853	400 last		Louis Bienfait en Zoon	First Dutch iron Ship
Australie	Barque ship	18 Dec. 1852^[54]	14 Mar. 1854^[55]	360 last		Q. Blauw in Amsterdam
De Maas^[56]	Iron clipper		25 Aug. 1854	400 last		C. Balguerie & Zonen, Rotterdam
Ternate^[57]	Iron clipper	25 Aug. 1854^[56]	16 Jul. 1855^[57]	400 last		H. van Rijckevorsel	175 feet long^[57]
Noach^[58]	Clipper		19 Sep. 1857	500 last		Own account	First Dutch ship with all metal stays^[59]
Oceaan^[60]	Iron clipper	24 Dec. 1856^[60]	17 Oct. 1857^[61]	500 last		Louis Bienfait en Zoon
Jan de Wit^[62]	Iron clipper		15 Jun. 1858	425 last		C. Balguerie en Zoon
Sara^[63]	Iron screw steam ship	18 Nov. 1861^[64]	5 May 1862	600 ton		Dordrecht - London line
Cornelia^[65]	Iron barque		29 May 1863	400 last		L. Bienfait en Zoon
Hoek van Holland^[66]	Iron clipper		2 Apr. 1864	500 last		Wm Ruys
Willem en Clara^[67]	Iron screw steam vessel	2 Apr. 1864^[66]	17 Sep. 1864			Dordrecht - London line	Laid down as Stad Dordrecht^[66]

Some river and coastal steam vessels built by Fop Smit

Name	Type	Laid Down	Launched	Power	For	Notes
Amicitia^[38]	Iron steam yacht		Delivered June 1846		Rotterdam - Antwerp line	Engines by Van Vlissingen en Dudok van Heel
Jan van Arkel No.2^[68]	Paddle steamer		8 Mar. 1847		's-Hertogenbosch Gorinchem Schiedam line.
Amicitia No. 2^[69]	Iron steam yacht	16 Aug. 1847			Rotterdam - Antwerp line
Zederik ^[70]	Iron Screw steam vessel	19 Mar. 1852^[71]	12 Jul. 1852		Gorinchem - Vianen line
Stad Middelburg^[72]	Iron Steam yacht	26 Mar. 1852^[73]	28 Dec. 1852		Middelburg - Rotterdam line
Stad Rotterdam^[74]	Steam yacht	25 Jun. 1852^[75]	1 April 1853		Rotterdam - 's-Hertogenbosch line	Engines by Van Vlissingen en Dudok van Heel
Volharding^[76]	Screw steam vessel		8 Jun. 1853		Leiden - Amsterdam line
Oude Maas^[77]	Steam yacht		8 Dec. 1853	60 hp^[78]	Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Oud-Beijerland line	120 * 16.5 feet^[78]
Stad Vlissingen^[79]	Iron steam yacht		30 Jan. 1854		Vlissingen - Rotterdam line
De IJssel^[80]	Iron steam vessel		14 Dec. 1854		Rotterdam - Gouda line
Brouwershaven.^[81]	Iron tug		19 Dec. 1854		Smit's tug service
Telegraaf II^[82]	Iron Steam yacht		8 Mar. 1856		Rotterdam - Antwerpen line
Telegraaf III^[83]	Iron steam yacht		17 Dec. 1857		Rotterdam - Antwerpen line
Stad Gorinchem^[84]	Iron screw steam vessel	23 Nov. 1859^[85]	25 Apr. 1860		Gorinchem - Amsterdam line	Engines by Diepeveen, Lels en Smit
Reserve^[86]	Iron tug		8 Jun. 1860
Hellevoetsluis^[87]	Iron tug	3 Mar. 1862
Stad Amsterdam^[88]	Screw steam vessel	10 June 1863^[89]	2 Feb. 1864		Gorinchem - Gouda - Amsterdam line
Karel Hertog van Gelder^[90]	Screw steam vessel	19 Feb. 1864^[91]	21 Jul. 1864		Arnhem - Rotterdam - Schiedam line
Merwede^[92]	Steam yacht	17 Sep. 1864^[67]	23 Feb. 1865	90 hp	Gorinchem - Rotterdam line	Line owned by Fop Smit
De Linge^[93]	Screw steam vessel		29 Jul. 1865		Gorinchem - Geldermalsen line
Leerdam^[94]	Screw steam vessel	29 Jul. 1865^[93]	28 Sep. 1865		Gorinchem - Leerdam line	Engines by Diepeveen, Lels en Smit
Merwede II^[95]	Screw steam vessel		1 Feb. 1866		Rotterdam - Gorinchem line	Engines by Diepeveen, Lels en Smit

History as L. Smit and Son shipyard

Succession of Fop Smit

 

Overstolz, launched in 1890

 

Friede (1866) of 73 m

After his death on 25 August 1866, Fop Smit was succeeded by his four sons. Leendert Smit would succeed to his shipyard, and his office as ambachtsheer of Nieuw Lekkerland. However, there can be little doubt that Fop Smit's estate consisted primarily of stock and participations in a lot of businesses. A substantial part was formed by the partial and or full ownership of many ships. These had probably not earned much, or even lost money since the 1857 shipping crisis. In summary, the financial power behind L. Smit en Zoon was a lot less than that behind Fop Smit shipyard. On 15 November Leendert made a partnership with his nephew Jan Smit V.^[96] This probably brought a lot of capital back into the business.

In the night of 25 to 26 February 1869 most of the shipyard of L. Smit en Zoon would burn down.^[97] The insurance would handle the damage to the satisfaction of the company.

L. Smit & Co. vs. L. Smit & Zoon

Fop Smit's tug service was continued by a consortium called L. Smit & Co. from Alblasserdam, which got its permit by decree of 4 January 1869.^[98] In 1903 it became the N.V. L. Smit en Co.'s Sleepdienst. Thus L. Smit & Co, refers to the tug service. L. Smit en Zoon refers to the shipbuilding company.

Steam vessels for inland navigation

After the death of Fop Smit, the business of building ships for inland navigation kind of continued as usual. For deep rivers, the propeller became ever more popular, but for shallow waters, the paddle steamer remained in use. L. Smit was a leader in the construction of vessels for inland (passenger) shipping lines. This is shown by the number of vessels that L. Smit exported to Germany, and in particular by the fact that this export continued after German industrial capability had surpassed the Dutch in so many ways. A telltale sign is that some German shipping lines ordered vessels at L. Smit with Swiss engines.

Some river and coastal steam vessels qbuilt by L. Smit & Zoon

Name	Type	Laid Down	Launched	Power	For	Notes
Paddle steamer No. 1^[99]	Paddle steamer	24 Apr. 1866^[100]	21 Nov. 1866		Later Köln-Düsseldorfer shipping line	240 feet and 140 hp
Paddle steamer No. 2^[101]	Paddle steamer	24 Apr. 1866^[100]	24 Nov. 1866		Later Köln-Düsseldorfer shipping line	240 * 25 * 3 feet and 140 hp^[102]
Zeeland^[103]	Iron tug	3 Aug. 1867			L. Smit & Co.
Industrie^[104]	Steam yacht		2 May 1868
Industrie^[105]	Screw steam vessel		18 Jun. 1869		Rudolf Wahl in Mannheim	Machines by Diepeveen, Lels & Smit.
Middelharnis?^[106]	Paddle steamer	22 Jul. 1869	24 Dec. 1869.^[107]		Rotterdam - Middelharnis line.	Machines by Diepeveen, Lels & Smit.
Deutscher Kaiser^[108]	Iron paddle steamer		30 May 1870	140 hp	Later Köln-Düsseldorfer line.	260 feet, Engines by Ravenhill, Hodgson & Co.
An^[109]	Iron tug	21 Sep. 1872		50 hp	Own account
A^[110]	Steam Hopper barge		10 Sep. 1877	25 hp	A. Volker Lz. Sliedrecht
Maasmond II^[111]	Steam hopper barge		30 Mar. 1878		A. Volker Lz. & P.A. Bos	capacity 160 m^3
Leerdam^[112]	Screw steam vessel		22 Jan. 1879		Rotterdam - Leerdam line	Machines by DLS
Argus^[113]	Screw steam vessel		17 Mar. 1879		Rotterdam investigation service	DLS compound engines with surface condensers
A^[114]	Paddle steamer		11 Jun. 1879		Rotterdam - Gorinchem line	Fop Smit & Co.
Vlaardingen III^[115]	Screw steam vessel		c. Jul. 1880	25 hp	Vlaardingen steam vessel company	DLS compound engines
Kolonel^[116]	Screw steam vessel		27 Sep. 1880		Volker and Bos
Willem I^[117]	Paddle steamer		13 Apr. 1881		Rederij Maas en Rijn	Engines DLS
A^[117]	Paddle steamer	13 Apr. 1881^[117]	28 Dec. 1881^[118]		Preussisch-Rheinische	Engines Escher Wyss & Cie.
Industrie III^[119]	Screw steam vessel		27 May 1881		Rudolf Wahl Mannheim
Zealandia^[119]	Sea screw tug	27 May 1881	8 Nov. 1881^[120]		For William Watkins London
Havik^[121]	Screw tug		17 Aug. 1881		Tug service L. Smit & Co.
Colonia I^[121]	Screw tug	17 Aug. 1881^[121]	24 Dec. 1881^[122]		Kölnische Dampf schleppschifffahrt
Valk II^[123]	Screw Steam vessel		4 Sep. 1882	25 hp comp.	Zeeuwsche Stoomboot Maatschappij
Queen^[124]	Paddle steamer	4 Sep. 1882^[123]	5 Jan. 1883		Watkins, Weymouth Steamboat Company
Amsterdam^[125]	Pump hopper barge	4 Sep. 1882^[123]	19 Dec. 1882	45 hp comp.^[123]	L. Kalis & Co.	Machines DLS 275 m^3 capacity
Wodan^[126]	Paddle steamer tug		25 Jul. 1883		L. Smit & Co. tug service
Colonia III^[127]	Screw tug		10 Aug. 1883	70 hp comp.	Kölnische Dampf schleppschifffahrt	Engines Escher Wyss & Cie.
Industrie^[128]	Screw steamer	10 Aug. 1883^[127]	31 Oct. 1883	60 hp	Badische Schrauben-Dampfs. G. (BSDG)	Engines by Howaldt brothers
Hohenstaufen^[129]	Steel paddle steamer	10 Aug. 1883^[127]	26 Mar. 1884		Preussisch-Rheinische
Oran^[130]	Suction hopper barge		18 Dec. 1884		J. Dollfus, Oran
Industrie^[131]	Steel twin screw ship	18 Dec. 1884^[130]	22 Jan. 1885		London - Cologne line (BSDG)	200 * 28.5 * 12.5 feet 750 ton
Industrie VI^[132]	Screw Vessel		19 Feb. 1885		Oberrheinische Schifffahrts-Gesellschaft Mannheim	Engines by DLS
Industrie VII^[133]	Screw Vessel		30 Mar. 1885		Oberrheinische Schifffahrts-Gesellschaft Mannheim
Oude Maas I^[134]	Iron paddle steamer	30 Mar. 1885	22 Jul. 1885	comp.	Rotterdam - Oud-Beijerland line	Oude Maas Steamboat Company
Hansa^[135]^[136]^[137]	Steel paddle steamer		23 Oct. 1885	550 ihp	Rheinische Dampfschiffahrt G. Cologne	Engines Escher Wyss & Cie.
Rhein^[138]	Paddle Steamer		29 Nov. 1887		Preussisch-Rheinische D.G.
Koningin Emma^[139]	Steel paddle steamer		14 Jun. 1889		Rotterdam - Mannheim line	Nederlandsche Stoombootrederij
Overstolz^[140]	Paddle steamer		2 Apr. 1890		Preussisch-Rheinische D.G.	Engines Escher Wyss & Cie.
Wilhelmina^[141]	Steel paddle steamer		20 May 1891		Rotterdam - Mannheim line	Ned. Stoombootrederij
Willem III^[142]	Steel paddle steamer		20 Aug. 1891	550 ihp	Rotterdam - Mannheim line	Ned. Stoombootreederij
Oerona^[143]	Paddle steamer		17 Feb. 1893			DLS, Bonn Beueler Faehr A.G.
A^[144]	Steel paddle steamer	18 Mar. 1893	10 Aug. 1893		Preusische-Rheinische D.G.	Engines Escher Wyss & Cie.
Hollandia^[145]	Steel paddle steamer	10 Aug. 1893^[144]	23 Nov. 1893	625 ihp	Rotterdam - Mannheim line	DLS Ned. Stoomboot Rederij
Concurrent I^[146]	Steel tug		22 Jan. 1895	500 ihp	Tug service Smit & Co.	40 * 7.50 * 2.75 m
W.F. Leemans^[147]	Paddle steamer	4 Jun. 1896	6 Oct. 1896	450 ihp	Rotterdam - Gorinchem line	Fop Smit & Co.
Steyn^[148]	Paddle steamer		2 Oct. 1902	400 hp	Rotterdam - Gorinchem line	Fop Smit & Co.
Kruger^[148]	Paddle steamer		2 Oct. 1902	400 hp	Rotterdam - Gorinchem line	Fop Smit & Co.
Leviathan^[149]	Suction hopper barge		10 Oct. 1904		Galveston, Texas	American customer
Köln^[150]	Suction dredger		4 Jan. 1905			Köln. Tiefbau Ges.
H.A.M. 2^[151]	Suction hopper barge		30 Jan. 1912		Surabaya harbor works	Hollandsche Aannemings Maatschappij
Suriname^[152]	Suction hopper barge				Kalis, Sliedrecht	94 * 8.60 * 4.55 m

Ocean going vessels

The opening of the Suez Canal in November 1869 radically changed shipping to the Dutch East Indies. In 1872 Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland established a reliable and fast shipping line between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. In about 1880 steamships still required a 25-50 guilders a last higher freight rate than sailing ships.^[153] It meant that for higher value products, it became more economical to rely on steamships. For commodities like sugar and coffee, sail continued to be important.^[154] It all led to an increase in the average size of sailing ships, from 454 ton in 1860 to about 1000 ton in 1880.^[155]

The sailing ship with auxiliary power Nestor of 2,000 ton, was the last ship laid down by Fop Smit, and one of the first ships completed by L. Smit en zoon. The sailing ship with auxiliary power was supposed to sail most of the time, and to steam when the weather was unfavorable. The idea was probably sound, but the sailing ship with auxiliary power would lose to the ocean liner, which was supposed to use steam except for emergencies. The problem for L. Smit, and the rest of the Dutch shipbuilding industry, was that it was not capable of building machinery that was on par with that of British shipbuilders. When it finally could, it lacked the experience to prove its ability.^[156]

The tables reflect this story. While L. Smit built dozens of river vessels in the 1870 and 1880s, only a handful of ocean-going vessels was built. The launch of Maetsuijcker in 1890 came about thanks to the foundationo of the Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij, which ordered four of her first ships at shipbuilding company De Schelde. De Schelde then subcontracted with L. Smit to build Maetsuijcker, for which she would herself build the engines.

Some ocean going vessels built by L. Smit & Zoon

Name	Type	Laid down	Launched	Tonnage	Power	Principal	Notes
Nestor^[157]	Iron clipper		1 Sep. 1866	2000 ton	50 hp		With aux. steam power
Industrie^[158]	Iron clipper	8 July 1868^[159]	24 April 1872.	900 last		Own account
Adonis^[160]	Iron screw steamer		February 1873			Dunlop, Mees & Co.	For traffic in East Africa
Batavier^[161]	Iron clipper		22 April 1876	1,890 rt		Own account
Iberia^[162]	Steel screw steamship		4 June 1884			W.H. Muller & Co.
Maetsuijcker^[163]	Screw ship		5 Jul. 1890			KPM in DEI	Engines by De Schelde
Tromp^[164]	Steel frigate	5 Jul. 1890^[163]	14 Feb. 1891			Zur Muhlen	2,600 ton
Noordzee^[165]	Sea tug	Apr. 1891	17 Dec. 1891		600 ihp	Tug service L. Smit & Co	Engines De Schelde
Oostzee	Sea tug	Apr. 1891			600 ihp	Tug service L. Smit & Co	Engines De Schelde
Tubalkaïn^[166]	Steel frigate	18 March 1893	N/a		2800 ton		Own account
Oceaan^[167]	Steel ocean tug		1 Dec. 1894		1,200 ihp	Tug service L. Smit & Co	Engines De Schelde
Tilburg^[168]	Steamship		10 Dec. 1917	1,378 Grt	950 ihp	Transatlanta

Further innovation

The shipyard continued to innovate. Construction of iron ships required specialized staff.^[169] By 1882 engineer L.D. van Ouwerkerk from Delft University worked at L. Smit, and was also part of the executive board.^[170] The requirements for skills also applied to the blue collar workers. In 1869 the shipyards of the Smit clan asked the municipality of Nieuw-Lekkerland to improve extended primary education by adding French, English, mathematics and construction drawing. They provided 1,075 guilders a year for an extra teacher to make this possible.^[171]

The cooperation between the companies, which had earlier led to the establishment of machine factory Diepeveen, Lels & Smit, also led to the establishment of one of the first power stations of the Netherlands. By 1881 the shipyard had electric lighting, which enabled it to work more hours in winter.^[119] The construction of Industrie, launched in January 1885 was another highlight. She was a steel twin screw ship which established a direct connection between London and Cologne. Meanwhile, shipbuilding in the Kinderdijk area was in a crisis by 1886.^[172]

In July 1893 orders were given for the foundations of a new patent slip at Kinderdijk.^[173] In 1899 the foundations for a boiler factory and machine factory were tendered.^[174] In 1904 a new office was built.^[175] In 1906 orders were given for a boiler shed, smithy and electricity station.

Ocean going tugs

Soon after its foundation, the shipbuilding company De Schelde started to cooperate with L. Smit. Arie Smit, younger brother of Jan Smit V, was the main founder of De Schelde. De Schelde would bring expertise about engines for the high seas into the Smit "cluster". It became the preferred supplier of L. Smit for the larger types of engines. In April 1891 it got orders for two triple expansion compound steam engines with surface condensers for two ocean going screw tugs that L. Smit was building for tug service L. Smit & Co.^[176]

These two ocean going tugs were Noordzee and Oostzee. They were very much fit for service on the Nieuwe Waterweg, which had been completed in 1872. What made them special was their ability to serve on the ocean. For this they had a raised forecastle, a bridge, a covered stern, and bunkers large enough to store enough coal to steam for 12 days at full power. Their size of 39 * 7 * 4.25 (hold) m was another feature which enabled them to operate on the oceans.^[177]

Oceaan (1894) came next. With a size of 45 * 8.60 * 4.60 m, and twice the power of the previous tugs, it clearly expressed the ambition of tug service L. Smit & Co. Indeed, the market for long distance towing would develop. It led to many orders for ocean going tugs at L. Smit and related shipbuilding companies. By March 1897 there were plans for two more Noordzee class tugs, and two more Oceaan class tugs.^[178]

Dredging equipment

The specialization in dredging equipment like hopper barges can be traced back to at least 1877, and would prove to be a long-term success. For a time J. & K. Smit would build much more dredging equipment than L. Smit and Son did. After the 1900 Galveston hurricane the Americans ordered the steam suction hopper barge Leviathan at L. Smit. It showed that in niche areas, the Dutch shipbuilders could compete with the generally more advanced American shipbuilders.

Royal visit

On 5 March 1906 L. Smit and Son shipbuilding company was visited by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Prince Hendrik. They were received by L.J. Smit (son of L. Smit), the company's engineer W. de Gelder, and L.F.J. van Vliet, mayor of Nieuw-Lekkerland. They also met Mrs. L.J. Smit and Jan Smit V. At the time, a bucket dredger for England was getting finished, as was the saloon paddle steamer Schiller. The suction hopper barge Seahound for a Sliedrecht company was launched by the queen. The tug Gouwzee of L. Smit & Co. was at the yard. The paddle steamer Emma was on the parallel slipway, where she was getting lengthened. The couple then visited the boiler factory, and the machine factory where saw many modern machines, most of them American.^[179] In 1913 orders were given to add a new factory of 2,300 m³.^[180]

World War I

World War I shut down the international market for river- coastal and dredging vessels, and forced the Dutch shipbuilding industry to construct sea-going ships.^[181] It seems that in 1915, L. Smit still launched only dredging equipment.^[182] However, that same year it already had three freighters at the slipways. The facilities at L. Smit made that these were small ships. Alblasserdam and Dagny I (ex-Kinderdijk), launched in 1916 were only 1,382 GRT. In 1917 L. Smit launched Kralingen and Tilburg of 1,378 Grt / 2,200 ton dwt.^[183] In 1918 she had two more of these ships (No. 795 and 796) on the slipway.^[184] These remained on the slipway in 1918.

N.V. L. Smit & Zoon's Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw (1920–1965)

Some vessels built by L. Smit & Zoon's Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw 1920–1940

Name	Type	Laid Down	Launched	Size	Power	Principal	Notes
Zwarte Zee^[185]	Ocean going tug		2 Jun. 1933	63.40 * 10.13 * 5.90 m	4,000 ihp	L. Smit & Co.	Diesel eng.
Adolphe Delands^[186]	Suction hopper barge		12 Jun. 1937	49 * 8.60 * 4.55 m	350 hp	Port of Safi
Le Puissant^[187]	Sea going tug		1 Mar. 1938	33 * 7.80 * 4 m	800 hp	Dunkirk	Werkspoor eng.
Rode Zee^[188]	Ocean going tug		25 Apr. 1938	45 * 8.10 * 4.85 m	1,300 hp	L. Smit & Co.	Smit-M.A.N. eng.

Incorporated

L. Smit en Zoon was incorporated in March 1920 as N.V. L. Smit & Zoon's Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw.^[189]

Interwar period

 

Zwarte Zee (1933)

After the war there was a boom in shipbuilding. Already in 1922, more than enough ships had been built, and shipping lines started to lose money. Shipbuilders then cut hours and wages, which L. Smit also did. In 1922 L. Smit launched a suction hopper barge and a bucket dredger for its own account. It ended the year with a freighter, a suction hopper barge, a suction dredger and a bucket dredger at the slipways, all for its own account. This was a rather unusual order portfolio in comparison to other shipyards. E.g. J. & K. Smit had regular orders for 5 ships.^[190] The January 1923 Occupation of the Ruhr was very damaging to the Dutch shipbuilding industry, especially in South Holland. Raw material prices soared, and demand for ships collapsed.

In 1925 the situation was somewhat better with the construction of the suction hopper barges Meuse and H.A.M. 301, two Dortmund Ems Canal ships and some barges for the Thames.^[191] In 1926 4 vessels were launched.^[192] In 1927 two tugs and some barges were built. For L. Smit & Co. the sea going tug Noordzee was built.^[193] In 1928 L. Smit launched two bucket dredgers and some barges.^[194] In 1929 L. Smit launched three suction hopper barges, a bucket dredger, and a few smaller vessels.^[195]

For the Dutch shipbuilding industry, the third quarter of 1929 would be the busiest since the fourth quarter of 1922.^[196]

By mid 1930, the Great Depression took its toll. In 1930 L. Smit still launched three tugs and two dredging barges. It next took the risk to build a bucket dredger and a suction hopper barge without having a customer for them.^[197] In 1932 only two dredging barges for Belgium, and the bucket dredger G.G.A, were launched. By the end of that year it had the tug Zwarte Zee, and two dredging vessels under construction.^[198] Zwarte Zee was the only ship launched by L. Smit in 1933. By the end of that year it had the small tanker Leonidas 3 under construction. In 1934 it launched the small motor tanker Leonidas III and two dredging vessels. By the end of that year it had two small motor tankers and one cutter suction dredger on order.^[199] By the end of 1935 only about a hundred people were still employed by L. Smit.^[200]

In 1936 the shipbuilding market started to recover.^[201] L. Smit now built a number of heavy tugboats, some more coastal motor tankers, and also more dredging equipment.

World War II

The shipbuilding company continued to operate during World War II. In 1941 the tug Javazee was launched, but she capsized immediately after.^[202]

IHC Holland

Cooperation in IHC Holland

The Industriële Handels Combinatie IHC in the Hague was a partnership founded during the war. The idea was focused on the dredging market, where the partners deemed themselves too small to take on the expected post-war orders on their own.^[203] The partnership consisted of Conrad Shipyard in Haarlem, Gusto Shipyard in Schiedam, Machine Factory De Klop in Sliedrecht, J. & K. Smit in Kinderdijk, L. Smit in Kinderdijk, and Verschure & Co's in Amsterdam. These were all strong players in dredging, but wanted to be more efficient and limit risk. In sales e.g. it was very inefficient for all these relatively small companies to have their own agents abroad.^[204]

In December 1946 IHC contracted with Turkey for 6 twin screw passenger ships.^[205] In September 1947 IHC got a French order for five big dredgers. The orders were then divided over the partners. In 1951 L. Smit launched a hopper barge for the harbor of Calcutta. On 18 June 1953 L. Smit launched Edgar Bonnet, the strongest tug of the world, for the Suez Canal Company.^[206] In 1958 L. Smit received orders for two more tugs of the same size as Edgar Bonnet, but with Diesel-electric propulsion.

Meanwhile, the partners continued to contract as separate legal entities on the national market. On 23 September 1947 L. Smit en Zoon's launched the ocean going tug Humber for L. Smit & Co. On 16 July 1955 HAM 302 was launched for Hollandse Aannemings Maatschappij. This was a trailing suction dredger hopper of 72 m length. HAM 304 (later W.D. Mersey), launched in March 1960, measured 94.50 * 16 * 7.30 m, could carry 4.000 ton and had 3,625 hp.^[207]

Merger into IHC Holland

In 1965 the boards of 5 of the 6 companies which cooperated in IHC Holland decided to merge their companies. Conrad Shipyard en Stork Hijsch N.V. could not join, because it was part of the Stork conglomerate.^[208] In 1966 IHC Holland started to merge L. Smit and J. &. K. Smit shipyards into a partnership known as Smit Kinderdijk v.o.f. In 1978 IHC Holland was split in three parts, with the holding getting renamed to Caland Holdings in 1979.^[209] The offshore part became known as IHC Inter. In 1984 these merged again into IHC Caland.

The modern shipyard still contains some old buildings. See the large buildings on the interwar aerial photograph marked with 'J. & K. Smit' and 'L. Smit & Zn'. These are now (2021) completely hemmed in by more modern buildings. The slipways and most of the harbors are now covered with halls in order to work more comfortable and effectively.

Notes

1. Vorsterman van Oyen 1885, p. 178.
2. Vorsterman van Oyen 1885, p. 184.
3. Boersma 1939, p. 402.
4. Molhuysen, Blok & Knappert 1921, p. column 761.
5. Molhuysen, Blok & Knappert 1921, p. column 758.
6. Vorsterman van Oyen 1885, p. 181.
7. "Huwelijken, Geboorten en Sterfgevallen". Het vaderland. 13 December 1893.
8. Van Sandick 1925, p. 340.
9. Boersma 1939, p. 403.
10. "Rotterdam den 31 October". Rotterdamsche courant. 1 November 1825.
11. "Rotterdam, den 10 Mei". Nederlandsche staatscourant. 13 May 1825.
12. "Rotterdam den 16 Maart". Opregte Haarlemsche Courant. 21 March 1826.
13. "Rotterdam, den 15 November". Nederlandsche staatscourant. 17 November 1826.
14. "Rotterdam, den 26 mei". Rotterdamsche courant. 27 May 1828.
15. "Rotterdam den 26 Mei". Rotterdamsche courant. 27 May 1828.
16. "Rotterdam den 29 december". Rotterdamsche courant. 30 December 1828.
17. "Rotterdam den 25 junij". Rotterdamsche courant. 26 June 1830.
18. "Rotterdam, 9 Sept". Algemeen Handelsblad. 11 September 1839.
19. "Rotterdam den 25 september". Rotterdamsche courant. 26 September 1840.
20. "Rotterdam den 28 mei". Rotterdamsche courant. 29 May 1841.
21. "La Haye, le 24 juin". Journal de La Haye (in French). 25 June 1842.
22. "Binnenlandsche Berigten". Nederlandsche staatscourant. 3 August 1844.
23. "Middelburg den 4 maart". Middelburgsche courant. 5 March 1833.
24. "Nijmegen den 21. Junij". Utrechtsche courant. 24 June 1836.
25. "Binnenlandsche Berichten". Algemeen Handelsblad. 22 April 1836.
26. "Duitsche Post". Algemeen Handelsblad. 11 November 1837.
27. "Nederlanden". Algemeen Handelsblad. 10 September 1838.
28. "Nederlanden". Dagblad van 's Gravenhage. 5 October 1838.
29. "Gorinchem, 23 Februarij 1841". Opregte Haarlemsche Courant. 27 February 1841.
30. "La Haye, 2 septembre". Journal de La Haye (in French). 3 September 1843.
31. "La Haye, 2 janvier". Journal de La Haye (in French). 3 January 1843.
32. "Rotterdam den 3 october". Rotterdamsche courant. 4 October 1851.
33. "Een historische plek op scheepsbouwgebied". Scheepvaart. 28 September 1906.
34. "Binnenland". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 14 February 1906.
35. "Rotterdam den 23 december". Rotterdamsche courant. 24 December 1842.
36. "Rotterdam den 22 december". Rotterdamsche courant. 23 December 1843.
37. "Rotterdam, 20 April". N.R.C. 21 April 1847.
38. "Binnenland". N.R.C. 19 June 1846.
39. "Het ijzeren clipper schip California". Rotterdamsche courant. 8 February 1854.
40. "Nieuwstijdingen betrekkelijk Nijverheid". Nijverheids-courant. 8 May 1852.
41. "Geregtelijke Aankondigingen". Nederlandsche staatscourant. 16 April 1856.
42. Gaastra 2004, p. 8.
43. Zeverijn 1881, p. 34.
44. "Rotterdam, 13 Februarij". N.R.C. 14 February 1859.
45. "Rotterdam, 4 Nov". Algemeen Handelsblad. 6 November 1846.
46. "Rotterdam den 16 Julij". Rotterdamsche courant. 17 July 1847.
47. "Rotterdam den 22 september". Rotterdamsche courant. 23 September 1847.
48. "Rotterdam, 23 Mei". Algemeen Handelsblad. 25 May 1849.
49. "Rotterdam, 18 September". N.R.C. 19 September 1850.
50. "Rotterdam, 3 Junij". N.R.C. 4 June 1851.
51. "Binnenland". Algemeen Handelsblad. 28 November 1851.
52. "Nederlanden". Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage. 28 March 1853.
53. "Alblasserdam, 1 maart". Algemeen Handelsblad. 4 March 1852.
54. "Amsterdam, Zondag 19 December". Algemeen Handelsblad. 20 December 1852.
55. "Kinderdijk, 14 Maart". Algemeen Handelsblad. 16 March 1854.
56. "Nieuw Lekkerland, 25 Aug". Hoornsche courant. 2 September 1854.
57. "Rotterdam den 17 julij". Rotterdamsche courant. 18 July 1855.
58. "Amsterdam, Dingsdag 22 September". Algemeen Handelsblad. 23 September 1857.
59. "Binnenland". N.R.C. 2 May 1858.
60. "Kinderdijk, 24 December". N.R.C. 25 December 1856.
61. "Kinderdijk, 17 October". N.R.C. 18 October 1857.
62. "Kinderdijk, 16 Junij". Algemeen Handelsblad. 18 June 1858.
63. "Dordrecht 5 mei". Rotterdamsche courant. 7 May 1862.
64. "Kinderdijk, 18 November". N.R.C. 19 November 1861.
65. "Kinderdijk, 29 Mei". N.R.C. 31 May 1863.
66. "Kinderdijk, 2 April". Algemeen Handelsblad. 4 April 1864.
67. "Rotterdam, 17 September". N.R.C. 18 September 1864.
68. "Binnenland". Algemeen Handelsblad. 11 March 1847.
69. "Binnenland". N.R.C. 31 May 1848.
70. "Berigten". N.R.C. 15 July 1852.
71. "Gorinchem, 19 Maart". Algemeen Handelsblad. 22 March 1852.
72. "NieuwLekkerland, 28 Dec". Algemeen Handelsblad. 31 December 1852.
73. "NieuwLekkerland, 26 Maart". Algemeen Handelsblad. 29 March 1852.
74. "Rotterdam den 4 april". Rotterdamsche courant. 5 April 1853.
75. "Nieuw-Lekkerland, 25 Junij". Algemeen Handelsblad. 28 June 1852.
76. "Rotterdam, den 13 Junij". Rotterdamsche courant. 14 June 1852.
77. "Binnenland". De Grondwet. 13 December 1853.
78. "Rotterdam den 22 junij". Rotterdamsche courant. 23 June 1843.
79. "Kinderdijk, 30 Jan". Algemeen Handelsblad. 1 February 1854.
80. "Rotterdam den 14 december". Rotterdamsche courant. 15 December 1854.
81. "Rotterdam den 21 december". Rotterdamsche courant. 22 December 1854.
82. "Rotterdam, 8 Maart". Algemeen Handelsblad. 12 March 1856.
83. "Staten-Generaal". Rotterdamsche courant. 19 December 1857.
84. "Kinderdijk, 25 April". Nieuw Amsterdamsch handels- en effectenblad. 27 April 1860.
85. "Gorinchem, 23 Nov". Algemeen Handelsblad. 25 November 1859.
86. "Kinderdijk 9 junij". Rotterdamsche courant. 11 June 1860.
87. "Kinderdijk 3 maart". Rotterdamsche courant. 4 March 1862.
88. "Kinderdijk, 2 Februarij". N.R.C. 4 April 1864.
89. "Kinderdijk, 10 Junij". Algemeen Handelsblad. 12 June 1863.
90. "Kinderdijk, 21 Julij". Algemeen Handelsblad. 23 July 1864.
91. "Kinderdijk, 19 Februarij". N.R.C. 20 February 1864.
92. "Kinderdijk 23 februarij". Rotterdamsche courant. 25 February 1865.
93. "Kinderdijk, 29 Julij". N.R.C. 30 July 1865.
94. "Kinderdijk 28 september". Rotterdamsche courant. 30 September 1865.
95. "Kinderdijk, 1 Februarij". N.R.C. 3 February 1866.
96. "Bekendmaking". N.R.C. 18 November 1866.
97. "Gemengde Berigten". N.R.C. 27 February 1869.
98. "Ministerie van Binnenlandsche Zaken". Nederlandsche staatscourant. 10 January 1869.
99. "Kinderdijk 21 november". Rotterdamsche courant. 22 November 1866.
100. "Kinderdijk, 24 April". N.R.C. 26 April 1866.
101. "Kinderdijk 24 november". Rotterdamsche courant. 27 November 1866.
102. "Binnenlandsche Berigten". Delftsche courant. 22 January 1867.
103. "Kinderdijk, 3 Aug". Algemeen Handelsblad. 5 August 1867.
104. "Kinderdijk, 2 Mei". N.R.C. 3 May 1868.
105. "Kinderdijk, 18 Juni". Het vaderland. 21 June 1869.
106. "Kinderdijk, 22 Juli". N.R.C. 23 July 1869.
107. "Kinderdijk, 24 December". N.R.C. 25 December 1869.
108. "Nieuwsberichten". Vlaardingsche courant. 1 June 1870.
109. "Kinderdijk, 21 September". Vlaardingsche courant. 1 June 1870.
110. "'s Gravenhage 11 September". Het Vaderland. 12 September 1877.
111. "Kinderdijk, 30 Maart". Algemeen Handelsblad. 1 April 1878.
112. "Binnenland". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 24 January 1879.
113. "Laatste Nieuwstijdingen". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 17 March 1879.
114. "Binnenland". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 13 June 1879.
115. "Binnenlandsche Berigten". Nieuwsblad, gewijd aan de belangen van de Hoeksche Waard. 21 August 1880.
116. "Binnenland". Het Vaderland. 28 September 1880.
117. "Binnenland". Het Vaderland. 15 April 1881.
118. "Binnenland". Het Vaderland. 30 December 1881.
119. "Binnenland". Het Vaderland. 28 May 1881.
120. "Binnenland". Het Vaderland. 9 November 1881.
121. "Kinderdijk, 17 Aug". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 20 August 1881.
122. "Kinderdijk, 24 Dec". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 29 December 1881.
123. "Kinderdijk, 24 Dec". Het vaderland. 5 September 1882.
124. "Binnenland". Het vaderland. 6 January 1883.
125. "Binnenland". Het vaderland. 20 December 1882.
126. "Kinderdijk, 26 Juli". De Standaard. 30 July 1883.
127. "Kinderdijk, 10 Aug". Algemeen Handelsblad. 11 August 1883.
128. "Kinderdijk, 31 Oct". Algemeen Handelsblad. 2 November 1883.
129. "Binnenland". Het Vaderland. 28 March 1884.
130. "Binnenland". Het Vaderland. 20 December 1884.
131. "Binnenlandsch Nieuws". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 24 January 1885.
132. "Binnenland". Het Vaderland. 21 February 1885.
133. "Binnenland". Het Vaderland. 31 March 1885.
134. "Binnenland". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 23 July 1885.
135. "Binnenland". Het vaderland. 24 October 1885.
136. "Kölner Local-Nachrichten". Kölnische Zeitung. 12 February 1886.
137. "Vermischte Nachrichten". Kölnische Zeitung. 4 April 1886.
138. "Binnenland". Het vaderland. 30 November 1887.
139. "Binnenland". Het vaderland. 15 June 1889.
140. "Binnenlandsch Nieuws". Het nieuws van den dag. 7 April 1890.
141. "Te water gelaten". Algemeen Handelsblad. 21 May 1891.
142. "Kinderdijk, 20 Aug". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 22 August 1891.
143. "Te water gelaten". Algemeen Handelsblad. 22 August 1891.
144. "Kinderdijk, 10 Aug". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 12 August 1893.
145. "Binnenland". Nieuwe Vlaardingsche courant. 25 November 1893.
146. "Te water gelaten schepen". Scheepvaart. 23 January 1895.
147. "Een nieuwe boot der firma Fop Smit & Co. water gelaten schepen". Het Vaderland. 12 March 1897.
148. "Stadsnieuws". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 3 October 1902.
149. "Nijverheid". De nieuwe courant. 10 October 1904.
150. "Te water gelaten". Algemeen Handelsblad. 6 January 1905.
151. "Krimpen a.d. Lek". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 30 January 1912.
152. "Binnenland". Scheepvaart. 18 November 1915.
153. Zeverijn 1881, p. 28.
154. Zeverijn 1881, p. 31.
155. Zeverijn 1881, p. 19.
156. Lintsen 1993, p. 96.
157. "Binnenland". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 4 September 1866.
158. "Kinderdijk, 24 April". Het Vaderland. 27 April 1872.
159. "Kinderdijk, 8 Julij". Algemeen Handelsblad. 10 July 1866.
160. "Kinderdijk, 20 Feb". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 22 February 1873.
161. "Kinderdijk, 22 April". Opregte Haarlemsche Courant. 26 April 1876.
162. "Scheepstijdingen". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 7 June 1884.
163. "Kinderdijk, 5 Juli". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 8 July 1890.
164. "Kinderdijk, 14 Februari". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 17 February 1891.
165. "Alblasserdam,17 December". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 22 August 1891.
166. "Kinderdijk, 18 Maart". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 22 August 1891.
167. "Te water gelaten schepen". Scheepvaart. 2 December 1894.
168. "Landbouw en Nijverheid". De Nederlander. 14 December 1917.
169. Zeverijn 1881, p. 46.
170. "Koninklijk Instituut van Ingnieurs". Dagblad van Zuidholland. 13 September 1882.
171. "Residentienieuws". Het vaderland. 7 May 1869.
172. "Binnenland". De Maasbode. 9 September 1886.
173. "Binnenlandsch Nieuws". Het nieuws van den dag. 1 July 1893.
174. "Binnenland". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 4 April 1899.
175. "Binnenland". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 14 March 1904.
176. "Vlissingen, 14 April". Algemeen Handelsblad. 16 April 1891.
177. "Nieuwsberichten". Nieuwe Vlaardingsche courant. 15 April 1891.
178. "Scheepstijdingen". Harlinger courant. 24 March 1897.
179. "Het Koninklijk bezoek aan Rotterdam". Land en Volk. 5 March 1906.
180. "Binnenlandsch Nieuws". Het nieuws van den dag. 21 June 1913.
181. "Scheepsbouw". Scheepvaart. 20 February 1916.
182. "Te water gelaten schepen in 1915". Scheepvaart. 31 December 1915.
183. "Te water gelaten schepen in 1917". Scheepvaart. 31 December 1917.
184. "schepen in aanbouw op 31 December 1918". Scheepvaart. 4 January 1919.
185. "De motorsleepboot Zwarte Zee te water gelaten". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad. 2 June 1933.
186. "Proefvaart". De Nederlander. 7 September 1937.
187. "Slbt. le Puissant te waterg gelaten". De Maasbode. 2 March 1938.
188. "Tewaterlating Sleepboot Roode Zee". Scheepvaart. 26 April 1938.
189. "Medeelingen van verschillenden Aard". Nederlandsche Staatscourant. 31 March 1920.
190. "schepen in aanbouw op 31 December 1922". Scheepvaart. 5 January 1923.
191. "Te water gelaten schepen in 1925". Scheepvaart. 31 December 1925.
192. "Te water gelaten schepen in 1926". Scheepvaart. 31 December 1926.
193. "Te water gelaten schepen in 1927". Scheepvaart. 11 January 1928.
194. "Te water gelaten schepen in 1928". Scheepvaart. 17 January 1929.
195. "Te water gelaten schepen". Scheepvaart. 23 January 1930.
196. "Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw en Buitenlandsche mededinging". Algemeen Handelsblad. 12 January 1930.
197. "Te water gelaten schepen in 1930". Scheepvaart. 15 January 1931.
198. "Te water gelaten schepen in 1932". Scheepvaart. 17 January 1933.
199. "Te water gelaten schepen in 1934". Scheepvaart. 22 January 1935.
200. "Nieuw Lekkerland en haar nijverheidscentrum Kinderdijk". De standaard. 30 December 1935.
201. "Lloyd's overzicht van de wereldscheepsbouw in 1936". De Locomotief. 15 February 1937.
202. "Javazee bij tewaterlating gekapseisd". Algemeen Handelsblad. 15 February 1937.
203. "De "Grote Zes" verdelen de wereld". Algemeen Dagblad. 20 November 1958.
204. "Samenwerking voor export". Trouw. 12 April 1947.
205. "Turkse order voor Nederland". Het vrije volk. 28 December 1946.
206. "Sterkste sleper ter wereld te water gelaten". Het Parool. 18 June 1953.
207. "Sleephopperzuiger HAM 304 (with picture)". Gereformeerd gezinsblad. 31 March 1960.
208. "Vijf werven fuseren". Het Parool. 15 July 1965.
209. "Buitenlandse belegger ruim 20 pct. in Caland". De Telegraaf. 7 June 1984.

References

• Boersma, P. (1939), Alblasserdam's heden en verleden, J. Noorduyn en Zoon, Gorinchem
• Gaastra, F.S. (2004), Vragen over de koopvaardij. De 'Enquête omtrent den toestand van de Nederlandsche koopvaardijvloot' uit 1874 en de achteruitgang van de handelsvloot, Leiden University, hdl:1887/4519
• Lintsen, H.W. (1993), Geschiedenis van de techniek in Nederland. De wording van een moderne samenleving 1800-1890. Deel IV
• Molhuysen, P.C.; Blok, P.J.; Knappert, L. (1921), "Smit", Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW), A.W. Sijthoff's, Leiden
• Van Sandick, R.A. (1925), "Arie Smit", De Ingenieur (17), Kon. Instituut van Ingenieurs, Ver. van Delftsche Ingenieurs: 339–342
• Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A. (1885), "Geslachtslijst der Familie Smit", Algemeen Nederlandsch Familieblad, Genealogisch en Herladische Archief, 's-Gravenhage, pp. 177–184
• Zeverijn, S.B. (1881), Onze Oost-Indië Vaarders, J.F.V. Behrens, Amsterdam

External links

• Overview of early sailing ships of Rotterdam Lloyd with 12 ships built by Fop Smit
• Extensive list of dredging equipment built by L. Smit en Zoon