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Verolme Verenigde Scheepswerven

(Verolme United Shipyards)

Alblasserdam and Heusden, Netherlands

Founded in 1955 from a group of companies owned by Cornelis Verolme including Verolme Scheepswerf in Alblasserdam and Heusden. Verolme Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij was founded in Rozenburg in 1957. Verolme Estaleiros Reunidos do Brasil was founded in Angra dos Reis in 1959. Rushbrooke Repair Yard in Cobh was acquired in 1959 and renamed Verolme Cork Dockyard. Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij was acquired in 1968 and sold in 1979 to Amsterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij. Merged with Rijn-Schelde Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven in 1971 to form Rijn-Schelde-Verolme Machinefabrieken en Scheepswerven. The latter entered bankruptcy in 1983 and was broken up with the Heusden yard continuing with shipbuilding and the yard in Rozenburg concentrating on shiprepair. The Heusden yard was sold in 1999 to Scheepswerf "De Hoop", Lobith and renamed Scheepswerf "De Hoop" Heusden. Sold again in 2005.