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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 109.235.18.15 (talk) at 12:25, 5 April 2022 (It was the sun Herman Frederik who did build the two ships in1894 and 97 and retired in 1897 (using the letterpaper of his father F.F.) He died 1-10-1904). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

FF Groen announces his retirement

Frédéric François Groen, heer van Waarder (1814–1882)[1] operated a shipyard in Amsterdam (FF Groen Scheepsbouwwerft de boot), located at 111 Gr Wittenburgerstraat. His sun Herman Frederik (1846-1904) built at least two full-rigged sailing ships, the Vondel (1894) and Nicolaas Witsen (1897), but neither was sold. So he operated the ships himself. IN 1897 he retired, HF Groen was not married and had no children an died on 1-10-1904, his great collection of paintings and prints concerning ships were sold in 1905 as well as both ships were sold to the Hamburg shipping company Eugen Cellier.

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  1. ^ Grave monument for the Groen van Waarder family
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