In the meeting of the director and the commissaries on 3 November 1906 was announced that a contract with Doxford was signed dealing with the building of turret ships (1) according to the patents and drawings of this firm and which the Kon. Mij/ De Schelde had to pay 1 shilling each ton deadweight carrying capacity.
Note
1. The shape of this hull was an improved whaleback design. William Doxford and Sons Ltd., Sunderland, England ordered their chief draughtsman Arthur Havers to design the first turret ship after building in 1893 a whaleback ship. Of the more as 180 ships which were built according to the design Doxford himself built 176 especially for the line voyage and tramp service. Main advantage was that due to the shape less tolls had to be paid.
Source
Archive Kon.Mij. De Schelde 1875-1970 (Municipality Archive, Vlissingen, Netherlands) archive 214 inventory number 8.
Note
1. The shape of this hull was an improved whaleback design. William Doxford and Sons Ltd., Sunderland, England ordered their chief draughtsman Arthur Havers to design the first turret ship after building in 1893 a whaleback ship. Of the more as 180 ships which were built according to the design Doxford himself built 176 especially for the line voyage and tramp service. Main advantage was that due to the shape less tolls had to be paid.
Source
Archive Kon.Mij. De Schelde 1875-1970 (Municipality Archive, Vlissingen, Netherlands) archive 214 inventory number 8.
