Damen is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 shipbuilding

Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both...

 company which was founded in 1927 by Jan and Marinus Damen in a self-built workshop. In 1954 their 200th ship was delivered.

History

Kommer Damen, son of Jan Damen, took over as manager of technical services in 1967 and began trying to shorten delivery times by building hulls to stock and then finishing them as required by customers. This change in strategy led to a difficult time for the company as the investment needed was high and not all of the employees shared Kommer's ideas.

Key figures: 2009

Employees:

• The Netherlands - 2,100
• Abroad - 3,900

Operating companies:

• The Netherlands - 18
• Abroad - 13

Deliveries:

• Tugs & workboats - 72
• High speed craft & ferries - 38
• Dredging & specials - 15
• Cargo vessels (Inland & coastal) - 25
• Naval & yachts - 8
• Others - 3

Current

Damen Shipyards Gorinchem

Gorinchem

Gorinchem , also called Gorkum , is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 21.99 km² of which 3.03 km² is water...

 is now an independent member of the Damen Shipyards Group. With over 30 shipyards and related companies worldwide, Damen is involved in ship construction as well as maintenance and repair activities.

Damen has a wide product range, including tugs, workboats, patrol craft, cargo vessels, dredge

Dredge

Dredging is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly underwater, in shallow seas or fresh water areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments and disposing of them at a different location...

rs, mega yachts and fast ferries. Product design and engineering are carried out in-house and a broad range of designs is available

Amels Division

Amels is the superyacht division of the Damen Group. Vessels built by Amels include:

• Lady Mona K
  Lady Mona K
  Lady Mona K is a luxury motor yacht built by Amels in 1986.-Design:Built in 1986 by Amels of Vlissingen, Netherlands, she was the first of numerous classic Jon Bannenberg designed super yachts. With a well-flared bow, lozenge-shaped ports, vertical windows and mullions, and handsomely sculpted...
  
   (1986), originally named Lady Ghislaine and built for media mogul Robert Maxwell
  Robert Maxwell
  Ian Robert Maxwell MC was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Member of Parliament , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire...
  
  , who drowned either falling or stepping from the ship while anchored off Tenerife on November 5, 1991
• Monte Carlo
  Monte Carlo (yacht)
  Monte Carlo is a motor yacht in the superyacht category. She was named after the Monte Carlo quarter of Monaco.-History:Monte Carlo was built by Amels in their Hakvoort shipyard in The Netherlands and launched in 1988. She was designed by Diana Yacht Design BV...
  
   (1988)
• Larissa (2004)

US Coast Guard

The US Coast Guard Sentinel class Fast Response Cutter (FRC-B) [153 feet (46.6 m) long, and capable of speeds of over 28 knots (15.2 m/s) knots] is based on the Damen 4708 design, and will be built by the Bollinger Shipyards

Bollinger Shipyards

Bollinger Shipyards is an American constructor of ships, workboats and patrol vessels.The firm was founded in 1946.Its thirteen shipyards and forty drydocks are located in Louisiana and Texas....

 of Lockport

Lockport, Louisiana

Lockport is a town on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,624 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

, Louisiana. The firm fixed-price contract for the first ship is worth US$88m; the approximate maximum value of the contract, if all options are exercised for a total of 34 patrol boats, is $1.5 billion over a period of between six and eight years.

Canadian Coast Guard

On September 2, 2009, the Ministry of Public Works and Government Services of Canada announced that 9 mid-shore patrol ships based on a 'Canadianized' version of the Damen Stan Patrol 4207 would be built by Irving Shipbuilding

Irving Shipbuilding

Irving Shipbuilding Incorporated is the largest shipbuilder in Canada. Headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian industrial conglomerate J.D. Irving Limited....

 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 for use by the Canadian Coast Guard

Canadian Coast Guard

The Canadian Coast Guard is the coast guard of Canada. It is a federal agency responsible for providing maritime search and rescue , aids to navigation, marine pollution response, marine radio, and icebreaking...

 in conjunction with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...

. The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans had originally wanted 12 patrol craft.

Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard

On October 27, 2005, the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard commissioned the HMJS Cornwall, the first of three Damen 4207 vessels (termed "County Class" by the JDFCG). The second "County Class" vessel, the HMJS Middlesex, was commissioned on April 7, 2006. The third and final vessel, the HMJS Surrey, was commissioned on June 26, 2007. The vessels are dubbed "County Class" as they are named after the three counties of Jamaica.

Hong Kong Marine Police

The Marine Region of the Hong Kong Police Force is having Stan 2600 patrol boats built by Damen.

Equadorian Coast Guard

In November 2011 the Equadorian Coast Guard ordered Damen Stan 2606 patrol vessels, to be built in Equador by Astinave.

See also

• Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel
  Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel
  The Damen Stan Patrol 4100, Damen Stan Patrol 4207 and Damen Stan Patrol 4708 are three related designs from the Damen Group, a Dutch shipbuilding firm.The Stan 4207 design are patrol vessels.They are wide, and can travel at 22 knots....
  
  
• Damen Stan patrol vessel 4708
  Damen Stan patrol vessel 4708
  The Damen Group shipbuilders, based in the Netherlands, has managed the manufacture of Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel 4708 for South Africa and the United States....
  
  
• Holland class offshore patrol vessels

External links

• Damen Group website
• Amels super yachts