Frédéric François Groen, heer van Waarder (1814–1882)Grave monument for the Groen van Waarder family
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(FF Groen Scheepsbouwwerft de boot), located at 111 Gr Wittenburgerstraat. His son Herman Frederik (1846-1904) built at least two full-rigged

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s, the Vondel (1894) and

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(1897), but neither was sold. So he operated the ships himself. In 1897 he retired, HF Groen was not married and had no children and 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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*Vondel and Nicolaas Witse
Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Groen, FF 1814 births 1882 deaths Dutch shipbuilders Shipbuilding companies of the Netherlands