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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Rotterdam Drydock Company
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Description area
Dates of existence
1902-1996
History
Founded in 1902, and operating near the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, RDM was a major shipyard that provided shipbuilding and engineering services to the Netherlands and abroad. At the beginning of the second world war, the Drydock company soon became interested in weapons production, and continued operation through Nazi occupation.