Klipper

A label for speed.

The clipperships decending from the last quarter of the 19th century and are inspired by the seagoing ships. Specially in America and England extreme clippers where bilt, who achieved high speeds. The inlandshipping contructed these clippers with a flat bottom and leeboards.
Especially the shipyards of Van den Adel and Duivendijk at Papendrecht and Lekkerkerk were famous for theirs plendid shaped, very fine lined ships. The clippers belonged to the fasted sailingships of the Dutch inlandshipping.