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Feadship

Feadship (First Export Association of Dutch Shipbuilders) is a cooperative venture between two Dutch shipyards: Royal Van Lent Shipyard and Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw. Feadship designs and constructs high-end luxury yachts and is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts such as Aquarius, Symphony, Savannah and Venus. Founded in 1949, it operates four shipyards and shares the design and engineering center De Voogt Naval Architects.

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Feadship (First Export Association of Dutch Shipbuilders) is a cooperative venture between two Dutch shipyards: Royal Van Lent Shipyard and Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw. Feadship designs and constructs high-end luxury yachts and is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts such as Aquarius, Symphony, Savannah and Venus. Founded in 1949, it operates four shipyards and shares the design and engineering center De Voogt Naval Architects.

Key claims

  1. area: 160 meters — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 1949 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. date of foundation: 1949 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the area is "160 meters". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1949". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the date of foundation is "1949". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373383114

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.