In the 1890s the company entered the specialist market for "knock down" vessels. These were bolted together at the shipyard, all the parts marked with numbers, disassembled into many hundreds of parts and transported in kit form for final reassembly with rivets.
In the 1890s, the company entered the specialized market for "pre-assembled" ships. These were assembled at the shipyard using numbered components, disassembled into numerous parts and transported in kit form before being reassembled with rivets.