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.
During the 1890s, the firm ventured into the niche sector of "ready-to-assemble" vessels. Such ships were constructed piece by piece at the shipyard, each part labeled with a number, then disassembled and shipped in kits for final assembly using rivets.