Gorinchem [SEP] located next to body of water
Gorinchem
Gorinchem (), also called Gorkum ( or ), is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. It had a population of in .
The municipality of Gorinchem also includes the population centre of Dalem.
History.
It is assumed that Gorinchem was founded circa 1000 CE by fishermen and farmers on the raised land near the mouth of the river Linge at the Merwede. ""Goriks Heem""
as Gorinchem and left there on 21 June. By sailing to Gorinchem, the Heiligerlee demonstrated that monitors could play a role in defending the new Water Line. The Heiligerlee next went to Hellevoetsluis and from there to Brouwershaven. In August the Heiligerlee and the Ram Turret ship Schorpioen exercised on the Haringvliet. Later the Heiligerlee steamed to Rotterdam, and from there to Dordrecht, where it got stuck again. In October it went into the dry dock to clean and paint the hull.
Service record: 1st Term 1868-1877 During