Holland America Line
Template:Short description {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Holland America Line N.V. (HAL) is an American cruise line operating as a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Founded in 1873 in Rotterdam, Netherlands as the Netherlands-America Steamship Company (NASM), the company operated regular transatlantic passenger and cargo services between Rotterdam and North America until 1971.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As a dedicated cruise line, the company expanded through multiple acquisitions including Westours in 1971, Windstar Cruises in 1988, and Home Lines in 1988.<ref name=":1" /> In 1989, the company was acquired by Carnival Corporation.<ref name="maritime">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the line's cruise ships carry the names of former transatlantic ocean liners operated by the company. Its current flagship, Rotterdam (2020), is the seventh ship to bear such a name. As a major operator of cruises and overland tours in Alaska, the company owns multiple hotels and two railroads throughout the state.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The line also offers an annual world cruise and cruises throughout the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Asia, and Antarctica.
HistoryEdit
Early decadesEdit
Holland America Line was founded in 1873 as the Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (NASM).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Known colloquially and advertised as Holland-Amerika Lijn (HAL), the company was founded after Rotterdam (I) operated its first crossing from Rotterdam to Hoboken in October of 1872.<ref name=":1" /> Rotterdam (I) operated regular fifteen-day crossings with intermediate stops in Boulogne, France and Plymouth, United Kingdom until she sank in 1883.<ref name="Larsson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By that time, the line's fleet had grown to include the combination liners SS W.A. Scholten, SS P. Caland, SS Leerdam, and SS Edam. In 1885, Rotterdam (II) was acquired to replace the original. HAL's first house flag was introduced at around this time, featuring a tri-band of green-white-green derived from the flag of Rotterdam.<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This design, which was also replicated on ships' funnels, remained unchanged until 1971.<ref name=":3" />Rotterdam (II) operated the line's first pleasure cruise in 1885, transiting the Kiel Canal to Copenhagen.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rotterdam (III) followed in 1897 as the company expanded rapidly.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Statendam (I) of 1898 was HAL's first ship of greater than 10,000 gross register tons (GRT) and by the line's 25th anniversary that year, the company had successfully carried over 400,000 immigrants from Europe to North America.<ref name="maritime" /><ref name="Statendam-I">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Larger shipsEdit
A trio of large ships built at Blohm+Voss entered service starting with SS Postdam in 1899, Rijndam (I) in 1901, and Noordam (I) in 1902.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Each ship measured at greater than 12,000 GRT, increasing the line's capacity significantly. In 1902, the independent line was acquired by the International Mercantile Marine Company (IMM). Owned by American industrialist J.P. Morgan as a price-fixing cartel, Holland America was approached by Harland & Wolff shipyard chairman William Pirrie in a transaction that did not disclose his IMM connections.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
As an unwitting member of IMM, the line introduced ever-larger ships including the 16,967 GRT Nieuw Amsterdam (I) of 1905 and the 24,129 GRT Rotterdam (IV) of 1908.<ref name=":4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Both ships were built by Harland & Wolff.
First World WarEdit
Statendam (II) launched in July of 1914 and was due to be HAL's largest-ever ship at 32,120 GRT. However, World War I ignited one month later and the ship was requisitioned by the United Kingdom during outfitting at Harland & Wolff. Reconfigured as the Justicia, she became the largest troopship to serve in the war and was torpedoed by a U-boat in 1918. NASM eventually accepted compensation in the form of 60,000 tons of steel from the UK Government.<ref name=Justicia>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dutch neutrality throughout the war did not spare multiple HAL ships, and the line lost five ships totalling over 30,000 GRT. Two German mines sank SS Eemdijk in 1915,<ref name="Eemdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and in 1916 Template:SMU sank SS Blommersdijk.<ref name="Blommersdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In February of 1917, Template:SMU sank an entire Dutch convoy including the SS Noorderdijk and SS Zaandijk.<ref name="Noorderdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Zaandijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
During the war, Dutch capitalists progressively purchased large shares of HAL from IMM and its subsidiaries. By 1917, these investors had successfully acquired half of IMM's shares in Holland America Line for over $3.5 million.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1918, American president Woodrow Wilson issued authorization to sieze 89 Dutch ships under angary. Nine of the line's ships were seized by the United States Shipping Board, including Rijndam (I) who survived the war as a troopship under the name USS Rijndam.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Of these nine ships, only SS Ossterdijk did not return after sinking due to a collision.<ref name="Oosterdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web
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Between the World WarsEdit
Maasdam (I) and Edam (III) introduced steam turbine power to the Holland America fleet in 1921, entering service as 8,800 GRT ships serving ports including Antwerp, Bilbao, Santander, Gijón, Vigo, and Havana en route to Tampico.<ref name="Larsson" />Template:Sfn Volendam (I) and Veendam (I) followed in 1922, both of which served the flagship transatlantic route to Hoboken via Southampton, Halifax, and Boulogne.<ref name="Larsson" />
Also in 1921, the line introduced its first motor ships with MV Dinteldijk and MV Drechtdijk.<ref name="Dinteldijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Drechtdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 9,350 GRT refrigerated cargo ships had berths for up to 19 first class passengers and were followed by the larger MV Delftdijk and MV Damsterdijk in 1929 and 1930.<ref name="Delftdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Damsterdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Statendam (III) was commissioned at Harland & Wolff for completion in 1924, but Holland America Line ordered work to stop due to a lack of funds. After being laid up in an incomplete state for three years, the Dutch government issued NASM a loan for the ship's completion. After being towed to Wilton's Dok- en Werf Maatschappij in Schiedam, work was finally completed in 1929. Despite the onset of the Great Depression, Statendam (III) proved economical to run and served on the transatlantic run coupled with cruises to the Caribbean throughout the 1930s.<ref name=Statendam-III>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
By 1930 Holland America had expanded as far as the West Coast of the United States via the Panama Canal.Template:Sfn In collaboration with Royal Mail Lines, HAL's refrigerated cargo ships (as indicated by the -dijk suffix) ran tandem routes with RML ships including the Lochmonar and Lochgoil. New destinations for the line on these services included London, Vancouver, Guayaquil, and Bermuda.<ref name="Larsson" />
In 1937 the line introduced Nieuw Amsterdam (II) as its new flagship. The 36,287 GRT liner cost the line 20 million guilders and immediately became the largest ship in the Dutch merchant fleet.<ref name="Nieuw-Amsterdam-II">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Variously hailed as the 'Darling of the Dutch' and a 'Ship of Tomorrow', Nieuw Amsterdam (II) earned prestige as the new Dutch ship of state, rivaling contemporaries such as the RMS Queen Mary, SS Normandie, and SS Rex. The line's modern logo, in use from 1983 to present day, is an artistic depiction of Nieuw Amsterdam (II) at sea.<ref name=":3" />
Second World WarEdit
In World War II, Holland America lost thirteen ships totaling over 140,000 GRT. Early in the war MV Binnendijk and SS Spaarndam were lost to mines,<ref name=Binnendijk>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Spaarndam>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and MV Burgerdijk was sunk by U-48 in 1940.<ref name="Burgerdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the German invasion of the Netherlands, multiple HAL ships were burnt out during the battle for Rotterdam. Statendam (III), MV Boschdijk, and MV Dinteldijk were lost in the initial battle,<ref name="Statendam-III" /> with MV Boschdijk later towed to the Baltic Sea as target practice for the Luftwaffe.<ref name="Boschdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> MV Dinteldijk was eventually scuttled in Rotterdam harbor as a blockship.<ref name="Dinteldijk" />
After the establishment of the Dutch government-in-exile, Holland America announced its intention to charter all of its transatlantic ships to the UK Government with the exception of Nieuw Amsterdam (II).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> SS Pennland and SS Westernland were quickly recquisitioned as troopships,<ref name="Pennland">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Westernland">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Nieuw Amsterdam (II) eventually joined the war effort in October of 1940. She survived the war, sailing over half a million miles and transporting over 400,000 military personnel for the allied forces as a troopship.
It is estimated that nearly 200 people were killed in wartime sinkings of HAL ships. The largest loss of life occurred in November of 1942 when Template:GS sank Zaandam (II), taking 135 souls.<ref name="Zaandam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In January of 1941, 39 souls were lost when MV Beemsterdijk struck a mine.<ref name="Beemsterdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> More casualties occurred during the sinking of MV Bliderdijk by U-38 in October of 1940,<ref name="Bilderdijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> U-564's sinking of Maasdam (III) in 1941,<ref name="Maasdam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the sinking of SS Pennland during the German invasion of Greece. Another U-boat sinking occurred in September of 1942, when MS Breedijk was sunk by U-34.<ref name="Breedijk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Allied forces inflicted losses on board MV Drechtdijk during an air raid after she had been captured by German forces.<ref name="Drechtdijk" />
Post-war eraEdit
After the war, HAL transported a large wave of immigrants from the Netherlands to Canada and elsewhere.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> The Rotterdam to Hoboken route continued to serve Southampton, but by 1948 the port of Boulogne was still unable to resume handling large ocean liners. Instead, from February 1948 Nieuw Amsterdam (II) started calling at Le Havre. At first she was the only HAL ship to do so. Veendam (II) made intermediate calls at Southampton only, and Noordam (II) and Westerdam (I) ran direct between Rotterdam and Hoboken.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> By 1959, Holland America ships were also calling at Cobh, Quebec and Montreal. By 1963, they also served Bremerhaven.<ref name=Larsson/>
In 1958 Holland America launched Rotterdam (V), who quickly replaced Nieuw Amsterdam (II) as the new Dutch ship of state. Equipped for both two-class transatlantic service and one-class luxury cruising, her distinctive architecture and modern interior design placed her among the most innovative ships of the era. However, by the late 1960s, air travel began to displace transatlantic liner crossings. Nieuw Amsterdam (II) operated the line's final scheduled transatlantic service in 1971 as the line pivoted to cruising exclusively.<ref name=":1" /> To coincide with this change, the line introduced a new dark blue hull color for the entire fleet and rebranded the line's house flag for the first time in its history.<ref name=":2" />
In 1973, the line introduced its first purpose-built cruise ship with Prinsendam (I) and retired Nieuw Amsterdam (II). Through the line's 1971 acquisition of Westours, an Alaskan tour group, HAL's cruise schedule increasingly prioritized sailings throughout the Pacific Northwest. Rebranded as Holland America Line-Westours,<ref name=":3" /> the company built multiple hotels throughout Alaska and acquired the Rocky Mountaineer train line.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1978, the line reincorporated in the United States and moved its headquarters to Stamford, Connecticut.<ref name=":2" /> New purpose-built cruise ships followed in the 1980s, including running mates Nieuw Amsterdam (III) and Noordam (III). In the late 1980s, the line introduced a new house flag and logo featuring a depiction of Nieuw Amsterdam (II) with Henry Hudson's Halve Maen.<ref name=":3" /> An iteration of this logo still exists today as the line's modern logo.
After relocating to Seattle, Washington, the company diversified into luxury cruising through an acquisition of Windstar Cruises in 1988.<ref name=":1" /> In that same year, Holland America purchased the struggling Home Lines and renamed the MS Homeric to Westerdam (II). In 1989, Carnival Corporation purchased the entire organization for 1.2 billion guilders. The former Dutch owners used the proceeds of the sale to establish the HAL Trust and HAL Investments, both of which are owned by the van Der Vorm family. The logo for these organizations is the line's original tri-band NASM house flag.<ref name=":3" />
US-based cruise line (1989–present)Edit
After being acquired by Carnival Corporation, HAL received a significant cash injection to overhaul and lengthen the newly-acquired Westerdam (II).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A quartet of new purpose-built ships was ordered from Fincantieri in Italy, the first of which entered service in 1993 as the 55,000 GRT Statendam (V). To much surprise, Carnival Corporation chose not to invest in the popular flagship Rotterdam (V), selling her to Premier Cruise Lines in 1997.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Another quartet of new-build ships soon followed, dramatically increasing HAL's overall capacity. The first ship in the class was the 61,000 GRT Rotterdam (VI), who enjoyed co-flagship status with running mate Amsterdam (I). Both ships were distinguished by unique twin-uptake funnels designed to evoke Rotterdam (V).
In 1996, the line acquired Little San Salvador Island in the The Bahamas for $6 million from Norwegian Cruise Line.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> After spending over $16 million in renovations and renaming the island to Half Moon Cay, the island opened to HAL and Carnival passengers as a private destination island.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> At the turn of the century, the line began to sell older tonnage including Nieuw Amsterdam (III) in 2000 and Westerdam (II) in 2001. Noordam (II) was bareboat chartered to Thomson Cruises in 2002 but remained under Holland America ownership until being sold in 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At around this time, the company's name reverted back to Holland America Line.<ref name=":2" />
The Vista-class quartet of ships entered service starting with Zuiderdam (II) in 2002. Each of the four ships features a verandah stateroom ratio of 67% and twin funnels.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The slightly-enlarged Signature class entered service with Eurodam (I) in 2008 and Nieuw Amsterdam (IV) in 2010.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2015, one year before the introduction of the Pinnacle class, the first Carnival-commissioned ships left the fleet starting with Statendam (V) and Ryndam (III). In 2018, HAL acquired another rail line, the White Pass and Yukon Route between Skagway and Whitehorse.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2019, the line's smallest ship Prinsendam (II) was sold to German tour group Phoenix Reisen.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Zaandam (III) and Rotterdam (VI) made international headlines due to large numbers of infected passengers, causing them both to be denied passage through the Panama Canal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Both ships were eventually granted passage, returning to Port Everglades, Florida after conducting ship-to-ship transfers of healthy passengers to isolate infected guests.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In July of 2020, HAL announced that four ships would leave the fleet, amongst which included co-flagships Rotterdam (VI) and Amsterdam (I), Maasdam (V), and Veendam (IV).<ref name="Sold">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This reduction in force left the Zaandam (III) and Volendam (III) as the only remaining small ships in the fleet. Due to the sale of the sixth Rotterdam, the in-progress Ryndam (IV) was renamed to Rotterdam (VII), eventually entering service in 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FleetEdit
Current fleetEdit
Ship name | In HAL service |
Gross tonnage |
Maximum speed |
Passenger complement |
Enclosed passenger decks |
Flag | Image | |
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Rotterdam class (R class) | ||||||||
Template:MS | 1999 | 61,214 | 23 knots | 1,432 | 9 | Template:Flag | File:Kobe MS Volendam01n4272.jpg | |
Template:MS | 2000 | 61,396 | 23 knots | 1,432 | 9 | Template:Flag | File:MS Zaandam.JPG | |
Vista class (V class) | ||||||||
The four Vista class ships are named for the points of the compass in Dutch. | ||||||||
Template:MS | 2002 | 82,305 | 24 knots | 1,916 | 10 | Template:Flag | File:20080921-Piraeus-MS Zuiderdam.JPG | |
Template:MS | 2003 | 82,305 | 24 knots | 1,916 | 10 | Template:Flag | File:MS Oosterdam, Princes Wharf, 2013 (cropped).JPG | |
Template:MS | 2004 | 82,305 | 24 knots | 1,916 | 10 | Template:Flag | File:Westerdam Nov 24 2015.png | |
Template:MS | 2006 | 82,318 | 24 knots | 1,924 | 10 | Template:Flag | File:Noordam.jpg | |
Signature class | ||||||||
The Signature class ships are an enlarged Vista class design. | ||||||||
Template:MS | 2008 | 86,273 | 23.9 knots | 2,104 | 11 | Template:Flag | File:Eurodam.JPG | |
Template:MS | 2010 | 86,700 | 23.9 knots | 2,106 | 11 | Template:Flag | File:Nieuw Amsterdam Jan 28 2025.jpg | |
Pinnacle class | ||||||||
The Pinnacle class ships are the largest in the line's history. | ||||||||
Template:MS | 2016 | 99,863 | 22.2 knots | 2,650 | 12 | Template:Flag | File:Koningsdam (ship, 2016) 004.jpg | |
Template:MS | 2018 | 99,863 | 22.2 knots | 2,650 | 12 | Template:Flag | File:NIEUW STATENDAM (49895575701).jpg | |
Template:MS | 2021 | 99,863 | 22.2 knots | 2,650 | 12 | Template:Flag | File:MS Rotterdam in Rotterdam 2021-10-14.jpg |
Former fleetEdit
Ship name | Built | In HAL service |
Gross tonnage |
Current flag |
Notes | Image | |
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Template:MS | 2000 | 2000–2020 | 62,735 tons | Template:Flag | Sold to Fred. Olsen Cruise Line in 2020 and renamed Bolette. | File:Amsterdam at Kobe07s3872.jpg | |
Template:MS | 1997 | 1997–2020 | 61,849 tons | Template:Flag | Sold to Fred. Olsen Cruise Line in 2020 and renamed Borealis. | File:Rotterdam at Pier Tallinn 31 May 2013.JPG | |
Template:MS | 1996 | 1996–2020 | 57,092 tons | Template:Flag | Sold to Seajets in 2020 and renamed Aegean Majesty.<ref name="Sold"/> | File:MS Veendam Near Gloucester (recropped).jpg | |
Ryndam | 1994 | 1994–2015 | 55,819 tons | Template:Flag | Transferred to P&O Cruises Australia in 2015 and renamed Pacific Aria. | File:Ryndam near Flåm 4.JPG | |
Template:MS | 1993 | 1993–2020 | 55,575 tons | Template:Flag | Sold to Seajets in 2020 and renamed Aegean Myth.<ref name="Sold" /> |
File:Charlottetown Waterfront, Prince Edward Island (471303) (9450771460).jpg | |
Statendam | 1993 | 1993–2015 | 55,819 tons | Template:Flag | Transferred to P&O Cruises Australia in 2015 and renamed Pacific Eden. | File:MS Statendam(js)02.jpg | |
Template:MS | 1988 | 2002–2019 | 38,848 tons | Template:Flagicon Bahamas | Sold to Phoenix Reisen in 2019 renamed Amera. | File:Prinsendam arriving at Tallinn 6 July 2015.JPG | |
Westerdam | 1986 | 1988–2002 | 54,763 tons | Template:Flag | Transferred to Costa Cruises in 2002 and renamed Costa Europa. | File:"Westerdam" - Québec City, 1997 (cropped).jpg | |
Noordam | 1984 | 1984–2005 | 33,960 tons | Template:Flag | Bareboat chartered to Thomson Cruises and renamed Thomson Celebration; sold in 2018. | File:Noordam in Vancouver.jpg | |
Nieuw Amsterdam | 1983 | 1984–2000 | 33,930 tons | Template:Flag | Sold to American Classic Voyages in 2000 and renamed Patriot; reacquired in 2002 and sold to Louis Cruises and renamed Spirit. | File:Nieuw Amsterdam at Vancouver (cropped).jpg | |
Template:SS | 1959 | 1959–1997 | 38,645 tons | Template:Flag | Sold to Premier Cruise Lines in 1997 and renamed Rembrandt; now a museum and hotel in Rotterdam. | File:Valdez - SS Rotterdam (3847789627).jpg | |
Veendam | 1958 | 1972-1984 | 14,984 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Volendam | 1957 | 1972-1984 | 14,208 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Statendam | 1956 | 1956-1982 | 24,294 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Prinsendam | 1973 | 1973-1980 | 8,566 tons | Caught fire and sank off Yakutat, Alaska in 1980. | |||
Ryndam | 1950 | 1950-1973 | 15,015 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Nieuw Amsterdam | 1937 | 1937-1973 | 36,982 tons | Sold to Nan Fung Steel Enterprise for scrap in 1973.<ref name=":4" /> | |||
Maasdam | 1952 | 1952-1968 | 15,015 tons | Sold to Polish Ocean Lines in 1968 and renamed Stefan Batory.<ref name="Maasdam" /> | |||
Westerdam | 1940 | 1946-1965 | 12,149 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Noordam | 1938 | 1938-1963 | 10,726 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Aagtedijk | 1945 | 1950-1963 | 7,646 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Groote Beer | 1944 | 1952-1963 | 9,190 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Waterman | 1945 | 1951-1963 | 9,176 tons | Sold to the Latsis Group in 1963 and renamed Margareta.<ref name="autogenerated3" /> | |||
Zuiderkruis | 1944 | 1951-1963 | 9,178 tons | Sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1963.<ref name="autogenerated3" /> | |||
Dongedyk | 1929 | 1929-1963 | 10,220 tons | Sold to Toshing Trading Co. Ltd. for scrap in 1963.<ref name="Delftdijk" /> | |||
Damsterdyk | 1930 | 1930-1963 | 10,155 tons | Sold to Belvientes Compañia Naviera S.A. for scrap in 1963.<ref name="Damsterdijk" /> | |||
Veendam | 1923 | 1923-1953 | 15,450 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Volendam | 1922 | 1922-1951 | 15,434 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Breedijk | 1922 | 1922-1942 | 6,861 tons | Sunk by U-34 in 1942.<ref name="Breedijk" /> | |||
Zaandam | 1938 | 1938-1942 | 10,909 tons | Sunk by U-174 in 1942.<ref name="Zaandam" /> | |||
Maasdam | 1921 | 1921-1941 | 8,812 tons | Sunk by U564 in 1941.<ref name="Maasdam" /> | |||
Beemsterdijk | 1922 | 1922-1941 | 6,869 tons | Struck a mine and sank in 1941.<ref name="Beemsterdijk" /> | |||
Westernland | 1918 | 1939-1940 | 16,479 tons | Transferred to the UK Ministry of War Transport in 1940.<ref name="Westernland" /> | |||
Pennland | 1922 | 1939-1940 | 16,381 tons | Destroyed during the German Invasion of Greece.<ref name="Pennland" /> | |||
Bilderdijk | 1922 | 1922-1940 | 6,856 tons | Sunk by U-38 in 1940.<ref name="Bilderdijk" /> | |||
Drechtdijk | 1923 | 1932-1940 | 9,338 tons | Captured by Nazi Germany in 1940; sunk by Allied shelling in 1945.<ref name="Drechtdijk" /> | |||
Burgerdijk | 1921 | 1921-1940 | 6,853 tons | Sunk by U-48 in 1940.<ref name="Burgerdijk" /> | |||
Boschdijk | 1922 | 1922-1940 | 6,872 tons | Captured by Nazi Germany in 1940; sunk as a target ship in 1942.<ref name="Boschdijk" /> | |||
Dinteldijk | 1922 | 1922-1940 | 9,399 tons | Captured by Nazi Germany in 1940; scuttled as a block ship in 1944.<ref name="Dinteldijk" /> | |||
Statendam | 1929 | 1929-1940 | 29,511 tons | Destroyed during the Battle of Rotterdam.<ref name="Statendam-III" /> | |||
Rotterdam | 1908 | 1908-1940 | 24,149 tons | Sold to N.V. Frank Rijsdijk's Industrieële Ondernemingen for scrap in 1940. | |||
Binnendijk | 1921 | 1921-1939 | 6,873 tons | Struck a mine and sank in 1939.<ref name="Binnendijk" /> | |||
Spaarndam | 1922 | 1922-1939 | 8,857 tons | Struck a mine and sank in 1939.<ref name="Spaarndam" /> | |||
Veendijk | 1914 | 1914-1933 | 6,874 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Westerdijk | 1913 | 1913-1933 | 8,261 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Nieuw Amsterdam | 1905 | 1905-1932 | 16,967 tons | Sold to Torazo Hashimoto for scrap in 1932.<ref name=":4" /> | |||
Gaasterdijk | 1922 | 1922-1931 | 8,373 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Grootendijk | 1923 | 1923-1931 | 8,365 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Rijndam | 1901 | 1901-1929 | 12,527 tons | Sold to N.V. Frank Rijsdijk's Industrieële Ondernemingen for scrap in 1929. | |||
Noordam | 1902 | 1902-1927 | 12,531 tons | Sold to N.V. Frank Rijsdijk's Industrieële Ondernemingen for scrap in 1928. | |||
Beukelsdijk | 1916 | 1916-1923 | 6,749 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Maartensdijk | 1909 | 1909-1923 | 6,483 tons | Sold to the Ben Line in 1923 and renamed Benvrackie.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Noorderdijk | 1913 | 1913-1917 | 4,546 tons | Sunk by U-21 in 1917.<ref name="Noorderdijk" /> | |||
Zaandijk | 1899 | 1909-1917 | 4,546 tons | Sunk by U-21 in 1917.<ref name="Zaandijk" /> | |||
Blommersdijk | 1907 | 1916 | 4,835 tons | Sunk by U-53 in 1916.<ref name="Blommersdijk" /> | |||
Potsdam | 1899 | 1900-1915 | 12,606 tons | Sold to Swedish America Line in 1915 and renamed Stockholm. | |||
Statendam | 1898 | 1898-1911 | 10,475 tons | Sold to Allan Line in 1911 and renamed Scotian.<ref name="Statendam-I" /> | |||
Rotterdam | 1897 | 1897-1906 | 8,139 tons | Sold to Scandinavian American Line in 1906 and renamed C.F. Tietgen.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Rotterdam | 1886 | 1886-1895 | 3,361 tons | Sold for scrap in 1895. | |||
Edam | 1883 | 1883-1895 | 3,130 tons | Sank in a collision in 1895. | |||
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W.A. Scholten | 1874 | 1874-1887 | 2,589 tons | citation | CitationClass=web
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Rotterdam | 1872 | 1873-1883 | 1,694 tons | Sank near Schuowen in 1883. |
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