Built in 1898 - sold in 1911

10.491 BRT.

210 1st class, 166 2nd class and 1028 3rd class passengers.

First ship of the Holland-America Line of over 10.000 BRT and the first on with the yellow chimney.

Built in 1917 - sank in 1918 after being hit by a torpedo (18 casualties)

35.000 BRT.

700 1st class, 600 2nd class and 2300 3rd class passengers.

Design was based on the alleged ‘Olympic-Class’ (Olympic, Titanic, Brittanic) 

Seized by the British marine corps. Refitted to carry troops and taken into service under a new name: S.S. Justitia.

29.511 BRT.

510 1st class, 344 2nd class, 426 3rd class and 374 tourist-class passengers.

Building this Statendam prooved very troublesome. After being ordered in 1919 it took 2 more years till 1921 before construction was commenced. But due to various financial and economic reasons construction was postponed or delayed several times. In 1924 construction was halted completely. Eventually the hull and completed mechanic parts were payed for and shipped to the Netherlands to finish construction at Wilton-Feijenoord in Rotterdam. Finally in 1929, 9 years after the order and 8 years late, the ship was commisioned.

Statendam 3 was hit by Dutch grenade-fire in the first days (may 1940) of WWII. The grenades were fired at Germans aboard who in turn opened fire on the Dutch army on the opposit bank of the river. People have tried to extinguish the fire but the captain of the firebrigade boat was killed in the crossfire. A request directed at general Scharoo of the Dutch forces to sink the ship by hitting it amidships was rejected. The ship burned down completely.

The only parts saved from the fire were the Dutch flag and the ship's bell. Years later at a breaker's yard in Hendrik Ido Ambacht, the horn of the ship was recovered.

The horn boomed one last time over the city of Rotterdam when Queen Juliana opened the "Groothandelsgebouw".

24.294 BRT.

84 1st class an 867 tourist-class passengers.

Improved version of the Rijndam, designed from scratch as a passenger-vessel.

The oceanliner was well fitted for luxury cruises.

Built in 1992 - current

55.451 BRT.

1266 cruise-passengers.

A marvellous 5 star cruiseship with a crew of 600 hands.