Veendam ( Dutch pronunciation: [veːnˈdɑm] ) is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands . Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck .
83-481: Holland America Line has named four ships Veendam after the town. The municipality includes Westerdiepsterdallen , the smallest town in the Netherlands. The population centres in the municipality are: Veendam has two sister cities : Veendam was the start place of stage 4b at the 2012 Energiewacht Tour and the finish place of stage 2 at the 2013 Energiewacht Tour . This Groningen location article
166-677: A US –owned cruise line headquartered in Seattle , Washington , United States. In the summer of 2011, Rotterdam did two transatlantic crossings, the first traditional transatlantic runs made by the line in more than 40 years. Beginning in September 2012, Rotterdam was based year-round out of Rotterdam , sailing to Europe, the Caribbean, as well as Asia, before returning to more varied itineraries and home ports by 2016. Amsterdam makes annual "Grand Voyages" lasting more than 60 days, including
249-434: A Dutch smoking room, decorated with views of New Amsterdam; a Japanese-style tea room ; and an Empire style social hall. Her holds had capacity for 631,000 cubic feet (17,868 m ) of grain, or 578,000 cubic feet (16,367 m ) of baled cargo. Nieuw Amsterdam was the first NASM ship to have quadruple expansion steam engines . She had twin engines driving twin screws . The combined power output of her two engines
332-694: A German U-boat sank the Dutch liner Tubantia by torpedo in the North Sea. NASM introduced extra safety measures. Nieuw Amsterdam was equipped with 38 life rafts to supplement her lifeboats. Two seagoing tugs would follow her across the North Sea, and the Dutch government stationed another tug off the North Hinder Lightship, 47 nautical miles (87 km) off the mouth of the Maas . A sailing of Nieuw Amsterdam from Rotterdam that had been scheduled for 29 April
415-407: A Royal Navy AMC stopped Nieuw Amsterdam and ordered her to anchor at The Downs . Six German and Austrian passengers were arrested. One was later released, but the other five were taken to an internment camp near Margate . The ship was detained at The Downs for four and a half days. British authorities did not allow passengers ashore, but local fishing smacks delivered newspapers and telegrams to
498-593: A cargo line and a cruise line operating primarily between the Netherlands and North America. As part of the company's legacy, it was directly involved in the transport of many hundreds of thousands of emigrants from the Netherlands to North America. Holland America has been a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation since 1989. Holland America Line was founded in 1873, as the Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Dutch-American Steamship Company), in short Holland-Amerika Lijn ,
581-519: A fund of $ 200 for the family, and asked Captain Baron to have her body embalmed for burial ashore instead. Despite having a wireless telegraph, Nieuw Amsterdam did not tell Mr Bakker of his wife's death. On 1 December he arrived at Hoboken to meet his family, and was told of his wife's death as he was meeting his eldest daughter. He thanked passengers for their generosity, and said he would have his wife's body buried in their home town of Ionia, Michigan . On
664-561: A grand circle of the Pacific Ocean each fall and a World Voyage sailing around the world, usually ranging from January to April/May. The line currently operates four different classes of ship: the R class, the Vista class , the Signature class , and the newest and largest Pinnacle class. All HAL ships have a dark blue hull with white superstructure, with the company's logo featured prominently on
747-519: A mine in the Baltic, and a week later was badly damaged in an air raid. After the war, HAL took part in transporting a great wave of immigrants from the Netherlands to Canada and elsewhere. Its Rotterdam – Hoboken route continued to serve Southampton, but by 1948 the port of Boulogne was still not in a condition to resume handling large ocean liners. Instead, from February 1948 Nieuw Amsterdam started calling at Le Havre as well as Southampton. At first she
830-620: A proclamation seizing under angary 89 Dutch merchant ships in US ports. They included the HAL liner Rijndam , which was converted into a US troopship, and eight HAL cargo ships. One of these, Oosterdijk , was sunk in a collision while being used by the United States Navy . The United States Shipping Board returned Rijndam and the surviving cargo ships to HAL in the course of 1919. In 1921–22 HAL introduced its first steam turbine passenger liners:
913-560: A shipping and passenger line. It was headquartered in Rotterdam, in the building which is now the Hotel New York . The company was formed as a result of the reorganization of an earlier company, Plate, Reuchlin & Co. The company's first ship was the original Rotterdam (1872) , which sailed its 15-day maiden voyage from the Netherlands to New York City on October 15, 1872. Cargo service to New York started in 1909. HAL's main route
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#1732856174371996-572: A troop ship. The Dutch government-in-exile requisitioned Westernland , berthed at Falmouth, Cornwall . She became an accommodation ship for the Royal Netherlands Navy , and was later sold to the UK Admiralty . By October 1940 Nieuw Amsterdam had also become an Allied troop ship. She sailed half a million miles and carried 400,000 military personnel. Nearly 200 people were killed in wartime sinkings of HAL ships. The biggest loss of life
1079-521: A westbound crossing in February 1914, Nieuw Amsterdam weathered continuous storms all the way from the English Channel to New York Bay . On 12 February, waves swept away two of her lifeboats, damaged three others, and bent one of her steel bulkheads. On that day she made only 73 nautical miles (135 km) in 24 hours. At times her engines were reduced to dead slow; just enough to maintain steerage into
1162-456: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Holland America Line Holland America Line N.V. (HAL) is an American-owned cruise line , a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc headquartered in Seattle , Washington , United States. Holland America Line was founded in Rotterdam , Netherlands, and from 1873 to 1989, it operated as a Dutch shipping line, a passenger line,
1245-552: The 27th Infantry Division , including units of the 107th Infantry Regiment . She landed them at Pier 7, Hoboken, on 9 March. In April 1919 the ship again called at Brest to embark US troops. At Hoboken on 2 May she landed 53 officers and 1,645 men of the 77th Infantry Division , most of whom were members of the 302nd Engineer Regiment. Also aboard were 500 civilian passengers. On 4 November 1919 Nieuw Amsterdam arrived in Hoboken carrying 165 barrels of aniline dyes from Germany. This
1328-780: The Baltic , where the Luftwaffe used her for target practice until she sank in April 1942. German forces scuttled Dinteldijk as a blockship in 1944. By 27 May, Germany had occupied the whole of the Netherlands. By 7 June, the Dutch government-in-exile and the UK government had formed a British-Netherlands shipping committee in London, and NASM announced that it would charter to the UK government all of its transatlantic ships except Nieuw Amsterdam . Pennland became
1411-556: The Caribbean . In 1920 van der Giessen & Zonen in Krimpen aan den IJssel launched Burgerdijk , which was HAL's first steam turbine cargo ship. She was the first of eight 6,850 GRT sister ships, all with a name beginning with "B", built between 1920 and 1922. In 1922 and 1923 Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij 'Nieuwe Waterweg' in Scheidam launched a pair of larger turbine cargo ships for HAL,
1494-589: The French armed merchant cruiser (AMC) de:La Savoie stopped and inspected her. 400 German and 250 Austrians , reported to be military reservists returning home, were found aboard. La Savoie interned them and took them to Crozon in Brittany . On 21 September, Nieuw Amsterdam arrived at Hoboken with 1,793 passengers, most of whom were German Americans . The Entente Powers often inspected neutral ships, to try to ensure they were not violating their blockade of
1577-710: The Maasdam and Veendam transferring to one company in August 2020, while the Amsterdam and Rotterdam moved to another company in fall 2020. One pair went to a new cruise brand and the other to an existing brand. Most cruise lines suspended their sailings because of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. As of January 6, 2021, all Holland America sailings were cancelled to at least April 30, 2021, according to an industry news item. That report listed no specific sailings for Holland America prior to
1660-686: The United States Mail Steamship Company , which the United States Shipping Board had set up with former NDL and HAPAG liners. The US company wanted to use NDL's piers. On 12 October 1920 Nieuw Amsterdam arrived in New York Bay carrying 2,294 passengers, including 1,673 in steerage. One child in steerage was found to have smallpox, so the ship was quarantined. Passengers in first and second class were vaccinated, and then brought to Hoboken by steam barges. They included
1743-414: The naval trawler HMT St. Ives was sent to sweep for mines to let Nieuw Amsterdam enter Falmouth. Off St Anthony Head the trawler hit a mine laid by a German U-boat, which sank her, killing 11 of her crew. In Falmouth, UK authorities removed one Hungarian passenger from Nieuw Amsterdam . The ship reached Hoboken on 2 January 1917. Among her passengers were 214 Belgian refugees, all with relatives in
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#17328561743711826-614: The 10,200 GRT Delftdijk and Damsterdijk . These were cargo liners , with berths for 50 first class passengers. By 1930 HAL was operating routes between Rotterdam and the British Columbia Coast via London , Panama Canal and West Coast of the United States . By 1937 HAL worked these routes jointly with Royal Mail Lines . This was mainly a refrigerated cargo service, but the ships carried some passengers. Damsterdijk , Delftdijk , Dinteldijk and Drechtdijk shared
1909-503: The 15,000 GRT Volendam and Veendam . By 1925 the Rotterdam – Hoboken route included calls at Southampton and Halifax , Nova Scotia on westbound crossings only, and Plymouth , Devon on eastbound crossings only, as well as serving Boulogne in both directions. The third Statendam , built to replace Justicia , was also a turbine steamship, but building her took eight years. H&W laid her down in 1921 and launched her in 1924, but then stopped work because HAL lacked
1992-556: The 36,287 GRT Nieuw Amsterdam , was launched in 1937 and entered service in 1938. In 1939 HAL bought the former Red Star liners Westernland and Pennland , a pair of 16,000 GRT sister ships that Nazi Germany had forced the Jewish shipping magnate Arnold Bernstein to forfeit. In the Second World War , HAL lost five passenger ships and eight cargo ships: a total of more than 140,000 GRT . Three were while
2075-466: The 8,350 GRT Gaasterdijk and Grootendijk . However, HAL sold both ships in 1931. In 1921 and 1922 H&W launched the 9,350 GRT Dinteldijk and Drechtdijk , which were HAL's first motor ships . They were refrigerated cargo ships, and they also had berths for 18 or 19 first class passengers. In 1929 and 1930 Wilton's in Schiedam launched two more motor ships for refrigerated cargo,
2158-517: The 8,800 GRT Maasdam , Edam , Leerdam and Spaarndam . They served a route between Rotterdam and Tampico in Mexico. On westbound voyages, their ports of call were Antwerp , Boulogne , Bilbao , Santander , Gijón , A Coruña , Vigo , Havana and Vera Cruz . On eastbound voyages, they called at Vera Cruz, New Orleans , Havana, A Coruña and Santander. In 1922 H&W launched two larger passenger liners for HAL's Rotterdam – Hoboken route:
2241-586: The Central Powers . On 29 September she left Hoboken for Rotterdam. On 8 October, UK authorities held her at Plymouth. On 18 January 1915, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Caronia stopped and inspected Nieuw Amsterdam off Sandy Hook . US citizens were required to show their passports. In the North Sea on 29 May 1915, Nieuw Amsterdam passed within 600 yards (550 m) of three British trawlers as three German biplanes tried to attack them. The next day,
2324-551: The French shipping line Compagnie Générale Maritime . HAL ceased operating as a Dutch line in 1989, when Carnival bought it for 1.2 billion guilders (€530 million). The proceeds were put into an investment company (HAL Investments), the majority of which is owned by the van der Vorm family. HAL ships sold, scrapped or lost before Carnival took over. In 1989, the Holland America Line was bought by Carnival Corp , thus becoming
2407-509: The HAL ships Noorderdijk and Zaandijk . After the First World War began, Dutch capitalists bought HAPAG and NDL's shares in HAL. In December 1917, the same Dutch interests paid $ 3.5 million for half of IMM's shares in HAL. This amounted to about $ 800 per share, which was far more than IMM had paid for them in 1902. In 1916, IMM had received a dividend of 50 percent on its HAL shareholding. In March 1918 President Woodrow Wilson issued
2490-479: The Netherlands were still neutral. Mines sank Binnendijk and Spaarndam in October and November 1939, and U-48 sank Burgerdijk in February 1940. On 10 May Germany invaded the Netherlands . A number of HAL ships were burnt out in the battle for Rotterdam, including the liner Statendam and cargo ships Boschdijk and Dinteldijk . Statendam was scrapped three months later. German forces towed Boschdijk to
2573-604: The Netherlands, but the War Trade Board still would not release her. She was finally allowed to leave New York on 24 November, but then the UK authorities detained her at Halifax , Nova Scotia . She was there during the Halifax Explosion on 6 December. A week later the UK authorities would not release her, because Germany would not guarantee her safe passage. However, by 15 December NASM hoped that she would soon be allowed to continue. By 16 January 1918 Nieuw Amsterdam
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2656-674: The North Hinder Light. Off Plymouth the next day, another Royal Navy torpedo boat stopped and inspected her again. On the evening of 16 August the cruiser HMS Essex stopped her 370 nautical miles (690 km) east of the Ambrose Channel Lightship , which asked if the Dutch liner had seen any German cruisers. By the time she reached Hoboken on 17 August, Nieuw Amsterdam was carrying 1,934 passengers: 647 in first class, 494 in second, and 793 in third. As Nieuw Amsterdam returned from Hoboken on her way to Rotterdam,
2739-618: The UK government requisitioned the new ship in H&;W's shipyard and had her completed as the troopship Justicia . A U-boat sank her in 1918, and HAL accepted the UK government's offer of 60,000 tons of steel as compensation. In the First World War the Netherlands were neutral , but numerous Dutch merchant ships were sunk. HAL lost five cargo ships, totalling more than 30,000 GRT . In 1915 two German mines sank Eemdijk , and in 1916 U-53 stopped and sank Blommersdijk . On 22 February 1917 U-21 sank an entire Dutch convoy, including
2822-658: The US government would allow Nieuw Amsterdam to take to the Netherlands. On 4 August De Telegraaf reported that the Dutch wanted her to bring a cargo of fats. However, on 20 August the US War Trade Board gave permission for her to carry 10,000 tons of grain, on condition that on her next trip she would carry cargo for the Commission for Relief in Belgium. On a westbound crossing in October 1918, 50 of Nieuw Amsterdam ' s 900 passengers were taken ill with Spanish flu . By
2905-572: The USA carrying 1,506 passengers. When she docked at Hoboken, 100 soldiers and US Marines guarded the pier. US authorities at first allowed no passengers to disambark, except for two Dutch diplomats. United States Customs Service officers, and women of the Naval Auxiliary , questioned passengers and inspected their papers. Officers seized and examined all liquids and powders from passengers' baggage, including tooth powder, face powder, and medicines. This
2988-639: The USA declared war against the Central Powers. From about August 1917, the USA started detaining Dutch ships in US ports. By the beginning of October, Nieuw Amsterdam was in "an Atlantic port" of the USA, loaded with 10,000 tons of corn for the Commission for Relief in Belgium . However, the US Exports Administrative Board would not let her leave port, because the USA was considering using neutral ships for US war service. By early November, she had embarked 300 Dutch refugees, who wished to return to
3071-451: The USA. They included 84 children, some of whom travelled unaccompanied. The Belgians were held at Ellis Island, and reached New York on 4 January. In February 1917 Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare . Nieuw Amsterdam was recalled to port by wireless, and arrived off Hook of Holland on 3 February. She was laid up in Rotterdam until 30 June, when she left for Hoboken carrying passengers but no cargo or mail. On 6 April 1917
3154-427: The crew were overcome by fumes, and taken to a temporary hospital at the rear of the main deck. Captain van den Heuvel ordered passengers to disembark, but by then most passengers had already gone ashore. By 13:00 hrs, 40 firemen were being treated for the effects of fumes, and Hoboken FD asked New York City Fire Department for a fireboat . James Duane came from West 35th Street and directed two water jets onto
3237-706: The early 20th century. Harland & Wolff in Belfast launched the third Rotterdam (1897) . She was the first HAL ship built by H&W. H&W next launched Statendam (1898) : the first HAL ship of that name, and the first HAL ship of more than 10,000 GRT . In 1899 Blohm+Voss in Hamburg launched Potsdam , which was 550 feet (170 m) long and 12,606 GRT . H&W built two sister ships for Potsdam : Rijndam (1901) and Noordam (1902) . In 1902 William Pirrie , Chairman of H&W, negotiated to buy 51 percent of HAL's share capital. Pirrie
3320-416: The fire. The Hoboken Fire Chief, Andrew Keller, was overcome by fumes, as were some of his men. A doctor from St Mary's Hospital, Hoboken , Julia Lichtenstein, treated Chief Keller and other casualties. Two Merritt-Chapman floating derricks came alongside the ship. One carried a diver , who found the source of the fire, on which all hoses then concentrated. With thousands of gallons of water pumped into
3403-545: The first week of June 2021. In October 2023, Holland America announced that it was about halfway through converting its fleet Wi-Fi to Starlink . The cruise line also announced that it expected to have Starlink fully operational across its entire fleet by mid-December 2023. With the move, Holland America joined its sister-brands in Carnival Corporation & plc , including Princess Cruises and Cunard Line . SS Nieuw Amsterdam (1905) SS Nieuw Amsterdam
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3486-484: The functional smoke stacks. Holland America also owns the following: On October 26, 2012, it was announced that a memorandum of agreement had been signed with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the construction of a 2,660-passenger ship for Holland America Line scheduled for delivery in spring 2016. Koningsdam , which became a new class of ship for the line (The Pinnacle Class), and the first new Holland America ship since Nieuw Amsterdam , delivered in 2010. Also noted
3569-542: The funds to pay for her to be completed. In 1927 the Dutch government gave HAL a loan to get the ship towed to the Netherlands and completed at Wilton's Dok- en Werf Maatschappij in Schiedam . She was completed in 1929, on the eve of the Great Depression , but proved economical to run. She was HAL's flagship on the transatlantic run for most of the 1930s. Statendam also gave annual winter cruises from New York, usually to
3652-516: The late 1960s, the golden era of transatlantic passenger ships had been ended by the introduction of transatlantic jet air travel. HAL ended transatlantic service in the early 1970s. In 1973, it sold its cargo shipping division, which continued to operate freight liner services with cargo ships, a Lighter aboard ship ('LASH' ship, MV Bilderdyk ) and then container ships under the trade name Incotrans, with headquarters in Rotterdam, with some of its North American services operated in partnership with
3735-466: The liner grounded at Forkspit, off Deal . She was refloated at noon, and continued to Rotterdam. On 31 December 1915 Nieuw Amsterdam left Rotterdam for Hoboken. A Royal Navy cruiser intercepted her the next day, and she was held at The Downs for 24 hours. She was then held at Falmouth for five days, where her mail was censored, and 150 bags of mail from Germany were seized. She reached Hoboken with 550 passengers on 15 January 1916. On 16 March 1916
3818-530: The next six months. In July 1931 the North Atlantic Shipping Conference responded to a slump in trade by agreeing to reduce the number of passenger liners running between Europe and North America. Nieuw Amsterdam was one of a number of older ships that were identified as surplus. In January 1932 she was sold to be broken up. Harland & Wolff laid down the ship in Belfast as yard number 366 on slipway number 1 on 21 January 1904. She
3901-530: The number 5 hold to fight the fire, the ship was now down by the stern. The cargo in the lower part of her after hold was grain, and if the water reached it, the grain would expand and could bulge her hull. New York FD Battalion Chief Fred Murray was also overcome by fumes. So were all but one of the crew of James Duane . The fireboat Thomas Willett was sent from Bloomfield Street. Thomas Willett ' s crew took over James Duane , and Thomas Willett evacuated James Duane ' s incapacitated crew. The fire
3984-457: The previous January. Eight truckloads of written and printed material, and phonograph records, were taken from the ship for censors and intelligence officers to examine. After all the passengers had been examined, the ship's cargo would be inspected before being unloaded. On 20 March 1918, President Woodrow Wilson ordered the seizure under angary of 89 Dutch ships in US ports, but exempted Nieuw Amsterdam . US Navy personnel were to crew
4067-485: The route between Rotterdam and Hoboken via Boulogne . She began her maiden voyage on 7 April 1906, and reached Hoboken on 16 April. On 24 August 1906, while steaming up the Nieuwe Waterweg to Rotterdam, Nieuw Amsterdam grounded near Maassluis . Her passengers were transferred to smaller vessels, and part of her cargo was discharged to lighters.She was refloated the next day. Nieuw Amsterdam ' s boat deck
4150-577: The route with RML's refrigerated cargo ships Lochmonar , Lochkatrine and Lochgoil . As well as London, they were scheduled to call at various other ports in Britain, the Caribbean, California, Oregon , Washington and British Columbia, terminating at Vancouver . On westbound voyages Damsterdijk , Delftdijk and Lochmonar also served Guayaquil in Ecuador , whereas Dinteldijk , Drechtdijk , Lochkatrine and Lochgoil served Bermuda . A new HAL flagship,
4233-804: The ship each day. On 30 June 1915 Nieuw Amsterdam was again anchored at The Downs, when another steamship collided with her. It was the eighth collision at The Downs in three days. In September 1915 the US Government accused the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Washington , Konstantin Dumba , of trying to organise the sabotage of US munitions production. Austria-Hungary recalled Dumba, and on 5 October he left Hoboken for Rotterdam aboard Nieuw Amsterdam . On 14 December 1915 Nieuw Amsterdam left Hoboken for Rotterdam. The Royal Navy detained her at The Downs and seized all her mail. As she left The Downs,
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#17328561743714316-482: The ship. Two passengers from second class were sent to Ellis Island, and three stowaways were found, but no arrests were made. The US government had taken over NASM's piers at Hoboken, so on 13 June Nieuw Amsterdam docked at West 57th Street Pier in Manhattan . On her return voyage to Rotterdam, Nieuw Amsterdam arrived off Hook of Holland on 16 July 1918. That August, the Dutch government negotiated what food cargo
4399-528: The ship. He was on his way to Rome to be made a Cardinal . On 8 July 1922 Nieuw Amsterdam was due to leave Hoboken with 700 passengers. However, at 10:00 hrs that morning her Chief Officer , Rudolph van Erb, discovered a fire in her number 5 hold aft. Her crew fought the fire for an hour, and then her Master, Peter ven den Heuvel, called the Hoboken Fire Department . The burning cargo included acid, lard, and oil cakes. Van Erb and other members of
4482-469: The ship. Passengers in third class were given rooms in hotels in Hoboken. On 9 July, the water was pumped out of number 5 hold, and the grain was discharged into a lighter. NASM said the fire started on the orlop deck above the grain; possibly in sugar that was part of the cargo. Damage was estimated at, at least, $ 100,000. After arriving in Rotterdam in July 1922, Nieuw Amsterdam was dry docked . She spent
4565-410: The ships, and Nieuw Amsterdam was to repatriate the Dutch crews. Nieuw Amsterdam embarked about Dutch 700 officers and about 1,000 Dutch seamen. She had already loaded a cargo of food for the Netherlands, including 8,000 tons of rice and 2,000 tons of coffee. On 28 March she left Hoboken carrying a total of 2,000 passengers. She arrived off Hook of Holland on 10 April. In May 1918 Nieuw Amsterdam
4648-437: The steam lighter John C. Craven , cutting her in two. Both parts of the lighter capsized and sank. Two of the lightermen were killed, but four tugs rescued the skipper and five members of his crew. On 19 February 1921 Dennis Dougherty , Archbishop of Philadelphia , travelled to Jersey City in a decorated special train to embark on Nieuw Amsterdam . 5,000 people lined the streets to see him as he passed from Jersey City to
4731-469: The storm. Three crew members and two passengers were injured in the voyage. One passenger suffered a broken leg and several fractured ribs. On 13 February she altered course to avoid a waterspout , which passed within 2 nautical miles (4 km) of the ship. On 15 February she sighted an iceberg at 42°10′N 54°54′W / 42.167°N 54.900°W / 42.167; -54.900 . The ship reached Hoboken on 19 February, three days late. Despite
4814-458: The storms, she had averaged 12 knots (22 km/h) during the voyage. The First World War began on 28 July 1914. Because many people wanted to leave Europe, NASM created emergency berths for 50 people in Nieuw Amsterdam ' s baggage room. On 8 August she left Rotterdam carrying a record number of passengers. Early in her voyage, a Royal Navy torpedo boat stopped and inspected her near
4897-421: The time she reached New York Bay on 22 October, 32 cases in third class had recovered, but 12 cases in second class were still confined to their berths. Four had high temperatures and were hospitalised ashore. She was quarantined outside New York for 24 hours, examined and fumigated, and then allowed to dock. Her cargo included 4,000 tons of German goods including toys, dolls, and ceramics. NASM asserted that this
4980-416: The violinist Fritz Kreisler and his wife, who had come to make a concert tour. Both Hoffman Island and Swinburne Island were crowded with passengers from Noordam and Roma , so Nieuw Amsterdam was detained in quarantine indefinitely, at NASM's expense. On 29 December 1920 Nieuw Amsterdam left Hoboken for Rotterdam. As she passed about 300 yards (270 m) off The Battery , she accidentally rammed
5063-486: Was 600 feet (180 m) long and 16,967 GRT . The fourth Rotterdam (1908) was 650 feet (200 m) long and 24,149 GRT . In 1895 HAL offered its first cruise . Its second cruise, from New York to Palestine , was offered in 1910. In July 1914 H&W launched a new Statendam that was 740 feet (230 m) and 32,120 GRT . However, a month later, the First World War started, and in 1915
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#17328561743715146-583: Was a steam ocean liner that was launched in Ireland in 1905, completed in 1906 and scrapped in Japan in 1932. Holland America Line (Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij or NASM) owned and operated her throughout her career. She was the first of four NASM ships to have been named after the former Dutch colony of New Amsterdam . She was the largest and swiftest ship in the company's fleet until Rotterdam entered service in 1908. The ship's usual route
5229-513: Was a German national. He was found in possession of German naval intelligence signals, disguised as a hand-written letter, and was arrested as a spy. The ship's assistant purser , Johannes Werkhoven, was found to be carrying financial coupons worth $ 7,000 hidden in a cigar box, in violation of the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 . He was alleged to have trafficked coupons worth about $ 3 million since
5312-534: Was acting on behalf of J. P. Morgan 's International Mercantile Marine Company (IMM), which already owned HAL's Belgian competitor Red Star Line . Pirrie did not disclose the fact that IMM had formed a cartel with Albert Ballin 's Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) and Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL), and wanted to buy HAL to control passenger and cargo rates across the North Atlantic. HAL continued to order ever larger ships from H&W. Nieuw Amsterdam (1905)
5395-542: Was at Rotterdam, and had loaded cargo including Dutch flower bulbs and plants, and had embarked 2,000 passengers. However, she did not leave for Hoboken, as the German government failed to guarantee her safe passage. On 23 January the Daily Mail claimed that some of her passengers had received anonymous warnings not to sail on her, like those that some of RMS Lusitania 's passengers were reported to have received before she
5478-552: Was at the repeated request of the US government. After the Armistice of 11 November 1918 , Nieuw Amsterdam made NASM's first post-war crossing to New York, leaving Rotterdam on 21 December 1918. On 5 January 191 she reached West 57th Street Pier, bringing home 323 officers and 1,829 men of the American Expeditionary Forces. Late that February she called at Brest, France , where she embarked 2,200 officers and men of
5561-531: Was between Rotterdam and Hoboken . She remained in service through most of the First World War , despite numerous disruptions by the Allied and German navies. In 1918 she repatriated Dutch seafarers whose ships had been seized by the US government, and in 1919 she repatriated members of the American Expeditionary Forces from France . In 1922 a cargo fire damaged the ship, and she was under repair for
5644-615: Was between Rotterdam and New York . Its "New York" terminal was in fact in Hoboken, New Jersey , on the opposite side of the Hudson River from New York City. By 1892, HAL ships sailing between Rotterdam and Hoboken were scheduled to call en route at Boulogne in France . In its first 25 years, the company carried 400,000 people from Europe to the Americas. Other North American ports were added during
5727-560: Was delayed in Rotterdam for several days, awaiting a German government guarantee of her safe passage. This was granted on condition that she carried no US passengers. She sailed on 30 May. She was allowed to pass Halifax without being stopped, and on 12 June arrived in the North River carrying 612 passengers. US and UK naval intelligence officers, 100 US Customs Service officers, and 50 United States Secret Service and Bureau of Immigration officers came aboard to examine passengers and search
5810-497: Was found to have smallpox , so 150 of them were quarantined at the isolation hospital on Hoffman Island . On 31 October 1910, the ship arrived at Hoboken carrying passengers including the soprano Lydia Lipkowska and singers of the Boston Opera Company . On 15 April 1912 White Star Line 's RMS Titanic sank with the loss of 1,517 lives. Under public scrutiny after the disaster, other companies admitted that their passenger ships carried too few lifeboats. Holland America Line
5893-429: Was glazed-in in 1908. She represented the Netherlands at the Hudson–Fulton Celebration in September and October 1909. Her bridge deck was extended in 1910. By the middle of 1910 she was equipped for submarine signalling . On 28 March 1910, Nieuw Amsterdam arrived at Ellis Island carrying passengers including 600 Dutch emigrants who intended to farm in the Dakotas , Iowa and Minnesota . However, one passenger
5976-664: Was in November 1942, when U-174 sank the cargo-passenger ship Zaandam . 135 of her passengers and crew were killed. 39 people were killed in January 1941, when a mine sank the cargo ship Beemsterdijk . In October 1940 U-38 sank Bilderdijk . In 1941 U-564 sank the cargo-passenger liner Maasdam , and an air attack in German invasion of Greece sank the troopship Pennland . In September 1942, U-34 sank Breedijk . In 1940 German forces requisitioned Drechtdijk . In 1945 she hit
6059-457: Was launched on 28 September 1905 and completed on 6 March 1906. Her lengths were 615 ft (187 m) overall and 600.3 ft (183.0 m) registered. Her beam was 68.9 ft (21.0 m) and her depth was 35.6 ft (10.9 m). Her tonnages were 16,967 GRT , 10,174 NRT and 17,363 DWT . She had berths for 440 first class , 246 second class and 2,200 steerage passengers. Her passenger accommodation included
6142-694: Was one of them, and the company duly had five more lifeboats installed aboard Nieuw Amsterdam , positioned on her poop deck . By 1913 her wireless telegraph call sign was MHB, but by 1914 it had been changed to PEB. On a westbound crossing in November 1913, a passenger in second class, Mrs Bakker, was taken ill. She was admitted to the ship's hospital, but died two days after leaving Rotterdam. The Second Class chief stewardess took care of Mrs Bakker's three children, who were aged five, seven, and nine. Nieuw Amsterdam ' s Master , Captain Baron, intended for Mrs Bakker's body to be buried at sea . Passengers raised
6225-489: Was postponed until 8 May. Early in August 1916, UK authorities again seized Nieuw Amsterdam ' s mail when she was headed for Rotterdam. By October 1916, her route between Rotterdam and Falmouth was via Orkney and the north coast of Scotland instead of the English Channel. At first the UK authorities required neutral ships on this route to call at Kirkwall for inspection. From the end of October this requirement
6308-511: Was rated at 1,767 NHP or 11,000 ihp . They gave her a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h). She was a coal-burner. Her bunkers held 3,000 tons of coal, and at sea she burnt 100 tons a day. She had four masts, and was the last NASM ship to be equipped with auxiliary sails. She never used them. NASM registered the ship at Rotterdam. Her code letters were PMSV. The Marconi Company equipped her for wireless telegraphy . Nieuw Amsterdam joined NASM's Potsdam , Rijndam , Noordam on
6391-399: Was said to be for fear of a German plot to introduce a fungus or other biohazard to poison grain crops in the USA. A total of 40 passengers from first and second class were detained on Ellis Island. One was found in possession of 12 sheets of ciphers , and confessed to be a German agent, sent to distribute a new cipher to German agents in the USA. The ship's second steward, Reint Soberings,
6474-564: Was sunk in May 1915. Some passengers disembarked. On 24 January, Algemeen Handelsblad reported that Germany intended to blacklist all Dutch shipping companies due to their agreement with the US government. On 25 January Nieuw Amsterdam left the Maas for Hoboken. UK authorities let Nieuw Amsterdam pass the Canadian coast without having to call at Halifax. On 6 February she reached "an Atlantic port" in
6557-475: Was suspended, because of the dangers of northern Scotland's rocky coast in winter. The ships would still be inspected at Falmouth. On 17 November 1916 Nieuw Amsterdam reached Hoboken carrying cargo including dyes worth $ 1 million for Herman A. Metz , President of Farbwerke Hoechst . It was alleged that the dyes were for printing US banknotes . The UK government had ceased granting permits for German dyes to be exported for this purpose. On 21 December 1916,
6640-637: Was that the addition of new ships would maintain passenger capacity if some of the older Carnival Corporation ships are sold. The Holland America Group of HAL and Princess Cruises have a letter of understanding to buy the White Pass and Yukon Route between Skagway, Alaska and the US-Canadian border. The purchase closed July 31, 2018. On July 15, 2020, it was announced by Holland America that Maasdam , Veendam , Rotterdam , and Amsterdam were sold to two undisclosed buyers. The ships were sold in pairs, with
6723-405: Was the first import of aniline dyes from Germany since April 1917. Longshoremen were on strike when she arrived. She joined NASM's Noordam , Rijndam and flagship Rotterdam , which were all strike-bound in Hoboken. On 29 June 1920 Nieuw Amsterdam arrived in Hoboken carrying passengers including a delegation from NDL led by Phillip Heineken . They had come to negotiate with Francis R Mayer of
6806-509: Was the only HAL ship to do so. Veendam made intermediate calls at Southampton only, and Noordam and Westerdam ran direct between Rotterdam and Hoboken. By 1959 HAL ships were calling also at Cobh , and running a service to Quebec and Montreal . By 1963 they also served Bremerhaven . A notable ship in the post-war era was the fifth Rotterdam , launched in 1959. She was one of the first North Atlantic ships equipped for two-class transatlantic crossing and one-class luxury cruising. By
6889-507: Was under control by 15:00 hrs and extinguished by 15:30. Fire Chief Keller declared that the damage was confined to the cargo and had not affected the ship. However, Nieuw Amsterdam ' s sailing was postponed to 11 July for her to be surveyed. NASM offered passengers in first class the options of either re-boarding the ship to await her delayed departure at the company's expense or transferring to United States Lines ' President Harding . Passengers in second class were allowed to re-board
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