Entering service in 1938, the Nieuw Amsterdam was the Holland America Line flagship until the construction of the Rotterdam in the late 1950s. Her pre‐war life was short and she was used as a troopship during the Second World War, carrying many thousands of Allied troops to all corners of the world. Of 36,000 tons, she was the largest vessel built in Rotterdam and was launched by Queen Wilhelmina in April 1937.
A perennial favourite of the Dutch and their finest Ship of State, Nieuw Amsterdam remained in Holland America Line service until 1974, the last ship to retain the Holland America Line’s familiar green, yellow and white funnels.
Despite boiler problems in 1967, she was refitted with US Navy‐surplus boilers and sailed on, cruising, until withdrawn from service in 1974. Sailing to the breakers, the Art Deco ‘Darling of the Dutch’, as she was affectionately known, was broken up.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
William H. Miller is a familiar face to many cruise ship passengers as he lectures aboard for about 20 weeks per year. He has written over 70 books on liners and is often to be seen on television talking about them. He is acknowledged as one of the leading experts on the Golden Age of ocean liner travel. Bill Miller lives in New Jersey, within sight and sound of the mighty Hudson river.
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| Publication: |
March 2010 |
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96 pages |
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In stock |
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226 x 248 mm |
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Paperback |
