Nieuw Amsterdam

Holland-America Line

Length:	600.3 ft.
Breadth:	68.9 ft.
Draft (or Depth):	35.6 ft.
Tonnage:	17,149 tons (gross), 10,830 (net)
Engines:	Quadruple expansion 8cyl. (2) 29", (2) 42", (2) 61", (2) 87" x 60" stroke
Speed:	Speed
Builder:	Harland and Wolff, Belfast (Yard No. 366)
Launched:	September 28, 1905
Maiden Voyage:	April 7, 1906
Disposition:	1932 (scrapped).
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Rotterdam Flag of Registry: Dutch Funnel color: Yellow (buff); green-white-green bands of equal width below yellow (buff) top; on the white (middle) stripe in black block letters, N A S M Company flag: Green-white-green horizontal stripes of equal width; on the white (middle) stripe in black block letters, N A S M Signal Letters: N A S M Wireless call letters: M H B Details: Steel hull, one funnel, four masts, twin screws, three decks, electric lights, wireless.

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

April 9, 1912 - Eastbound, New York to Rotterdam, transmitted an ice warning to Californian describing ice seen on April 4 at 43° 29' N., 49° W.

Data:

September 28, 1905

Launched by Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast (Yard No. 366) for the Holland-America Line.

February 22, 1906

Sea trials.

April 7, 1906

Maiden voyage, Rotterdam to New York and return.

December 21, 1918

First post-war voyage.

May, 1926

Refitted; First, second, tourist, third class.

February, 1928

Re-configured; First, tourist, third class.

October 2, 1931

Last voyage, Rotterdam - Boulogne - Southampton - New York and return.

February 26, 1932

Sailed Rotterdam - Cape of Good Hope - Osaka. Scrapped.

Courtesy: John P. Eaton. Used with permission.
Image Courtesy: Library of Congress.